Additional information
| Manufacturer | Tekonsha |
|---|---|
| Brand | Tekonsha |
| Model | 90160 |
| Item Weight | 1 pounds |
| Product Dimensions | 4.5 x 2.5 x 8.5 inches |
| Country of Origin | Mexico |
| Item model number | 90160 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Exterior | Smooth |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 90160 |
| OEM Part Number | 90160 |
| Voltage | 12 Volts |
Bill C. –
Installation was simple, plug and play with the correct adapter cable. Setup and operation is easy. The trailer brakes smoothly with none of the lurching I experienced towing a trailer with surge brakes. Minor complaint that the module still applies a varying voltage when the truck and trailer are fully stopped and the brakes are applied.
LDC –
I installed this on a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a factory towing package. The Jeep already had a connector under the dash, so I ordered the adapter to fit it, then just plugged it into the brake controller. The controller worked exactly as specified. Very easy to set initial brake pressure for an unloaded trailer then very easy to reset brake pressure for a fully loaded trailer. If I stop suddenly, it applies a lot of voltage (this is adjustable) to the electric brakes on the trailer. If I stop slowly, it applies a smaller voltage (this is adjustable) to the electric brakes on the trailer. Nice LED readout lets you know how much voltage is being applied to the electric brakes so you can fine tune the voltage to the load on the trailer. Proportional brake controller Works Great!
LiamConor –
Plugged it in and it worked perfectly. No messing around. Well worth the money. I had previously purchased a Curtis controller, it burned out after using it a couple of times. Very cheaply made.
LiamConor –
He cambiado un Hopkins por el tekonsha y mejoro bastante, excelente compra
Memo –
Easy to install and works well
Micah Eaton –
Just bought a travel trailer and needed a brake controller. Would’ve preferred OEM but my bank account said no. This one was recommended and a decent price. Installation was fairly easy. Instructions for setting it seemed clear. The guy at the dealer helping us hook everything up told us what they’re usually set on and how to adjust it if needed, so we didn’t go through the test drive like the instructions had said. Father-in-law drove it home and said it felt like it was set right. No problems with it so far!
Amazon Customer –
I added this to my Ford Flex and works great. Ready for my trip south this winter towing my travel trailer.
ducpretender –
Easy install. Works as it should.
It has many options so you can tailor it to your application.
DanielM –
Works well as far as I can tell for trailer braking. My only issue was when trying to mount it. It comes with two mounts. One is a snap-in type of bracket that works fine, but I wanted to use the more traditional bracket that gives you the ability to adjust the angle. That bracket requires holes in the controller itself, which aren’t pre tapped. Holding the controller with one hand and trying to hand screw tiny self-tapping screws through plastic with the other hand isn’t easy. You obviously don’t want to drill a pilot hole into the controller, and I didn’t want to put it in a vise to hold it steady. So, needing the controller that day, I ditched the mount I wanted to use and went with the snap mount. I attached a picture of the side of the controller and the divots for the holes that aren’t there.
JissSus –
Work awesome and really loved the plug and play took less than 5 minutes to install 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
DanielM –
These brake controllers hit the sweet spot of price and performance. All the more expensive controllers give you are generally pointless options (multiple trailers, 360 mounting, fancy screen, etc). Even people like me with multiple trailers and vehicles will probably NEVER use any of these extra features. In the end, they just waste your money and make the brake controller more complicated to use.
This controller functions exactly as one should. With no trailer, you don’t even notice it’s there. The display isn’t intrusive, and completely shuts off aside from a small, dim light to let you know it still works.
With a trailer, it just works. The controls are simple, the boost functions are easy to use and understand, and the adjustability is straightforward. Installation is as easy as any other brake controller, and at 70 degrees you’d be hard pressed to find a spot it won’t work in. Braking action is smooth and consistent, and the manual override works as it should. The display tells you whether it’s connected, and how much power it’s feeding to the brakes, and that’s about it. Fantastically simple and effective.
Long story short, I already installed 3 of them in 3 separate vehicles, and we just purchased an ’03 Explorer that will be the fourth. We use this mainly for a 3 horse slant.
Adam G. Alvarez –
sold the rig it was installed on but for the 2 years I had it,…no problems. Braking was smooth and linear.
David J. –
I couldn’t figure out how to use the more flexible holder for the unit. Instead, I used the one position plastic holder. I was drilling into plastic, so being more precise lining up the one position unit seemed less work than figuring out how I was going to use the multi-directional holder. Nearest I could figure out, if I used the multi-position holder then I would have had to drill into the unit itself. I couldn’t see taking that risk when I needed this thing to work. I will accept having to look a quarter of an inch another direction over having to puncture the unit to mount it, and having that be its undoing.
Otherwise the thing worked fine. It seemed correctly set on the initial setting of 6. It worked well enough that I was confident taking the trailer down a Colorado mountain pass in the middle of December. If I wasn’t confident, I could have taken a longer, and flatter, way around. I had to drive through a lot of 25 mph switchbacks. It did fine.
There was more than one YouTube video for my particular vehicle. Humanity is so good.