Curt T-Connector Vehicle Wiring Harness with 4-Pole Flat Trailer Connector

Video Transcript for Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2008 Chrysler Aspen

Today on this 2008 Chrysler Aspen, we're going to install part number c55597 from Curt. This is the Curt T connecter Wiring Harness. First thing we need to do is go ahead and open up the back hatch and get access behind the tail lights. There are two plastic rivets on each tail light that we have to remove so we can take off the tail light. We pull off the center with a pair of pliers, and they come right out. Then set the fasteners off to the side and we'll go ahead and pop the tail light loose. Next we need to disconnect the wire harness.

There's a small red lock on the inside that we have to release first, and then we can go ahead and push down on a tab to pull it away from the tail light. Were done with our drivers side, we'll go ahead and repeat for the passengers side. Next we can go ahead and start installing our T connector. We'll take our four pole run it through the opening behind a bumper cover and below a tail light on the drivers side. We'll take the wire box and run it down below as well.We'll also take the T connector with the green wire and do the same thing.

Now the T connector with the yellow wire we'll keep up towards the top, and then we'll plug that into the factory wire harness. Next we'll go ahead and run our T connector with the green wire, across to the other side and up in to the passenger tail light. We'll run it up into place and make our connections to the factory wire harness there. At this point we can go ahead and just reinstall the tail lights, and then we'll take our power wire and add that on. Our power wire is the large bundle wire that comes with the kit. We'll add a but 00:01:50 connector to it from the kit.

Well connect that to the black wire on the wire box, and then go ahead and tape our connect to seal it up. We'll leave that wire alone for now, and we'll go ahead and mount the wire box to some sheet metal behind the fender. We'll clean off some sheet metal, and we'll also clean off the wire box. We'll put the adhesive on one side and then attach it to the sheet metal. At this point we'll go ahead and secure the rest of our wires, to make sure theyre bundled up nice and neat and out of the way. Now we'll also take our four-pole wire harness and route that towards the center of the hitch, but what we're going to do is use the zip ties and secure the green wire going across.We want to make sure we stay up away from the exhaust as well, so we have something to attach the wire to.

Now we'll continue on with our black wire. We have to run that up to the battery. In this case inaudible 00:02:51 wire, most of the wire through the frame, up through the engine compartment. We went ahead and pulled the wire up towards the fuse box. We also drilled a hole to secure our wire with the zip tie. Then we ran our wire to the battery lead-in to our fuse box. We cut our wire to length. Next we'll take our fuse holder, ad it. We'll connect the but 00:03:21 connector through the power wire, that I ran from the rear. One end of the fuse holder will connect to a black wire, and the other end will get the ring terminal. Then go ahead and tape our connector to seal it off. We'll go ahead and connect it to the lead-in in our fuse box. We'll take off one of the nuts, put our ring terminal in place and then fasten the nut once more. Then we can go ahead and add our fuse to fuse holder. At this point we can go ahead close the lid for a fuse panel. It's a good idea to zip tie any additional wires that may need some attention. Then we'll go ahead and try out our wire harness with the light tester first, before trying it on a trailer. We'll take our ground lead from our tester and attach it to the white wire. Next we'll go ahead and test the brown wire for our running light signal. Then the yellow wire for our left turn signal, and green for our right turn signal. Our brake signal will be a solid green and yellow. When everything checks out then we can go ahead and try it on a trailer. With that, that will finish it for our install, part number c55597, from Curt, on this 2008 Chrysler, Aspen. .