trailer wire harness
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Topic: trailer wire harness
Posted By: Mountainpod
Subject: trailer wire harness
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2015 at 11:06pm
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Just finished camping with our new 2016 179 model. This question may have been posted before....when taking a right turn, our wire harness pops out from our car! Anyone else have this problem (other than not taking right turns)? We turned on the running lights in order to monitor if the plug had pulled. Thanks! ------------- Mitch & Cindy 2008 Toyota 4 Runner Rpod 179 |
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Posted By: Podster
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 7:00am
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Yes, check to see if you can re-route the plug somehow through the front tongue area to get a little more slack. It's pulling out on the turn because its to tight! You don't need much more, just a few inches. ------------- Cliff & Raelynn Ranger 4.0/178 (1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity) |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 8:23am
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Your hitch assembly is just a bit longer than "average".. lol Usually you can find some slack under there if you loosen the clamps. And then shift it a bit forward. How are your safety chains? Often if one is a bit short, so is the other. ------------- |
Posted By: TigerPawd
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 11:34am
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Mountainpod, I had this problem on a previous TT. I found that I could gain enough length using a carabiner clip - the kind where the loop closes with a screw connection - not just a spring closure. I didn't intend ever to check to see if the clip was strong enough, but one time when I hit a really rough stretch of road, I found out that the clip was stronger than the retainers on the emergency brake connection. In other words, things worked as they should. If that's not enough length, there are some fairly big carabiners out there, or you could add a second clip. I always left the clip on the tow vehicle hitch and that made hook up even easier. ------------- Joan, Jerry and the two Pugs 2015 R-Pod 179 |
Posted By: jstrenn
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 1:51pm
 Not sure how carabiner's are gonna solve his problem with the electrical connection on his trailer wire harness.... |
Posted By: podenvy
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 4:35pm
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This happened to us too with our equalizer. Bring it back to the dealer or whoever installed it and tell them to lengthen the wiring. Ours had no slack anywhere to re-route. ------------- 2013 FJ Cruiser + 2015 rpod 179 HRE |
Posted By: TigerPawd
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 7:02pm
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Oooops - my bad. I misread and thought the problem was with the safety brake cable pulling out, which was the problem I had. Sorry. Ignore the carabiner clips suggestion unless the problem is with the brake cable.
------------- Joan, Jerry and the two Pugs 2015 R-Pod 179 |