Re: Tow bar wiring help please

I know there a guide on here but either it's wrong, my car is different or I'm colour blind

I've got everything working except the indicators. I've got one of those relay/buzzer that I had in my last car between the indicator wires and the trailer socket, it's earthed

All afternoon I've tried wiring in into the supposedly left and right indicators but no matter what I try it doesn't buzz and the trailer indicators remain off

Ggggrrrrrrrrrr

Any actual knowledge would be appreciated

Thanks

This is something I have to do as I plan to use a camping trailor in the future rather than load up the Jimny - although my new lift kit might mean it's less of an issue but the extra load carrying ability will be useful.

So I have been looking at the guide on here too.

If one is to assume that the same wires people link into in the rear side panel are the ones that go to the lights themselves - why go to the trouble of splicing into them inside the car?

Why not look at the rear of each lamp where you can see where the wires are going to and splice into them there soldering the joints and shrink wrapping them to protect them???

I'd like to know if this is wrong or a bad idea and why?

Otherwise, it must be easier???

Kirkynut

I've managed with considerable fiddling to get somewhere today.

Getting the wiring inside the car is a pain, the grommit isn't really wide enough for the extra wire. The multiplug needs to be undone to get the bumper off but then can't get back through the grommit hole with the toward wire as well. The wiring code here isn't as you'd expect, red/green could be red with a green trace or green with a red trace or neither.

Still the guide is some help and much appreciated as a place to start

I wouldn't fancy wiring in below the bumper as the area is very exposed and connections likely to fail. You will also need an audible relay that needs fitting inside the car if it's to be heard. Most of my actual problems related to this as mine was duff! New one ordered from eBay

What's the audible relay lark about??? Forgive my ignorance!

If the connections are soldered and heat shrunk and perhaps wrapped in elecrical tape they should be ok getting covered in crap.

Kirkynut

kirkynut wrote: What's the audible relay lark about??? Forgive my ignorance!

If the connections are soldered and heat shrunk and perhaps wrapped in elecrical tape they should be ok getting covered in crap.

Kirkynut

used to be the law that if there was a trailer attached then a buzzer had to bleep intime with the indicators to prove the trailer lights are working
Don't think it is now as neither my audi or cherokee with factory fitted towbar buzz (although the audi driver information used to tell me if a light was out on the trailer and which one)

darthloachie wrote:

kirkynut wrote: What's the audible relay lark about??? Forgive my ignorance!

If the connections are soldered and heat shrunk and perhaps wrapped in elecrical tape they should be ok getting covered in crap.

Kirkynut

used to be the law that if there was a trailer attached then a buzzer had to bleep intime with the indicators to prove the trailer lights are working
Don't think it is now as neither my audi or cherokee with factory fitted towbar buzz (although the audi driver information used to tell me if a light was out on the trailer and which one)

There must still be a system in place to let you know if a indicator light is out, either fast flash or buzzer.
The Electric socket will be part of the MOT next year.