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Jeep Trailer Wiring Installation And Review Videos

  

RoadMaster 6-Wire Trailer Connector Installation - 2020 Jeep Cherokee- Video

RoadMaster 6-Wire Trailer Connector Installation - 2020 Jeep Cherokee

Connor: Hey guys, Connor, here at etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at Roadmaster 6 pole trailer connector, here for our 2020 Jeep Cherokee. So this is what our trailer connector is going to look like when we have it installed on the front of the vehicle. As you can see, it doesn't really protrude from the rear bumper due to the way we mounted it. So it has a nice clean, finished install look. And most importantly, it's going to be very accessible for our umbilical cord that goes between the motor home. more


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10/5/2020 10:27:09 AM



Trailer Wiring Harness Adapter Installation - 2017 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited- Video

Trailer Wiring Harness Adapter Installation - 2017 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited

Today on our 2017 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, we're going to be installing Tow Ready's Four Pole to Seven Pole Vehicle End Trailer Connector. To assist with the installation, we'll be using Draw-Tite's Wiring Kit for our electric brake controllers and Draw-Tite's mounting bracket for Seven way connectors. This seven way connector is going to be a quick and easy way to take your existing four pole connect and convert it to a seven pole. It also has all the additional circuits pre-wired off the back ready to make the connections for our brake controller. You will need to purchase additional wiring and a brake control in order to get that connected but as far as your lighting from your four pole, simply just plug and play.We'll begin our installation by mounting our seven pole bracket. Two self tapping screws come included with the bracket and we just use those to run it straight up into the bottom of our hitch here, right next to our factory four pole connector. more


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2/7/2019 1:02:13 PM



Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2012 Jeep Liberty- Video

Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Speaker 1: Today on this 2012 Jeep Liberty, we'll be having a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster battery charge line kit for towed vehicles, part number RM-156-25. Here's what our battery charge line kit looks line installed. Now what this will allow us to do is maintain the battery charge in our Liberty, so when we arrive at our destination and we unhook from our motor home. We don't have to worry about the battery being dead and our vehicle will be able to start first time without having to worry about jumping it, calling roadside assistance, or anything like that. We'll be able to start it, go on our explorations of the town, the mountains, wherever we're at, it doesn't matter. We'll have the freedom and the peace of mind to just get in our vehicle and go and be on about our way.Now this is ideal for vehicles that are being flat towed behind our motor home, that have a portable braking system that plug into the 12 volt outlet in your vehicle because those are drawing power off your vehicle's battery. more


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9/11/2017 12:42:21 PM



Pollak 6-Pole Trailer Wiring Socket Installation - 2015 Jeep Wrangler- Video

Pollak 6-Pole Trailer Wiring Socket Installation - 2015 Jeep Wrangler

Today on our 2015 Jeep Wrangler we'll be having a look at and installing the Pollak 6-Pole Round Pin Trailer Wiring Socket, part number PK11609. All right, here's what our Pollak six-way round connector looks like installed on the front of our Jeep. This six-way round has a nice dust cover here that's spring loaded, which will hold in our six-way round connector and also keep dirt and debris from entering our connection. This will give us the ability to run a tow vehicle lighting system on our Jeep, run a charge line if we need to, or have other functions on one of the other six connectors. The six-pole round connector has six terminals inside. You'll have one for your taillights, one each for both turn signals, so that takes care of three. You have your ground, that's the fourth one. more


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2/24/2017 12:22:55 PM



Trailer Wiring Harness Adapter Installation - 2012 Jeep Patriot- Video

Trailer Wiring Harness Adapter Installation - 2012 Jeep Patriot

Today on this 2012 Jeep Patriot, we're going to review and install the Adapter 4-Pole to 7-Pole and 4-Pole Connector, part number 37185 from Hopkins. This is what our connector looks like when it's installed on our Patriot. It has it's own bracket built in, and 7-Pole connector right here. This lid is actually sealed underneath to help protect it from moisture and the elements from it being outside. It has a nice, strong rubber cap to protect the 4-Pole connector as well. If we look in the back here where the wires go into the socket, it's all sealed up so no water at all can get inside there, or corrosion. With this connector, you can use it with a variety of different trailers. more


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12/2/2016 12:53:56 PM



Curt Trailer Connector Installation - 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee- Video

Curt Trailer Connector Installation - 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Today on our 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee we're going to review and install the CURT Trailer Connector, seven blade, four-flat, with back-up alarm, part number C57101. Here's what our CURT trailer connector looks like once it's installed. We have our four-flat, trailer connector here that has the running, turn, and brake signal circuits. The standard four-flat fits many applications. In the center, we've got our seven blade trailer connector, provides our standard trailer functions along with a 12-volt power source, trailer brake controller, or even reverse trailer lighting. Then here we have our back-up alarm and LED lights. When the vehicle is in reverse, the LED lights will flash and the back-up alarm will come on. more


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6/26/2015 2:43:14 PM



Hopkins Tailight Converter Kit Installation - 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee- Video

Hopkins Tailight Converter Kit Installation - 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Today on this 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee, we're going to install part number 46255. This is a Hopkins Active Taillight Converter with install kit. Our first step is to go ahead and open up the back hatch and go ahead and remove the taillights. One, two, three bolts removed used a 10 mm socket. Now you take our light loose by rocking it back and forth, pulling back. We'll go ahead and set this aside for now, then we'll go ahead and repeat the same process over on the passenger's side. more


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2/20/2015 11:02:19 AM



Pollak 4-Pole Round Pin Socket Installation - 2007 Jeep Liberty- Video

Pollak 4-Pole Round Pin Socket Installation - 2007 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2007 Jeep Liberty we'll be installing the Pollak 4-Way connector. Part number PK11410. As you'll see on this particular vehicle there was already a 4-way flat installed on the front. We're going to need to remove that 4-flat, just leaving the four wires, the yellow, the green, the brown, and the white. This particular vehicle also already has the Blue Ox Face Plate, part number BX1122 installed on it so we'll be connecting the four pin connector to the base plate using the base plate's hardware, the spacer block, as well as the screws, the lock washers, the nuts, as well as the self-tapping screws that hold it to the base plate. To wire this you'll need to go ahead and remove the center screw off the top of the 4-round. You'll then pull the center section out. more


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9/4/2014 3:33:29 PM



Pollak 6-Pole Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2014 Jeep Patriot- Video

Pollak 6-Pole Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2014 Jeep Patriot

Today on our 2014 Jeep Patriot we'll be installing the Pollak 6-Pole, Round Pin, Trailer Wiring Socket with exposed terminals and a rubber boot for the vehicle end, part number PK11068. Now we'll be working here on the front of the vehicle. This vehicle already has bulb and socket wiring with the four flat routed up underneath the lower fascia. We'll also be using the two prongs that are on the existing base plate that's already been mounted on the vehicle. We'll use these two prongs to mount our new 6-Pole Round Pin adapter. We're first going to have to go ahead and bend these two tabs down, just a little bit, on our existing base plate to allow our new 6-Pin connector to fit properly. To do this we use a paper towel and a boxed in wrench to bend the tab down slightly. more


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10/17/2013 11:22:48 AM



Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2013 Jeep Wrangler 47305B- Video

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2013 Jeep Wrangler 47305B

Today on our 2013 Jeep Wrangler, we'll be installing the Hopkins 6-Round to4-Flat Adapter, part number 47305B. To install it, we'll simply open up the 6-pull round connector, then slide the 6-pull round end into the connector firmly, making sure it goes all the way into the connector, then the flap, or door, will help hold and lock the adapter in place. Then we can remove the four-way cap, and go ahead and install our 4-way flat connector. Now we're ready to hit the road, and that does it for the install of the Hopkins 6-Round to 4-Flat Adapter, part number 47305B, on our 2013 Jeep Wrangler. . more


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9/26/2013 11:11:37 AM



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