If you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, get rid of 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 Jeep Patriot . In actual fact, even if the installation procedure is not complex, it is required to explain some details to consider this task without any problem. Firstly, we will find out what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch consists of, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Jeep Patriot .
What’s the wiring harness for a Jeep Patriot hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Jeep Patriot?
So we will begin our content page by explaining the principles of a wiring harness of a Jeep Patriot. In order to discover how it functions, you must already discover its necessity. Whether you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is essential 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 fulfill all the electrical obligations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Jeep Patriot . We will look into this in this article, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a Jeep Patriot, please find out our content page on this subject.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Jeep Patriot?
We will now 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 Jeep Patriot. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Jeep Patriot trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be identified on all Jeep Patriot hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions necessary for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will discover a plug for each function (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 Jeep Patriot: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that necessitate 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical gear in the cabin. This sort of connection needs 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 Jeep Patriot?
To end this content page, we will quickly show you you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Jeep Patriot .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Jeep Patriot?
To install the wiring harness of an old Jeep Patriot, you will have to go and get all the required cables in the rear lights of this one. We suggest you to call in a motor vehicle electrician for this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be carried out:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Jeep Patriot to access the rear light unit.
- Identify 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 Jeep Patriot?
For modern Jeep Patriots, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will discover particular ones for your Jeep Patriot 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 Jeep Patriot so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Jeep Patriot 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 Jeep Patriot?
Finally, to end this content page we will quickly show you you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Jeep Patriot . To achieve 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 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.
To get more tips on the Jeep Patriot, take a look at the Jeep Patriot category.
