If you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is pretty handy. On this page, we will describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a saab 9 3 . In actual fact, regardless if the installation process is not difficult, it is necessary to clarify some details to consider this work without any issue. Firstly, we will see what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch contains, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a saab 9 3 .
What’s the wiring harness for a saab 9 3 hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a saab 9 3?
So we will start our content page by explaining the basics of a wiring harness of a saab 9 3. In order to figure out how it functions, you must previously figure out its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is fundamental 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 fulfill all the electrical regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your saab 9 3 . We will concentrate on this in this post, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a saab 9 3, please see our content page on this theme.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a saab 9 3?
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 saab 9 3. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a saab 9 3 trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be located on all saab 9 3 hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions needed for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will locate 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 saab 9 3: This plug system is specifically used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical devices in the cabin. This type 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 saab 9 3?
To end this content page, we will fairly quickly describe you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your saab 9 3 .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old saab 9 3?
To mount the wiring harness of an old saab 9 3, you will have to go and get all the necessary cables in the rear lights of this one. We recommend you to call in a car electrician for this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be carried out:
- Remove the trunk lining from your saab 9 3 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 saab 9 3?
For recent saab 9 3s, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will locate particular ones for your saab 9 3 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 saab 9 3 so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your saab 9 3 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 saab 9 3?
Finally, to end this content page we will fairly quickly describe you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your saab 9 3 . To achieve this 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.
If you need more tutorials on the saab 9 3, go to our saab 9 3 category.
