[Niner]

Getting up to speed on this... for a North American T3 2012, with a trailer with LEDs, I already own VCDS cable, USB Hex Can, long time TDI owner here, so I'm pretty sure I can find the Long coding adaptation to allow the LED's to work on a trailer.

What would be the best way to go for an electric brake controller adjuster inside the cab?

Tekonsha keeps popping up as does Prodigy P2 and P3... What is the difference? Car will most likely, when I buy it, have the tow package pre installed at port.

Have there been plenty of changes since 2006 and 2008, now that it's 2012?

Newbie here, been searching a lot, and it's kind of confusing... I will be buying my Trag, flying in from out of town, and won't have much for tools with me... and I'm a hands on DIY type of guy.

 

[Niner]

Getting up to speed on this... for a North American T3 2012, with a trailer with LEDs, I already own VCDS cable, USB Hex Can, long time TDI owner here, so I'm pretty sure I can find the Long coding adaptation to allow the LED's to work on a trailer.

What would be the best way to go for an electric brake controller adjuster inside the cab?

Tekonsha keeps popping up as does Prodigy RF, P2 and P3... What is the difference? Car will most likely, when I buy it, have the tow package pre installed at port.

Have there been plenty of changes since 2006 and 2008, now that it's 2012?

Newbie here, been searching a lot, and it's kind of confusing... I will be buying my Trag, flying in from out of town, and won't have much for tools with me... and I'm a hands on DIY type of guy.

I assume if I get under the dash, that this P3 unit, once I find the connector wrapped in foam, after removing the floor panel on the drivers side, is plug and play?

Brake Controller for 2012 Volkswagen Touareg - Tekonsha 90195

 

[c4ar]

I assume if I get under the dash, that this P3 unit, once I find the connector wrapped in foam, after removing the floor panel on the drivers side, is plug and play?

You will need to fabricate a harness as per the 1st post in this thread.
If you are planning on doing the install away from home it would be a good idea to prepare the harness before you leave.

The link you provided is interesting. I can see nothing specific to the Touareg in what eTrailer is offering. I'd say that they just generate pages specific to every model of car so that a search engine will direct you to their site if you search for something like "tekonsha p3 touareg". I know search engine optimization is important for a web based buisness, but I find this very misleading.

BTW, the P3 is an excellent choice.

 

[Niner]

You will need to fabricate a harness as per the 1st post in this thread.
If you are planning on doing the install away from home it would be a good idea to prepare the harness before you leave.

BTW, the P3 is an excellent choice.

After thinking this through, having a long drive to do with a new trailer, and risking contorting my back in all sorts of weird positions, plus not having a soldering iron with me for the connections, I think I'm going to just go with the Prodigy RF, and take it in the wallet /credit card instead of in the back with spasms for a long drive home.

thanks all, for helping me get up to speed, trailering setups are a MAJOR adventure getting everything set up.

 

[c4ar]

Sounds like a good plan.
It might be worthwhile doing a bit of homework on this site first regarding the initial pairing of the Prodogy RF. I recall some users needed to do the pairing on another vehicle first.

 

[Niner]

Sounds like a good plan.
It might be worthwhile doing a bit of homework on this site first regarding the initial pairing of the Prodogy RF. I recall some users needed to do the pairing on another vehicle first.

Grohgregg said something about it being hooked up to the trailer and coming with an emulator to get the job done?

 

[c4ar]

Grohgregg said something about it being hooked up to the trailer and coming with an emulator to get the job done?

Yes, this thread describes the potential issue that you'll have when pairing.

Just thought I'd mention it so you can be prepared.

 

[Niner]

Yes, this thread describes the potential issue that you'll have when pairing.

Just thought I'd mention it so you can be prepared.

Much appreciated, will save that one. Thanks!

 

[Niner]

I think I will use my friends GMC and Lakota trailer to "Pair" it from the get go, or some other truck at the trailer place where i buy the trailer, then just install on the T rag and the Fun Finder X 189 FDS I'm thinking about getting.

Don't understand why they don't pair it from the factory?

 

[c4ar]

Don't understand why they don't pair it from the factory?

Under normal conditions pairing wouldn't be a big deal. The Touareg is not normal.

Pairing units at the factory would not be as simple as it sounds. The units being paired could not be anywhere near other live units. If multiple pairing stations where needed then they would have to be physically far apart or in a RF shielded cage. This could end up a bottleneck to production. Tekonshna probably think it would be easier for you to do the pairing than them. They didn't count on Volkswagen reinventing the protocol of how cars talk to trailers.

 

[peterbigblock]

Thanks to all in this thread for invaluable info and guidance as I installed my brake controller and trailer wiring. I installed a Primus IQ from Tekonsha, tapping into the brake switch and the factory plug in the driver's footwell for 12V, ground, and blue brake wire (running to the passenger rear cargo area). It works flawlessly, towed the Porsche to the track for the first time last week.

This is a terrific forum, full of great info. Thanks, all! If anyone has questions about installing this controller, feel free to PM me. Unfortunately, I didn't take photos...

 

[edhudson]

brake controller

after reading every post looking for hours and letting a trailer place try we are going withe the Prodigy RF. just ordered it.

 

[Darren02]

Thought I'd better finish the story from page 12 of Darren and his optocoupler and led lights. The optocoupler was just a bit too techno and continued to make weird shiat happen so we dumbed it down to a good old relay and all is good.

The USA led trailer lights on our trailer still had a flicker problem so i tried a spare LED tailight I had sitting around (www.ledautolamps.com model number 150bar) and lo and behold this worked fine so I grabbed another one of these from feebay and it is all sorted in plenty of time for snapper season in Melbourne.


massive thanks to c4ar and Patr80l for your help getting the treg sorted :clapclap:

Note for self - next time just follow the instructions and don't think so much

Regards,

Darren

 

[c4ar]

Good to hear you got it all sorted out Darren. Thanks for the update.

As for the snapper, we tried Western Port on Saturday but no luck
Heard there are some fish being caught off Mordialloc.

 

[svazinski1]

First time post. I have a question that may fall into this thread. I have recently acquired an 06 V8 since my 05 was totaled. When buying it from the lot, I asked if I could take the factory towing package off of another one that was on the lot to install onto mine which they agreed to. Unfortunately, I was the one who had to do the switch and due to time constraints, I just swapped out the hitch bumper and did not hook up the wires (I figured I could do this at home). I get home & realized that I did not pay enough attention to the hookups and think I may have left something behind. What I have is the box labeled (7L0 907 383G) then I have the wire harness that goes from the 7-pin input to the inside of the car with two plugs. I believe that the longer plug goes into the control box that is already installed and of course the shorter wire goes into the green connector beneath the passenger taillight. So my question is, what goes into the westfalia box? Am I missing a harness piece? Are those necessary and what does that box do? I am hoping that these connections are already somewhere inside on the Treg. My trailer does not have brakes, just need signals, lights & brake lights.

I am just confused because I did not remove any connectors from the harness that goes to the bumper. Thank you.

 

[vtraudt]

Does anyone have the pin out for the 4 pin 'under dash' Treg 1 connector? The P2 requires Battery + (black), Stoplight (red) Ground (white) and brake (blue). Are these 4 signals on the T1 under dash prewired towing package connector?