If you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. In this article, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Ford Kuga . In fact, even if the set up process is not complex, it is necessary to describe some details to consider this intervention without any problem. Firstly, we will discover what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch involves, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Ford Kuga .
What’s the wiring harness for a Ford Kuga hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Ford Kuga?
So we will start our content by explaining the fundamentals of a wiring harness of a Ford Kuga. In order to figure out how it functions, you must previously figure out its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is necessary and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to respect certain requirements, 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 fulfill all the electrical obligations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Ford Kuga . We will look into this in this article, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Ford Kuga, please discover our content on this subject.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Ford Kuga?
We will now fairly quickly show you how the electrical connection of your hitch functions. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your motor vehicle to power the hitch lights on your Ford Kuga. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Ford Kuga trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be identified on all Ford Kuga hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions required for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will locate a plug for each objective (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 Ford Kuga: This plug system is specifically used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical gear in the cabin. This sort 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 Ford Kuga?
To conclude this content, we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Ford Kuga .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Ford Kuga?
To mount the wiring harness of an old Ford Kuga, you will have to go and get all the necessary cables in the rear lights of this one. We advise you to call in a motor vehicle electrician to do this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the most important steps to be performed:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Ford Kuga 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 Ford Kuga?
For new Ford Kugas, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will locate particular ones for your Ford Kuga and universal models. It’s up to you to choose according to your budget, know that a universal version costs between 30 and 60 euros.
- Remove the trunk lining from your Ford Kuga so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Ford Kuga and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the circumstance in the trunk effectively.
- You don’t have to retrieve your cables from the trunk and connect them to your outlet.
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How do you hook up the power to a trailer on Ford Kuga?
Finally, to conclude this content we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Ford Kuga . To do this you will automatically have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to choose the one that points your model and your budget. After you have done 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.
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