Whether 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 describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Toyota Avensis . In actual fact, regardless if the installation process is not difficult, it is required to explain some details to consider this intervention without any problem. First of all, we will see what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch involves, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Toyota Avensis .
What’s the wiring harness for a Toyota Avensis hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Toyota Avensis?
So we will start our article by detailing the principles of a wiring harness of a Toyota Avensis. In order to figure out how it functions, you must previously figure out its necessity. Whether you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is important 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 Toyota Avensis . We will look into this in this post, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Toyota Avensis, please see our article on this topic.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Toyota Avensis?
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 Toyota Avensis. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Toyota Avensis trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be found on all Toyota Avensis hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions required for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will locate a plug for each objective (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 Avensis: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical equipment 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 Toyota Avensis?
To conclude this article, we will fairly quickly describe you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Toyota Avensis .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Toyota Avensis?
To install the wiring harness of an old Toyota Avensis, 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 car electrician to do this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the most important steps to be performed:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Toyota Avensis 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 Avensis?
For modern Toyota Avensiss, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will locate specific ones for your Toyota Avensis 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 Toyota Avensis so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Toyota Avensis and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the circumstance 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 Avensis?
Finally, to conclude this article we will fairly quickly describe you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Toyota Avensis . To do 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 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.
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