Brake controller for 4runner

George Marshall  March 10 2009 03:15:15 PM

I previously had a Tekonsha Envoy brake controller in the Suburban.  After I installed it in the 4runner I noticed that it wouldn't properly level so I called up customer service and they said it was broken.  Tekonsha appears to have a pretty good warranty, 5 year.  So they are sending a new one.  Since they were only going to send a new one after I sent in the old one I decided to get an upgraded model and when the replacement arrived I would ebay it.  The replacement I went with was the Tekonsha P3.  It has a self-leveling feature so I should have to worry about that part of it again.  The wiring harness provided with the 4runner is actually an '03 wiring harness per the tekonsha wiring chart.  Other than figuring that out, it went in fine.
The bracket holding it in was bit long and since space is already tight between my leg and the plastic piece in front of my right knee that I was mounting it to, I decided to cut down the bracket a little bit (where I placed the yellow lines).  I could have gone with the other style of bracket where you can release the controller but it caused the controller to hang down even lower.


Here's the end results after some filing and touch up with a black permanent marker:

I added double sided foam tape to help it stay in place while screwing in the mount.

The final installation.  I have my leg in the driving position to give you a perspective of what kind of clearance you have:

Overall a nice unit and easy to install.

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