We had a hitch and brake controller added to the truck and bought our HI-Lo. Everything was humming along nicely. Last weekend, after leaving a gas station, we noticed the truck seemed to struggle to keep us moving. After about five miles, we reached the campground and I tested the brakes by putting the truck in neutral on a gentle slope. The camper brakes were locking. I had to disconnect to get the camper to a site. Then we noticed the truck's brake lights were staying on. We found broken pieces of plastic in the floorboard. This was the brake light switch actuator dry rotted and crumbled. I scampered to a nearby dealer and got it fixed before they closed. Now on the trip home (mostly on the highway, thankfully) I could tell the camper brakes were "sticky" when being released after a stop. They had been burned up. It's going to be a several hundred $$ brake repair job on the camper due to the failure of t $2.00 part on the truck. The adventures never cease.
Cautionary Tale About Brakes
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