If 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 describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Renault Kangoo . In actual fact, regardless if the installation procedure is not complex, it is required to explain some details to consider this work without any issue. First of all, we will see what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch contains, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Renault Kangoo .
What’s the wiring harness for a Renault Kangoo hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Renault Kangoo?
So we will start our content page by detailing the principles of a wiring harness of a Renault Kangoo. In order to understand how it works, you must previously understand its necessity. Whether you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is necessary and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to respect 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 Renault Kangoo . We will look into this in this post, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Renault Kangoo, please see our content page on this theme.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Renault Kangoo?
We will now fairly quickly describe 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 Renault Kangoo. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Renault Kangoo trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be discovered on all Renault Kangoo 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 Renault Kangoo: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical equipment in the cabin. This kind 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 motor vehicle is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Renault Kangoo?
To conclude this content page, we will fairly quickly describe you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Renault Kangoo .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Renault Kangoo?
To mount the wiring harness of an old Renault Kangoo, you will have to go and get all the required cables in the rear lights of this one. We advise you to call in a motor vehicle 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 Renault Kangoo 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 Renault Kangoo?
For modern Renault Kangoos, the wiring harness is much simpler to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find specific ones for your Renault Kangoo 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.
- Take out the trunk lining from your Renault Kangoo so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Renault Kangoo 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 Renault Kangoo?
Finally, to conclude this content page we will fairly quickly describe you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Renault Kangoo . To do this you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to choose 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.
If you need more guides on the Renault Kangoo, go to our Renault Kangoo category.
