If you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is really handy. On this page, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Kia Soul . Obviously, regardless if the set up procedure is not complex, it is necessary to explain some details to consider this intervention without any issue. Firstly, we will see what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch consists of, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Kia Soul .
What’s the wiring harness for a Kia Soul hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Kia Soul?
So we will start our content page by explaining the basics of a wiring harness of a Kia Soul. In order to discover how it functions, you must previously discover its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is necessary and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to follow certain rules, 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 satisfy all the electrical obligations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Kia Soul . We will focus on this in this article, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Kia Soul, please see our content page on this topic.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Kia Soul?
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 Soul. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Kia Soul trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be located on all Kia Soul 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 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 Soul: This plug system is specifically used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical equipment in the cabin. This kind 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 Soul?
To finish this content page, we will fairly quickly show you you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Kia Soul .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Kia Soul?
To install the wiring harness of an old Kia Soul, 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 to do this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be performed:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Kia Soul to access the rear light unit.
- Find 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 Soul?
For recent Kia Souls, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will locate specific ones for your Kia Soul 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.
- Remove the trunk lining from your Kia Soul so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Kia Soul and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the case 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 Soul?
Finally, to finish this content page we will fairly quickly show you you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Kia Soul . To get this done you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to select the one that corresponds to 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.
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