Regardless of you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is pretty handy. In this article, we will explain the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Toyota Auris . In actual fact, even if the installation procedure is not complex, it is necessary to explain some details to consider this task without any problem. Firstly, we will see 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 Toyota Auris .
What’s the wiring harness for a Toyota Auris hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Toyota Auris?
So we will start our content page by detailing the basics of a wiring harness of a Toyota Auris. In order to figure out how it functions, you must already figure out its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is necessary and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to respect 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 requirements, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Toyota Auris . We will look into this in this article, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a Toyota Auris, please see our content page on this topic.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Toyota Auris?
We will now quickly explain how the electrical connection of your hitch functions. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your motor vehicle to power the hitch lights on your Toyota Auris. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Toyota Auris trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be identified on all Toyota Auris hitches. This electrical connection will enable 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 Toyota Auris: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that necessitate 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical devices in the cabin. This type of connection needs 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 Toyota Auris?
To end this content page, we will quickly explain you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Toyota Auris .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Toyota Auris?
To install the wiring harness of an old Toyota Auris, 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 motor vehicle electrician to do this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the most important steps to be accomplished:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Toyota Auris 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 Toyota Auris?
For modern Toyota Auriss, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Toyota Auris 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 Toyota Auris so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Toyota Auris 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 Toyota Auris?
Finally, to end this content page we will quickly explain you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Toyota Auris . To do this you will automatically 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.
To find more tips on the Toyota Auris, take a look at the Toyota Auris category.
