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 describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Nissan Frontier . Indeed, regardless if the set up process is not difficult, it is necessary to describe some points to consider this task without any issue. First of all, we will find out 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 Nissan Frontier .

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What’s the wiring harness for a Nissan Frontier hitch trailer?

Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Nissan Frontier?

So we will begin our content by explaining the principles of a wiring harness of a Nissan Frontier. In order to discover how it functions, you must already discover its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is fundamental 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 Nissan Frontier . We will focus on this in this post, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a Nissan Frontier, please find out our content on this topic.

What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Nissan Frontier?

We will now fairly quickly describe 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 Nissan Frontier. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:

  • The 7-pin electric plug for a Nissan Frontier trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be determined on all Nissan Frontier 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 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 Nissan Frontier: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical gear in the cabin. This sort of connection necessitates 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 Nissan Frontier?

To end this content, we will fairly quickly describe you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Nissan Frontier .

How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Nissan Frontier?

To mount the wiring harness of an old Nissan Frontier, you will have to go and get all the necessary cables in the rear lights of this one. We suggest you to call in a car electrician to do this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be carried out:

  • Remove the trunk lining from your Nissan Frontier 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 Nissan Frontier?

For new Nissan Frontiers, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:

  • You can use a multiplexable box, you will find specific ones for your Nissan Frontier 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 Nissan Frontier so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Nissan Frontier and connect them to your fuse box.
  • Install the case in the trunk effectively.
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  • You don’t have to retrieve your cables from the trunk and connect them to your outlet.

How do you hook up the power to a trailer on Nissan Frontier?

Finally, to end this content we will fairly quickly describe you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Nissan Frontier . To do this you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to select the one that means 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 find more tips on the Nissan Frontier, take a look at the Nissan Frontier category.