Whether you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. In this article, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Nissan Juke . Indeed, even if the installation procedure is not difficult, it is required to explain some points to consider this task without any issue. First of all, we will discover what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch involves, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Nissan Juke .
What’s the wiring harness for a Nissan Juke hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Nissan Juke?
So we will commence our content by detailing the basics of a wiring harness of a Nissan Juke. In order to discover how it works, you must already discover its necessity. If 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 fulfill all the electrical regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Nissan Juke . We will look into this in this post, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Nissan Juke, please discover our content on this theme.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Nissan Juke?
We will now quickly show you how the electrical connection of your hitch works. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your motor vehicle to power the hitch lights on your Nissan Juke. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Nissan Juke trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be identified on all Nissan Juke hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions necessary for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will locate 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 Juke: This plug system is specifically used for caravans that necessitate 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical devices 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 Nissan Juke?
To conclude this content, we will quickly show you you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Nissan Juke .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Nissan Juke?
To mount the wiring harness of an old Nissan Juke, you will have to go and get all the required cables in the rear lights of this one. We suggest you to call in a motor vehicle electrician to do this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the most important steps to be performed:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Nissan Juke 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 Juke?
For new Nissan Jukes, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will locate particular ones for your Nissan Juke 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 Nissan Juke so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Nissan Juke 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 Nissan Juke?
Finally, to conclude this content we will quickly show you you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Nissan Juke . 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 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 Nissan Juke, take a look at the Nissan Juke category.
