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Tekonsha T-One Vehicle Wiring Harness Installation - 2016 Cadillac SRX- Video
Ryan: Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer.com. Today on our 2016 Cadillac SRX, we're going to be taking a look at, and showing you how to install the Tekonsha T1 vehicle wiring harness for a factory tow package. Now typically you would have a hitch right here, but in this particular situation it's a lot easier to install your wiring first. But once your hitches in place, what you could do is attach your wiring to that hitch using a number of different brackets that are available. Or what you could even do is use your dust cap and wrap it around your safety chain openings to secure it that way.Many of our customers have questions in regards to which wiring kit to get, because there are a handful out options out there. However, if you do have the factory tow package like we do, I really like this option because it's simply just plugs right in. more
7/9/2019 10:27:28 AM
Curt T-Connector Vehicle Wiring Harness Installation - 2016 Cadillac SRX- Video
Ryan: Hey everybody. Ryan here, at etrailer.com. Today on our 2016 Cadillac SRX we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Curt T-Connector Vehicle Wiring Harness.Our wiring is going to provide us with all the necessary lighting functions to remain safe and legal as we tow our trailer down the road.Now when it comes to wiring for our SRX, there is going to be multiple options out there. This is going to be a great choice if you have a factory tow package because this is going to plug into the factory connector right up here behind our bumper. It's also going to have a dust cap, and that will go over our plug, and help protect it from the elements, such as rust and corrosion. I'm going to go a step further to help keep your terminals in good shape, it's not a bad idea to apply some dielectric grease to them every now and again.Now there's many different options available when it comes to mounting your wiring. more
7/9/2019 10:22:40 AM
Hopkins Plug-In Simple Wiring Harness Installation - 2016 Cadillac SRX- Video
Ryan: Hey everybody Ryan here at etrailer.com. Today on our 2016 Cadillac SRX, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Hopkins Plug-In simple wiring harness for factory tow packages. Now right off the bat, first thing I do want to point out is that typically you would have your hitch right here already in place. But since this wiring is so much more convenient and easier to install with the hitch removed, it's a good idea to put this in first. However, once you have it in, your hitch can easily be put in place, and then you'd be able to mount your wiring to your hitch using some brackets that are available here at Etrailer. Or what you could even do is use your dulce cap, wrap it around the safety chain loop on your hitch and secure it that way. more
7/9/2019 10:22:21 AM
Best 2015 Cadillac SRX Trailer Wiring Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best custom fit vehicle wiring options for your 2015 Cadillac SRX. To determine which wiring harness you're going to need, you're going to need to know if your SRX has the tow package or not. Now most likely it will, and there's going to be a connector behind the bumper in the center that our new harness is going to plug directly into.Here we have our Tekonsha, which is going to plug directly into the factory tow package. It's going to be an extremely easy connection. We're just going to have to take the cover off and plug our new wiring harness in, and then take the zip ties and tie up the excess wire. It's going to provide us with a four-pole flat trailer connector, giving us our taillights, turn signals, and our brake lights. more
8/9/2018 2:43:11 PM
Best 2014 Cadillac SRX Trailer Wiring Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best custom fit vehicle wiring options for a 2014 Cadillac SRX.To determine which wire and harness you're going to need, you're going to need to know if your SRX has the tow package or not. Now, most likely it will, and there's going to be a connector behind the bumper in the center that our new harness is going to plug directly into. So here we have our Takansha, which is going to plug directly into the factory tow package. It's going to be an extremely easy connection. You're just going to have to take the cover off, and plug in a new wiring harness in, and then take the zip ties, and tie up the excess wire.It's going to provide us with a four pull flat trailer connector. Giving us our tail lights, turn signals, and our brake lights. more
8/9/2018 2:42:57 PM
Best 2013 Cadillac SRX Trailer Wiring Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best custom fit vehicle wiring options for your 2013 Cadillac SRX. To determine which wiring harness you're going to need, you're going to need to know if your SRX has the tow package or not. Now most likely it will, and there's going to be a connector behind the bumper in the center that our new harness is going to plug directly into.Here we have our Tekonsha, which is going to plug directly into the factory tow package. It's going to be an extremely easy connection. We're just going to have to take the cover off and plug our new wiring harness in, and then take the zip ties and tie up the excess wire. It's going to provide us with a four-pole flat trailer connector, giving us our taillights, turn signals, and our brake lights. more
8/9/2018 2:42:43 PM
Best 2012 Cadillac SRX Trailer Wiring Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best custom fit vehicle wiring options for your 2012 Cadillac SRX. To determine which wiring harness you're going to need, you're going to need to know if your SRX has the tow package or not. Now most likely it will, and there's going to be a connector behind the bumper in the center that our new harness is going to plug directly into.Here we have our Tekonsha, which is going to plug directly into the factory tow package. It's going to be an extremely easy connection. We're just going to have to take the cover off and plug our new wiring harness in, and then take the zip ties and tie up the excess wire. It's going to provide us with a four-pole flat trailer connector, giving us our taillights, turn signals, and our brake lights. more
8/9/2018 2:42:27 PM
Best 2016 Cadillac SRX Trailer Wiring Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best custom fit vehicle wiring options for your 2016 Cadillac SRX. To determine which wiring harness you're going to need, you're going to need to know if your SRX has the tow package or not. Now most likely it will, and there's going to be a connector behind the bumper in the center that our new harness is going to plug directly into.Here we have our Tekonsha, which is going to plug directly into the factory tow package. It's going to be an extremely easy connection. We're just going to have to take the cover off and plug our new wiring harness in, and then take the zip ties and tie up the excess wire. It's going to provide us with a four-pole flat trailer connector, giving us our taillights, turn signals, and our brake lights. more
8/9/2018 2:42:13 PM
Best 2011 Cadillac SRX Trailer Wiring Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best custom fit vehicle wiring options for your 2011 Cadillac SRX. To determine which wiring harness you're going to need, you're going to need to know if your SRX has the tow package or not. Now most likely it will, and there's going to be a connector behind the bumper in the center that our new harness is going to plug directly into.Here we have our Tekonsha, which is going to plug directly into the factory tow package. It's going to be an extremely easy connection. We're just going to have to take the cover off and plug our new wiring harness in, and then take the zip ties and tie up the excess wire. It's going to provide us with a four-pole flat trailer connector, giving us our taillights, turn signals, and our brake lights. more
8/9/2018 2:32:12 PM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2012 Cadillac SRX- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2012 Cadillac SRX, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Hopkins Plug-In Simple Wiring Harness for factory tow package with a four pole flat trailer connector. Part number HM11141475.Here's what our wiring gonna look like once we have it installed. It is gonna provide us with a four pole flat trailer connector for all our lights, like our turn signals, our brake lights, and our tail lights. Our wiring is designed to say on the outside of the car, which means it's gonna be right next to our hitch whenever we get ready to hook up. Now, if you want a more permanent attachment point, you can pick up a bracket on etrailer.com so we can mount it right to our hitch.As far as installation goes, it's gonna be extremely simple. Were gonna have a factory plug that's gonna be right behind the bumper here that our harness is gonna plug directly into. more
8/9/2018 2:12:13 PM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2012 Cadillac SRX 56096- Video
Speaker 1: Today, in our 2012 Cadillac SRX, we're going to be taking a look at the CURT vehicle wiring harness for four pole flat trailer connector part number 56096.So here's what our CURT wiring's going to look like once we have it installed. It is going to stay on the outside of the vehicle at all times, and it's going to provide us with a four pole flat trailer connector for our tail lights, turn signals, and our brake signals. If you want more of a permanent mounting solution for your wiring, we have brackets available at etrailer.com that'll mount directly to your hitch.As far as installation goes, our wiring is going to be extremely easy. We're going to have a factory connector that we're going to plug directly into, which is going to be right behind the bumper, right here in the center. And CURT did put a nice loom around the wire, so it's going to protect it and kind of hide that color a little bit, so we don't have such bright wires in the back of our car.So now that you've seen what our wiring looks like, let's show you how to get it installed.Now we already have our hitch installed on our SRX, but if you don't, there's going to be a panel that's going to be right here, and we're going to need to remove two Phillips head screws in order to get to our wiring.Now the wiring harness itself that we're going to be plugging into, is going to be right behind the bumper, right above where our hitch is. Our wiring harness is going to be directly in the center, and most likely, it's going to have a clip holding it to the frame, but if we reach up there, we can grab it and pull it down, making it a lot easier to work with.The connector we're going to be looking for is a gray cap and four plugs on the very end of it. more
8/9/2018 2:07:12 PM
Best 2010 Cadillac SRX Trailer Wiring Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best custom fit vehicle wiring options for your 2010 Cadillac SRX. To determine which wiring harness you're going to need, you're going to need to know if your SRX has the tow package or not. Now most likely it will, and there's going to be a connector behind the bumper in the center that our new harness is going to plug directly into.Here we have our Tekonsha, which is going to plug directly into the factory tow package. It's going to be an extremely easy connection. We're just going to have to take the cover off and plug our new wiring harness in, and then take the zip ties and tie up the excess wire. It's going to provide us with a four-pole flat trailer connector, giving us our taillights, turn signals, and our brake lights. more
8/7/2018 3:07:26 PM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2010 Cadillac SRX- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2010 Cadillac SRX, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the CURT T-connector vehicle wiring harness with 4-pole flat trailer connector, part number 56096. So here's what our wiring looks like when it's fully installed. We do have the factory plug right behind the bumper here, and it is going to stay on the outside at all times. Now, it provides us with a 4-pole flat trailer connector, which is going to give us all the required lights to get down the road safely and legally, such as our clearance lights, turn signals, and stop lights. Now that we see what it looks like in the end result, let's show you how we put it on.To begin our installation, we're going to come to the back of our vehicle and we're going to remove this center panel right here. Now, we're going to have two fasteners holding it in place, and we're going to be using a Phillips head screwdriver bit to take them out. more
7/31/2017 10:48:04 AM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2014 Cadillac SRX- Video
Today on our 2014 Cadillac SRX, we're going to take a look at, then also show you how to install Hopkins plug in simple wiring harness for the factory tow package. This offers the four pole flat trailer connector. It's part number is HM11141475. Now this is what our wiring kit's going to look like when we pull it out of the package. This is a really simple straight forward installation. What we're going to do is use the plug here, this matches exactly to our factory tow package plug. more
1/10/2017 10:18:54 AM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2013 Cadillac SRX- Video
Today on our 2013 Cadillac SRX. We're going to be taking a look at and installing the Curt T-connector vehicle wiring harness with 4 fold flat trailer connector. Part number 56096. This is what it looks like once it's installed. This is going to be a very simple install. It's going to plug into a factory plug that already on the back side of your bumper. more
6/13/2016 1:21:38 PM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2010 Cadillac SRX 118259- Video
Today on our 2010 Cadillac SRX we have our T1 vehicle wiring harness for a factory tow package, part number 118259. Our package includes a couple zip ties for getting this up out of the way, and the wire harness. Our first step is to locate our vehicle factory trailer harness, which is going to be right here in the bumper. I'll go ahead and take this panel off, we've got our Phillip's screwdriver with two screws, and we pull the panel off. Now that I've got my two screws out I'll go ahead and pull the panel off. Now that we've located our wire harness we've got a weather cap on here, we'll pull the tab and it pops right off. This is there to seal it from the weather. We'll take our new wiring harness and clip it back in place. more
11/5/2015 2:42:48 PM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2015 Cadillac SRX- Video
Today on our 2015 Cadillac SRX, we're going to show you how to install the tow-ready T1 vehicle wiring harness for factory tow package with the four-pole flat trailer connector. Part number is 118259. To begin our installation we need to remove the two screws here on the back holding our cover into place. Once those are out, pull down and out it there and we'll be able to reach right up inside here and find our plug-in for our trailer connection. One piece of advice is if you're putting a hitch in the vehicle, that's going to be mounted in these two hole locations here and here. It's a really good idea to get your wiring in first so you can get to that connector. What we're going to do is pull that gray cap off of the end, then we'll replace it with our wiring connector. As you can see, it's almost identical. more
8/20/2015 4:07:43 PM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2014 Cadillac SRX 56096- Video
Today on our 2014 Cadillac SRX we're going to be installing the Curt T-Connector Vehicle Wiring Harness with a 4-Pole Trailer Flat Connector, part number 56096. We're going to begin here on the lower rear fascia of the vehicle. We're going to need to remove this center section. To do that, we'll need to remove the Phillips head screw here as well as over there. Once your screws are both removed just simply lean the panel downward. There's five little tabs at the top that you'll need to get to release. We're going to go up here underneath the bumper structure itself. more
9/17/2014 9:53:54 AM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2014 Cadillac SRX 118259- Video
Today on our 2014 Cadillac SRX, we're going to be installing the Tow Ready T1 Vehicle Wiring Harness with a 4-pole flat trailer connector with vehicles with a factory tow package, part number 118259. Now we're going to go ahead and start here at the center of the vehicle on this lower fascia piece at the rear bumper. We're going to need to remove this screw here as well as this screw here. Both of these are just a Phillips-head, so we'll just be using a Phillips-head screwdriver. Once the screws are out, lean the center door section down, and it'll just pop out of the 5 tabs that are at the top. Now if you look up here underneath the rear bumper right here on the back side, this right here is the plug that we're looking for. Now to make things a little bit easier, we're going to go ahead and remove it from the plastic tab securing it to the bumper. more
9/16/2014 1:44:30 PM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2013 Cadillac SRX 118259- Video
Today on our 2013 Cadillac SRX we're going to be installing the Tow Ready T1 Vehicle Wiring Harness for Factory Tow Package Vehicles, part number 118259. We'll begin here at the rear of the vehicle where we're going to need to remove this lower panel here. To do this, we'll remove the two screws using our Phillips head screwdriver. We'll then take the panel and bend it downward and work the tabs from the bumper fascia. The factory plug that we'll tying in with is located right here. We're going to go ahead and remove the tab that holds it to the bumper structure just to make things a little bit easier and so that we can see things a little bit more. We'll need to remove this gray cap here; to do this we'll lift up on the locking tab and simply pull downward. more
5/13/2014 5:27:23 PM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2011 Cadillac SRX- Video
Today in our 2011 Cadillac SRX we'll be installing the Curt 4-Pole Flat Wiring Connector, part number 56096. Now for this application, it's highly recommended to install your wiring before you install the hitch because once you put the hitch in place, it will cover up your access to get to the manufacturer's tow port that we'll need to connect to. First, we'll go ahead and remove the rear fascia cover. To remove the rear fascia cover, there's two screws that we'll go ahead and remove and then pull down on the fascia cover, gently releasing the fasteners underneath. We'll go ahead and set these aside as they will not be reinstalled as the hitch will take it's place once it's installed. Next we'll go ahead and locate the manufacturer's tow port that's secure to the back of the bumper structure. more
11/26/2013 9:38:22 AM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2012 Cadillac SRX 118259- Video
Today on our 2012 Cadillac SRX were going to install part number 118259 from Tow Ready. The first thing we need to do is go ahead and locate the port for our towing harness. This is going to be located on the back side of the bumper right above where the hitch will sit. Using a trim panel tool well go ahead and pop it loose from its mounting location. Now we already had ours started a little bit earlier, and it was a tight fit to get it removed. Well go ahead and pull it down so we can work on it easier, then well go ahead and remove the cap. more
11/6/2013 9:39:37 AM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2011 Cadillac SRX 118259- Video
Today on our 2011 Cadillac SRX well be installing the Tow Ready replacement OEM tow package wiring harness, part number 118259. To install the wiring well be connecting with the manufacturers plug. Note that this wiring install is a replacement of the OEM tow package wiring harness with a four pole flak. When installing your wiring in conjunction with the hitch its recommended to install the wiring first as the hitch will block your access to the manufacturers connector. To install the wiring well first remove the manufacturers weather cap by pulling back on the connector lock and removing the cap. Then we can take our new wiring harness and plug in line with the manufacturers connector. more
12/21/2012 1:05:42 AM
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