NHTSA Complaint #10744056 — 2011 DODGE RAM 2500

MY WIFE AND I WERE HAULING OUR 5TH WHEEL FROM ALABAMA TO GEORGIA AND HAD BEEN ON SEVERAL STEEP GRADES WITH NO PROBLEMS. BEFORE OUR TRIP ENDED THE "NO TRAILER BRAKE" INDICATOR SHOWED UP ON THE EVIC. WE HAD THE 5TH WHEEL BRAKES AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS EXAMINED BY A TRAILER DEALER AND NO PROBLEMS WHERE FOUND WITH IT. HOWEVER, I CHECKED, AS DID THE TRAILER DEALER, MY 7 PRONG CONNECTION ON THE TRUCK AND IT SHOWS THAT THERE IS NO VOLTAGE GOING TO THE 5TH WHEEL FROM THE INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER. WHEN I TAKE IT TO THE DODGE DEALER FOR SERVICE, OF COURSE, THEY TELL ME THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE 5TH WHEEL NOT THE TRUCK. THIS PROBLEM IS A VERY BAD ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN!! HAD THE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER STOPPED WORKING ON ONE OF THE STEEP GRADES I HAD JUST TRAVELLED, I MIGHT NOT BE HERE TO COMPLAIN. I SINCE HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHERS ON A COUPLE OF ONLINE FORUMS. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO ADMIT THEY HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THEIR INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER.