Installation instructions:
Electrical system for towing hitch
Installing the electrical kit
1. Disconnect the negative battery terminal.
2. If necessary, remove the following coverings and panels:
In the luggage trunk
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Covering of luggage trunk bottom
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Loading edge covering
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Covering of the right side of the luggage trunk
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3. Remove the vehicle's 40 mm hole cover on the left of the centre in the rear end plate
(Fig. 1/6).
4. Lay the cable end with the 16-pin plug from the outside through the cable leadthrough to the
component carrier (Fig. 1/4).
5. Insert the rubber grommet into the cable leadthrough (Fig. 1/6).
6. Lay the socket end of the cable set to the socket holder plate (Fig. 1/7).
7. Attach the cable set to the towing hitch with a cable tie if necessary.
Installing the socket
8. Press the contact insert into the socket housing and push the rubber grommet towards
the socket.
9. Screw the socket onto the socket holding plate (Fig. 1/7) using the supplied screws.
Connecting the trailer connection unit
Note
If the component carrier 4F0 907 179 for the trailer control unit does not exist in the vehicle,
the component carrier must be ordered via VW Kassel with a twin bolt (N907 717 01) and
a combination nut (N902 867 03).
10. Insert the trailer control unit into the component carrier (Fig. 1/1) and lock it in place.
11. Insert the 16-fold connector housing into the intended slot of the trailer control unit and lock
it into place.
12. Insert the 12-fold connector housing of the 14-core cable set into the intended slot of the
trailer control unit and lock it into place.
13. Disconnect the blue 32-pin connector from the Comfort Control Unit (Fig. 1/5) and open the
latch. Unlock the following wires and insert them into the black 3-pin socket housing provided
on the cable set:
The orange/brown wire from compartment 1 into compartment 1.
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The orange/green wire from compartment 17 into compartment 3.
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14. Insert the individual orange/brown and orange/green wires of the 14-core cable set into the
now free compartments 1 and 17 of the 32-pin plug as indicated by the colours.
Audi A6
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