prior to buying the vehicle the previous owner installed a UHaul hitch. went to rent a trailer and naturally their was no juice at the plug in. i took it to the shop i service my vehicle and they told me it was typical for Uhaul to install and not properly wire the lights. they will only replace with a LR wiring kit, cost is $350. so do i bite and let them do it or is their an alternate solution....? certainly hate to spend that kind of money to fix something that was never installed properly in the first place. thanks
06 LR3 trailer hitch electrical
- Thread starter northwind
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Trailer wiring is an easy self install, less than 30 mins. Atlantic British(www.roverparts.com) makes an aftermarket kit that is just as good as the LR one and has a youtube install video.
thanks for the insight on Atlantic British i might just go that route. The UHaul hitch is right under the bumper. sorry i dont have a pic of it. its actually worked quite nice for hauling the bikes and i also used it for a trailer where i didnt hook up the lights.
Link re trailer hitch wiring.
The link below re the trailer hitch wiring may be helpful.
As others have said, use the official wiring hookup. It sounds as if you are new to the 3 and have yet to experience the odd things that occur when almost correct stuff is added.
In the case of the 3, the computers look at the tail light circuits more than one might like and often times come to the wrong conclusions -ie: does not recognize the trailer but thinks it is a tranny problem and behaves accordingly.
http://bit.ly/13Dysjp
The link below re the trailer hitch wiring may be helpful.
As others have said, use the official wiring hookup. It sounds as if you are new to the 3 and have yet to experience the odd things that occur when almost correct stuff is added.
In the case of the 3, the computers look at the tail light circuits more than one might like and often times come to the wrong conclusions -ie: does not recognize the trailer but thinks it is a tranny problem and behaves accordingly.
http://bit.ly/13Dysjp
