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. On this page, we will describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Kia Sportage . Obviously, even if the set up process is not complex, it is required to explain some points to consider this intervention without any issue. First of all, 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 Sportage .
What’s the wiring harness for a Kia Sportage hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Kia Sportage?
So we will commence our content by explaining the basics of a wiring harness of a Kia Sportage. In order to understand how it works, you must already understand its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is important 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 meet all the electrical regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Kia Sportage . We will concentrate on this in this post, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Kia Sportage, please see our content on this theme.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Kia Sportage?
We will now quickly describe how the electrical connection of your hitch works. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your car to power the hitch lights on your Kia Sportage. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Kia Sportage trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be located on all Kia Sportage hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions necessary for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will find 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 Kia Sportage: This plug system is specifically used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical equipment in the cabin. This kind 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 Sportage?
To end this content, we will quickly describe you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Kia Sportage .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Kia Sportage?
To install the wiring harness of an old Kia Sportage, 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 complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be carried out:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Kia Sportage 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 Sportage?
For recent Kia Sportages, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Kia Sportage 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 Sportage so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Kia Sportage 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 Sportage?
Finally, to end this content we will quickly describe you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Kia Sportage . 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 corresponds to 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 get more tips on the Kia Sportage, take a look at the Kia Sportage category.
