Hopkins Plug-In Simple Vehicle Wiring Harness with 4-Pole Flat Trailer Connector

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Today we're going to be looking at the Hopkins Plug In Simple Vehicle Wiring Harness with the 4 Pole Flat Trailer Connector. This product fits a 2008 to 2012 Chevy Malibu, 2008 to 2012 Buick Enclave, and a 2009 to 2012 Chevrolet Traverse. It's going to provide a 4 way flat connector at the back of your vehicle to power your trailer's signal lights. This is compatible with 5 pole, 6 pole, and 7 pole adapters. Adapters are sold separately. It's going to come with a dust cap for the 4 way flat connector, that way you can cover up the connection points when it's not being used.

The unit's also going to feature protective connection terminals to resist corrosion and last a long time. The black box right here, this is going to be the included power tail light converter. This is going to connect directly to the vehicle battery through the wiring to avoid overloading your vehicle's electrical system. This is designed to connect quickly and easily. Just locate the connection points behind the tail lights at the rear of the vehicle, plug in your connectors. The connectors with the yellow wires are going to go to the driver's side of the vehicle.

The connectors with the green wire's going to go to the passenger side. These ports are going to match up perfectly with the plugs on the vehicle and they're going to snap lock together for a nice tight secure fit. Once you have those plugged in you'll need to mount the converter box. You can do that using the cable ties and you'll need to make a ground connection. Your ground wire is your white wire. It has a ring terminal already attached to it.

You want to get that grounded to a nice clean metal surface with the included grounding screw. Then you can run your hot lead to the vehicle battery. The hot lead's going to be the short red wire with the butt connector coming out of the converter box. This is going to get connected to one end of the bundle wire. The other end of the bundle gets ran to the vehicle battery, gets connected to one half of the fuse holder here at the butt connector, and then the other half of the fuse holder gets connected to the positive post of the vehicle battery.

It does come with your 20 amp fuse. It goes directly in the fuse holder and it's got the fuse cap that goes over it to keep it safe and protected. Once you have everything done you can secure any excess or slack in the wiring with the included cable ties, and then the 4 way connector's going to be stowed beneath the vehicle near the trailer hitch. You can loop it around your safety chain loop or you can purchase a mounting bracket. We do recommend a mounting bracket to help keep the connector secure. Mounting brackets are sold separately, and you can find those right here at etrailer.com. It's also recommended that you use a small amount of grease in all your electrical connections like the plugs on the vehicle and the 4 pole connector itself. The grease is designed to prevent corrosion at the connection points, and it is included with the kit. That's going to do it for today's look at the Hopkins Plug In Simple Vehicle Wiring Harness with the 4 Pole Flat Trailer Connector.