2012 trailer connector no aux. power

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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 10:03 PM
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2012 trailer connector no aux. power

Can someone help? All the functions in the 7 pin connector work fine except the 12 volt aux power. Anybody got an idea how to fix it?
 
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Aboveculpeper
Can someone help? All the functions in the 7 pin connector work fine except the 12 volt aux power. Anybody got an idea how to fix it?


Have ye looked in ye Owner's Guide yet?

Refer to pages 341 & 342.

Check to see if Relay #9: "TT Battery charger relay" is present/healthy

Check to see if Fuse # 21: "TT battery charge relay power" is present/healthy

Check wif a meter, not just ye Mark 1 Eyeball.

G'luck
 
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 09:21 AM
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Are you checking the trailer tow battery charge circuit with the key in the run position ?

The relay noted above it not activated, unless the key is in the run position.
Fuse #21 is hot all the time, but Fuse #5 to the trailer tow battery charge relay coil is only hot in the run / start positions and the BCM activates the ground side of the coil on the relay.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 07:06 AM
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Thank you, I did look at the owners manual and low and behold both relay #9 and fuse 21 we're not installed. Why I don't know. But I swapped them out and the problem solved except that my local Ford dealer does not stock either fuse or relay....wtf.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 09:44 PM
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Those parts should have been in your glove box.......Also, look under the back seat or the owners manual envelope.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 10:04 PM
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I had to install them as well when I upgraded to the factory integrated brake controller. They came in the "kit" with the controller
 
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