Trailer Brake Control Panel

A. Manual Trailer Brake Apply Lever
B. Trailer Gain Adjustment Buttons
The ITBC system has a control panel located on the instrument panel to the left of the steering column. See Instrument Panel (Base/Uplevel Version) on page 1‑2 or Instrument Panel (Premium Version) on page 1‑6 for more information. The control panel allows adjustment to the amount of output, referred to as trailer gain, available to the electric trailer brakes and allows manual application of the trailer brakes. The Trailer Brake Control Panel is used along with the Trailer Brake Display Page on the DIC to adjust and display power output to the trailer brakes.
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