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Quickly and easily install a 4-way trailer connector on your Chevrolet Trax with this custom harness. T-connector plugs directly into existing wiring. Powered converter reduces strain on wiring system and is made using SMT to ensure superior performance.
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This custom-fit T-connector plugs into your vehicle's wiring harness, which is located behind the driver's-side and passenger's-side rear access panel. You will have to remove the floor cover and some interior paneling to access this harness. Once you've plugged in the T-connector, run the hot lead up to your car battery. Connect the lead to the included fuse holder, and then connect the fuse holder to the positive terminal on your battery.
Once installation is complete, the 4-way connector will be stowed in an out-of-the-way location within your rear cargo area.
It is recommended that you use a small amount of grease on all electrical connections - the plugs on your automobile and the 4-pole connector itself - to help prevent corrosion.
A tail light converter is built into this T-connector. This converter is a circuit-protected, battery-powered unit that bypasses the electrical routes that are used by a basic wiring harness. As a result, there is virtually no draw on your tail light circuits.
Because most trailers run on a two-wire system - wherein the brake and turn signals are carried on one wire - the separate brake and turn signals from your vehicle's three-wire system need to be combined so they are compatible with the wiring system of the trailer. This converter combines the brake and turn signal functions of your automobile so that they run on one wire to properly activate your trailer's tail lights. Note: This will not affect how the tail lights on your vehicle operate.
Curt builds each tail light converter using surface-mount technology (SMT). This method of construction involves soldering electronic components directly to the surface of a printed circuit board. SMT eliminates the need for leads, which are used in older through-hole technology. The result is a circuit board that is smaller yet provides more routing area and that offers superior performance, reliability and durability.
Circuit boards constructed using SMT have been shown to perform better under rough conditions with excessive vibration than those made using the through-hole method. And where would vibration be more likely to occur than in towing applications? Curt converters also produce less heat, leading to increased durability and longer life. In addition, lower levels of resistance ensure better performance, especially for parts that operate at higher frequencies.
Each Curt circuit board is made using high-quality components that are pieced together in the most technologically savvy fashion, leading to greater predictability and reliability in functioning.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Jeff: Hello everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're going to take a look at this Curt T-connector Vehicle Wiring Harness with this four-way flat trailer connector. Now this is a custom fit part and is designed to fit the 2019 and newer Chevrolet Trax vehicles. And on a custom fit part like this, I always like to recommend for you to go to our website, use the fit guide, put in your year and model vehicle and it'll show if this'll work for application. Now this harness will provide this four-way flat trailer connector at the back of your vehicle to power your trailer's signal lights.
It is compatible with five pole, six pole and seven pole adapters that we do sell separately. And this does connect very quickly and easily. Basically just locate your connection points, which are in the rear cargo area. Plug in these T-connectors, one on each side, one on the driver's side, one on the passenger side, and then ground your white wire here, and then run this power wire to your vehicle's battery.Now this does include this black box here, which is a tail light converter. And this is to ensure that your vehicle's wiring will match that of your trailer.
It is a powered module, so it does connect directly to the battery to avoid overloading your vehicle's electrical system. This converter is constructed using SMT technology, which is surface mount technology, gives you more consistent, reliable performance. It will help maximize your trailer light yield and intensity while producing minimal heat, and it ensures superior operation in rough road conditions.Now this does come with everything shown here on the table. I'm going to go through the steps here on how this all installs. It does come with this nice dust cover you can see that you can just attach it to the four-way plug and you can leave it on there if you want.
And then when you're not plugged into a trailer, you can just put this cover on there and that'll protect those terminals from any damage or from the elements.A few specs on this harness. The maximum amperage for the stop and turn light circuits is 5.5 amps per circuit. For the tail light circuit is 7.5 amps per circuit. So basically what you'll do is as we mentioned, go to the rear cargo area. Now it does come with a nice set of instructions that'll describe where all these connections are and how they're made, but basically in the rear cargo area, you'll go behind the excess panels and you'll be able to see on the driver's side, this is the one with the yellow and red wire.
There'll be connectors that you'll pull apart and then these will T into it, and you'll do the same with this connector. It has a length of wire. It's the red and green, that's for the passenger side, run this over to the passenger side and behind the access panel. Again, you'll pull the connectors apart, plug this inner T into it.Once those are all connected, this black box here, this converter box, you do want to attach this to a flat surface so it doesn't bounce around. So you can use a screw, here's a little tab here, you put a screw in there to attach it down. They do include this double faced tape you can use to attach it down. Has this large cable tie that you can wrap it around, but either way you want to secure this so it doesn't bounce around. And then you run this bonded wire with the four-way out the back towards the trailer. And the remaining connections will be these two wires, the white one with the eyelid on it, that's for your ground. So you can connect this to a nearby ground, a good clean ground. If there's not one nearby, they give you a screw that you can make your own ground.And then the power wire, that would need to run to the front of the vehicle, attach to your vehicle's battery. They do give you the length of wire to do that and the connectors. So what you want to do is take your power wire, take a butt connector, put it on one end, connect it to one end of this wire and then run your length of wire up to the front. They do give you some extra cable ties to take up any slack in that wiring. Once you get it to the front, you don't want to run this directly to the battery. You want to run it through this inline fuse holder. So you take your other butt connector, connect it to one side, just like that. And then once that's connected, take the islet connector that they include, put then on this side, and this is what'll connect to your vehicle's battery.Once it's all connected, all you have to do is pop open the inaudible 00:03:55 holder, take your included 15 amp fuse, push it in. It's all installed, pop your cap on and your system's all ready to go.That should do it for the review on this Curt T-connector Vehicle Wiring Harness with the four-way flat trailer connector.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (7 Customer Reviews)
Quickly and easily install a 4-way trailer connector on your vehicle with this custom harness. T-connector plugs directly into existing wiring. Powered converter reduces strain on wiring system and is made using SMT to ensure superior performance.Your instructions require you to remove the complete side panels which is not required. There are two access covers, one on each side that's all you need to remove. Also the wire you are to run to the battery should be red, not black. Red is positive color on battery, black is negative color!
Was very easy to install I did it myself although you did have to wire it underneath the car and threw the frame it wasn't that hard
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