Regardless of you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, get rid of of green waste, or have a hitch is really handy. In this post, we will explain the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Nissan Qashqai . Obviously, even if the installation procedure is not complex, it is required to clarify some details to consider this intervention without any problem. 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 Qashqai .

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

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

So we will start our content by explaining the fundamentals of a wiring harness of a Nissan Qashqai. In order to discover how it works, you must already discover its necessity. Whether you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is necessary and above all mandatory by the highway code to follow certain protocols, 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 Qashqai . We will concentrate on this in this post, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Nissan Qashqai, please discover our content on this theme.

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

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

  • The 7-pin electric plug for a Nissan Qashqai trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be located on all Nissan Qashqai hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions needed 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 Nissan Qashqai: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical gear in the cabin. This type 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 motor vehicle is switched on).

How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Nissan Qashqai?

To finish this content, we will fairly quickly explain you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Nissan Qashqai .

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

To mount the wiring harness of an old Nissan Qashqai, 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 complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the most important steps to be carried out:

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

For modern Nissan Qashqais, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:

  • You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Nissan Qashqai and universal models. It’s up to you to choose according to your budget, know that a universal version costs between 30 and 60 euros.
  • Remove the trunk lining from your Nissan Qashqai so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Nissan Qashqai and connect them to your fuse box.
  • Install the circumstance 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 Qashqai?

Finally, to finish this content we will fairly quickly explain you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Nissan Qashqai . To achieve this you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to choose the one that means 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.

If you wish more tutorials on the Nissan Qashqai, go to our Nissan Qashqai category.