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 article, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a seat leon . Obviously, regardless if the installation process is not difficult, it is required to describe 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 seat leon .
What’s the wiring harness for a seat leon hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a seat leon?
So we will start our content page by detailing the principles of a wiring harness of a seat leon. In order to understand how it works, you must already understand its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is essential and earlier 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 satisfy all the electrical obligations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your seat leon . We will look into this in this article, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a seat leon, please see our content page on this theme.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a seat leon?
We will now fairly 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 seat leon. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a seat leon trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be identified on all seat leon hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions required 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 seat leon: This plug system is principally used for caravans that involve 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 motor vehicle is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a seat leon?
To conclude this content page, we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your seat leon .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old seat leon?
To mount the wiring harness of an old seat leon, you will have to go and get all the required cables in the rear lights of this one. We recommend 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 carried out:
- Take out the trunk lining from your seat leon 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 seat leon?
For new seat leons, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your seat leon 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 seat leon so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your seat leon and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the circumstance in the trunk effectively.
- 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 seat leon?
Finally, to conclude this content page we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your seat leon . 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 want more tutorials on the seat leon, go to our seat leon category.
