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How to Install the Tow Ready Trailer Wiring Harness on a 2017 Toyota Rav4

Speaker 1: Today in this 2017 Toyota Rav4 we'll be having a look at and showing you how to install the Tekonsha T1 vehicle wiring harness with a four-pole flat trailer connector, part number 118578.Here's what the wiring looks like installed. As you can see we have an adequate length wiring harness to get next to our hitch on our Rav4. Now the reason you're going to want a four-pole flat… see more >

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