wiring my hitch

[Alpinestars96]

I looked but I couldn't find what I was looking for. Is it pretty easy to do? Where do I start, any pictures? Thanks

[meier motor sports]

im pretty sure there is already a harness in the car.

[JABBER]

The sedans do Not have a harness you have to tap the feeds from your taillights and run a power source from the fusebox. Not real hard to do a bit time consuming. Most members have it installed at a shop. Search the forum for a wiring diagram that tells you what wires go where.

[ehsnils]

Depending on where you live the connector for the trailer may be different. On European vehicles there is a 7-pin connector:

 

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Coding as follows:

L - Turn Indicator Left

R - Turn Indicator Right

58L - Tail/Parking Light Left

58R - Tail/Parking Light Right

31 - Ground

54 - Brake Lights

54g - Electrical Brake (But almost never used as such, and is often re-used for utility power or rear fog light). This pin is really a dark horse, so beware!

 

Just be sure that you do it right - especially avoid mixing up ground with power or you will toast something. A fuse if you are lucky.

 

There is a 13-pin connector too on some European cars, but it's not very common. It contains the same as the 7-pin plus some extra less used features.

 

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1 - Left turn indicator

2 - Rear Fog Light

3 - Ground for pin 1 to 8

4 - Right turn indicator

5 - Right tail light

6 - Brake light

7 - Left tail light

8 - Reverse light

9 - Power supply (Battery power)

10 - Charging current for camper battery

11 - Spare (use at own risk)

12 - Spare (use at own risk)

13 - Ground for pin 9 to 12

[SpecBee]

If your car has a hitch already installed it may have a harness behind one of the tail light covers in your trunk. If not you should only need a ground, brake, left/right turn signal tap to a 4 prong plug.

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[Bdubs]

JABBER is correct, no harness is there on the sedans. There is a walkthrough...somewhere. I know someone spliced the wires at the dash and created their own.

A stereo shop, or a place that installs hitches can do this pretty cheap as well.

[Alpinestars96]

Thanks, it's A SOA hitch I bought and installed in august just never wired it yet.