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 post, we will explain the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Kia Sorento . Indeed, regardless if the installation procedure is not complex, it is required to explain some points to consider this work without any issue. Firstly, we will find out what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch contains, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Kia Sorento .
What’s the wiring harness for a Kia Sorento hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Kia Sorento?
So we will start our content page by explaining the fundamentals of a wiring harness of a Kia Sorento. 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 follow 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 meet all the electrical requirements, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Kia Sorento . We will concentrate on this in this post, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Kia Sorento, please find out our content page on this theme.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Kia Sorento?
We will now quickly explain 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 Kia Sorento. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Kia Sorento trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be determined on all Kia Sorento hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions required for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will find 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 Sorento: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical devices in the cabin. This type 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 Kia Sorento?
To end this content page, we will quickly explain you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Kia Sorento .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Kia Sorento?
To install the wiring harness of an old Kia Sorento, 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 motor vehicle electrician for this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be carried out:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Kia Sorento 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 Kia Sorento?
For new Kia Sorentos, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Kia Sorento 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 Kia Sorento so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Kia Sorento 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 Sorento?
Finally, to end this content page we will quickly explain you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Kia Sorento . 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 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.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Kia Sorento, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Sorento category.
