Installation Instructions:
Electrical System for Towing Hitch
Install electrical kit
14. Route the 8-core cable set alongside the existing cable looms / cable ducts to the vehicle
electrical system control unit at the front left (Fig. 1/2).
15. Connect the brown cable with the eyelet to the vehicle ground point (Fig. 1/3) at the bottom of
the A-pillar.
16. – 21. >>2008: Slide open the red catch on the control unit for the vehicle electrical system,
pull out the black 12-pin plug (socket G) from the vehicle electrical system control unit and
open the catch. Release the following cables and insert in the 3-pin black socket housing on
the cable set:
Orange/brown cable from chamber 7 into chamber 1.
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Orange/green cable from chamber 8 into chamber 3.
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17. Insert the orange/brown and orange/green cables from the cable set, according to colour, into
the freed chambers 7 and 8 of the 12-pin plug.
18. Close catches and re-connect plug to the vehicle electrical system control unit.
19. Pull out the black 16-pin plug (socket E) from the vehicle electrical system control unit and
open the catch. Release the following cable and insert into the 3-pin white socket housing on
the cable set:
Black/red cable from chamber 2 into chamber 2.
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20. Insert the black/red cable from the cable set into the freed chamber 2 of the 16-pin plug.
Close catch.
21. Re-connect plug to the vehicle electrical control system.
22. – 24. 2009>>: On the on-board electrical system control unit, unlatch the brown plug (slot C)
and open the contact holder by sliding. Unlatch the following wires and insert into the 3-pin,
black bushing housing located on the wire set:
Wire orange/brown from chamber 16 in chamber 1 enclosed black housing.
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Wire orange/green from chamber 15 in chamber 3 enclosed black housing.
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Wire black/red from chamber 17 in chamber 2 enclosed white housing.
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23. From the wire set, insert the single wires orange/brown, orange/green and black/red into the
proper coloured, vacated chambers 15, 16 and 17 of the brown plug.
24. Reconnect the black contact holders with each other by sliding, snapping in the brown cover
cap and plugging the plug back on the on-board electrical system control unit (slot C) and
latching.
25. In each case, plug the open 3-pin black and white housings together.
26. Remove black cover from fuse box (Fig. 1/1) and slide open the purple catch. Insert the
following cables into the fuse-protected side of the fuse chambers as indicated:
Red cable into chamber 43
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Red/black cable into chamber 44
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Red/blue cable into chamber 45
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27. Take the fuse-protected cable out of compartment 2 (terminal 15) and insert it into the 1-pin
housing on the cable set. Re-insert the individual black/blue cable of the cable set into
comportment 2 of the fuse carrier. Fit the now open 1-pin housings together.
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