Regardless of you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, get rid of of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. In this article, we will explain the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Chevrolet Traverse . Indeed, regardless if the set up procedure is not difficult, it is necessary to clarify some details to consider this intervention without any problem. Firstly, we will see what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch involves, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Chevrolet Traverse .

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What’s the wiring harness for a Chevrolet Traverse hitch trailer?

Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Chevrolet Traverse?

So we will commence our article by detailing the principles of a wiring harness of a Chevrolet Traverse. In order to discover how it works, you must already discover its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is fundamental and above all mandatory by the highway code to respect certain protocols, here they are:

  • A solid chassis for the trailer…
  • Wheels that fit.
  • An electrical connection.
  • A license plate in plain sight.
  • A stoplight repeater.
  • A traffic light repeater.
  • A blinker repeater.
  • License plate illumination.
  • A fog light repeater.

In order to meet all the electrical requirements, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Chevrolet Traverse . We will concentrate on this in this post, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Chevrolet Traverse, please see our article on this theme.

What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Chevrolet Traverse?

We will now fairly quickly explain how the electrical connection of your hitch works. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your car to power the hitch lights on your Chevrolet Traverse. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:

  • The 7-pin electric plug for a Chevrolet Traverse trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be discovered on all Chevrolet Traverse hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions needed for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will locate a plug for each action (left and right indicators, ground, fog light, left and right position light, left and right brake light).
  • Electrical connection for caravan with 13-pin plug for Chevrolet Traverse: This plug system is specifically used for caravans that necessitate 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical equipment in the cabin. This type of connection requires the use of an adapter. The extra pins will bring the 12 volt power permanently (to recharge a battery in the caravan) and the 12 volt power in use (to use the 12 volt equipment when the car is switched on).

How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Chevrolet Traverse?

To finish this article, we will fairly quickly explain you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Chevrolet Traverse .

How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Chevrolet Traverse?

To mount the wiring harness of an old Chevrolet Traverse, you will have to go and get all the necessary cables in the rear lights of this one. We recommend you to call in a car electrician for this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be performed:

  • Take out the trunk lining from your Chevrolet Traverse to access the rear light unit.
  • Locate the wires that correspond to each of the taillight functions.
  • Connect them to the lugs on the wiring harness on your hitch.
  • Close the whole thing down.

How do you connect the wiring harness of a recent Chevrolet Traverse?

For modern Chevrolet Traverses, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:

  • You can use a multiplexable box, you will locate particular ones for your Chevrolet Traverse and universal models. It’s up to you to select according to your budget, know that a universal version costs between 30 and 60 euros.
  • Take out the trunk lining from your Chevrolet Traverse so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Chevrolet Traverse and connect them to your fuse box.
  • Install the case in the trunk effectively.
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  • You don’t have to retrieve your cables from the trunk and connect them to your outlet.

How do you hook up the power to a trailer on Chevrolet Traverse?

Finally, to finish this article we will fairly quickly explain you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Chevrolet Traverse . To achieve this you will automatically have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to select the one that means your model and your budget. After you have conducted this, the last step will be to buy an adapter that goes from a 7-pin plug to a 13-pin plug so that you can benefit from the 12 volt current in your caravan. These adapters come at different prices, you will need to count between 15 and 40 euros. All you have to do is plug it into your 7-pin plug.

If you need more guides on the Chevrolet Traverse, go to our Chevrolet Traverse category.