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Wire your vehicle and get the signal lights required for flat towing without having to splice into your wiring with this custom, plug-in harness. Integrated diodes prevent feedback from RV for safe operation. Wires as combined lighting system.
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Wiring your car for flat towing has never been easier. No more testing wires or splicing into your electrical system. No need to painstakingly position multiple diodes beneath your vehicle. No worries about voiding your warranty. With this custom-fit towed vehicle wiring kit from Hopkins, all you have to do is plug the harness into your vehicle's existing wiring, which is located behind your car's tail light assemblies. No cutting, tapping, or splicing is required.
After plugging in the wiring harness, use the included bracket to mount the 4-way flat connector at the front of your towed car. An extension loop (sold separately) is required to connect your towed car to your RV.
Your vehicle ordinarily operates on a 3-wire system, wherein the brake signal and the turn signals travel along different wires to illuminate different lights. (Typically, this means that your vehicle will have amber turn signals.) This is referred to as a "separate lighting system." When you hook up for flat towing using this harness, however, your towed car's lighting system will operate in a combined fashion. This means that the brake and turn signals sent by your RV to your towed car will be carried on a single wire. As a result, your car's brake lights will do the flashing for the turn signals. Your vehicle will still function as designed - with separate lighting - when not hooked up to your RV.
Because this harness wires your vehicle as a combined system, a brake light relay (RM-88400 - sold separately) may be required if you use a supplemental braking system with your towing setup. A supplemental braking system depresses the brake pedal in your towed car every time you apply the brakes in your RV. So, if your towed car's brake lights illuminate when the brake pedal is pressed and the engine is off - as is the case when towing - then you need to install a relay to ensure that the lights on your towed car always act in accordance with the signals sent by your RV via the wiring harness. Without a relay, the brake signal from your towed car will override the turn signal sent by your RV when you slow down to make turns, creating a potential hazard.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (42 Customer Reviews)
Wire your vehicle and get the signal lights required for flat towing without having to splice into your wiring with this custom, plug-in harness. Integrated diodes prevent feedback from RV for safe operation. Wires as combined lighting system.
Easy to install, no cutting or splicing just plug it into the wire harness and it’s done. Have used it for a year now over 8000 miles towing without any issues.
Installed on my 2007 CRV. Really easy install. Plenty of excess wire. Have had for about a year. I have gone across the country a couple times. Still use as a part time driver and have had no issues. Would definitely purchase again.
Nick was very helpful
The wiring harness worked really well. Plug right into vehicle harness.
Great replacement unit for 10 year old part. Quick delivery.
Installed exactly as demonstrated.
A good experience working with you.
Products that were purchased were as advertise and directions were very helpful to hooking up. It’s nice that you could find some helpful hints to your project through etrailer. When ordering products all the people are very knowledgeable friendly and helpful to make sure you get the right product for your project.
JD
This wiring harness worked just as it should have. It was delivered quickly and the video was a good help.
Having installed a diode kit on my previous toad. I wasn't looking forward to the business of cutting into the vehicle wiring harness and crimping in the 4 diodes and cramming all the wiring back into the taillight cavity and hoping I did it right.
While looking for videos on installing the kit I came across a video for installing the Hopkins kit.
I was able to return the do it yourself kit to etrailer without any problems and ordered the Hopkins kit.
It took longer to open up the panels in the cargo hatch than it did to hook up the preassembled kit. Probably the easiest chore in the making our 2007 Honda CRV into a towable vehicle. As close to plug and play as you can get .
My wiring kit arrived today, it was three days late but no fault of E trailer. I watched the online video several times and was able to install it in about 2 hours. The hard parts were getting the taillight plugs to release. Then as I have no lift I had to do the routing laying on the garage floor. Since the Honda CR-V is pretty low slung it was definitely difficult, the fact that I am 76 and not as spry as I was some years ago didn’t make it any easier. Bottom line, once it was done and plugged into my motorhome it worked perfectly. I would definitely recommend the plug and tow to anyone who wants to tow behind a motor home.
The service in delivering the Hopkins custom tail light wiring kit for my 2007 Honda CRV was very good except E-trailer sent me kit for a 2007-2010 Saturn Outlook! I called customer service the next day around 8:00 AM and Erin , who took my call, was very friendly and helpful in making the correction. Within 1 hour by e-mail she had the return UPS label for the Saturn kit sent to me and about 4-5 hours later I had a notice from E-trailer that the correct kit had shipped. I've purchased several items from E-trailer over the past 8-9 years, including a similar kit for my 2017 Jeep Wrangler 2 months ago, and this is the first error I've encountered. E-trailer quickly corrects any errors on their part so I'll probably continue to be a customer with them.
Plug and play beats scotch locks everyday. 4 way ops simple 6pin to 4pin adapter, tested and operated successfully with only one follow up due to bulb failure.
I installed the kit myself, and it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I even had a car lift, but getting the wires routed up to the front was still a real pain.
Received the wiring kit on time and it was exactly what I wanted/expected. Thanks
Bruce N.
2/5/2016
Hi, did you install this yourself? If so, how difficult? Was it for a 2011 CRV?
Took 15 min to install. Should have done it months ago. No more magnetic lights. (Added brake relay which tool longer but still pretty easy)
I bought this item over a year ago, an it has done a great job, I would recommend, etrailer,on sales and products, and for a fair price
Product well-built and a complete kit was furnished. My brother-in-law and I put it on our 2010 Honda CRV. It took most of the day to do it. Instructions were clear but it just takes sometime. Took the car and the motorhome out for a test drive yesterday and everything was working great. I would tell my friends about the product and encourage them to buy it if they are in the market for this.
Easy to install Good iinstructions
Great product. Easy install.
The second one I have bought for 2 different vehicles easy install and works great
It's been a year and happy to report all is still working fine! No issues!
Very easy to install getting the wire to the front is the hardest part
Steve T.
8/4/2022
Great
Steve T.
8/4/2022
Great
Easy to install and works as intended.
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John
12/3/2018
The wiring is working just fine advice to all people installing make sure you planned your wiring Route before you install that way you will have no issues or chasing wires On something you did not see.