Install electrical kit
1. Disconnect battery.
2. Remove the following covers and panelling, as necessary:
In the boot
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Boot floor cover
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Loading sill cover
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Panelling on the left-hand side of the boot
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On the left side of the vehicle
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Surface of the rear bench seat
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Scuff plates.
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Left panelling by the steering column
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Fuse box cover
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3. Remove cover from the 40 mm hole in the vehicle tail end panel on the left of centre (Fig. 1/6).
4. Secure the mounting plate and the trailer control unit with the accompanying M6 nuts in the
designated location to the left in the boot (Fig. 1/4)
5. Route the end of the cable with the 16-pin plug and eyelet from outside through the hole to
the trailer connection unit (Fig. 1/4).
6. Insert the rubber grommet in the hole (Fig. 1/6).
7. Route the end of the cable set with the socket to the socket mounting plate (Fig. 1/7).
Fit socket
8. Push contact insert into the socket housing and slide rubber seal up to the socket.
9. Screw the socket onto the mounting plate with the screws provided (Fig. 1/6),
max. torque 2.0 Nm.
Connect trailer connection unit
10. Connect the brown cables with the eyelet to the ground point on the vehicle (Fig. 1/5).
11. Locate the 16-way socket housing in the socket provided on the trailer connection unit
(Fig. 1/4).
12. Connect and lock the 12-way socket housing of the 8-core cable set to the socket provided on
the trailer connection unit.
13. The functions "charge line" and " ground for charge line" can be retrofitted using the black
3-pin plug for the uninterrupted positive pre-installation.
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Installation Instructions:
Electrical System for Towing Hitch
VW Cabrio/Coupé EOS