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Originally Posted by JRTJH
Here's one "what if" condition that may have contributed to the trailer disconnect alerts:
What if, when you were backing that first time and pulled the breakaway cable, while you were reconnecting everything, you "slightly dislodged the 7 way connector" ?? That would (could) explain the intermittent alerts on the tow home. Then, on subsequent tows, the 7 way connector has been properly seated in the truck receptacle, so there's been no intermittent alerts ....
Your issue may not even include the breakaway switch or cable, they are functioning as designed, and the only contribution of the breakaway system is that dislodging of the 7 way connector resulted from accidental bumping of the connector while reinstalling the plastic pin in the breakaway switch, and the next time it happened, the 7 way connector simply wasn't fully seated.....
Just a "theory about why it only happened those times and never has happened again".....
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I thought that might have been the case when I looked at it on the first stop on the last trip. Disconnected and reconnected the trailer and still had the issue.
Right now its been problem free. I have the trailer parked for the winter now. I did check resistance on the connector and it tested good. Next spring I'm going to pull the wheels and hubs to inspect the breaks before the season starts. I plan to look closely at the grounds at each wheel to make sure they are good and clean.
It might be one of those things that I'll never see happen again?
