If you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is pretty handy. In this post, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Kia Niro . In actual fact, even if the installation process is not difficult, it is required to clarify some points to consider this intervention without any issue. First of all, we will see what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch contains, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Kia Niro .
What’s the wiring harness for a Kia Niro hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Kia Niro?
So we will begin our content by explaining the principles of a wiring harness of a Kia Niro. 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 necessary and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to follow 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 regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Kia Niro . We will focus on this in this post, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a Kia Niro, please see our content on this subject.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Kia Niro?
We will now fairly quickly show you how the electrical connection of your hitch functions. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your car to power the hitch lights on your Kia Niro. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Kia Niro trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be identified on all Kia Niro hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions needed for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will discover 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 Kia Niro: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the different 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 Kia Niro?
To end this content, we will fairly quickly show you you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Kia Niro .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Kia Niro?
To install the wiring harness of an old Kia Niro, you will have to go and get all the required 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 carried out:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Kia Niro 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 Kia Niro?
For new Kia Niros, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will discover specific ones for your Kia Niro 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 Kia Niro so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Kia Niro and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the circumstance in the trunk properly.
- 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 Kia Niro?
Finally, to end this content we will fairly quickly show you you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Kia Niro . To get this done you will inevitably 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.
To discover more tips on the Kia Niro, take a look at the Kia Niro category.
