Install electrical kit
1. Disconnect the battery.
2. If necessary, remove the following covers and trims:
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On the driver's side
Trim below the steering column
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3. Mount the trailer connection unit at the intended location with the screws and nuts provided
(Fig. 1/3), torque setting: max. 2.0 Nm.
4. Connect the vehicle-side 12- and 16-pole connector (above the throttle in the foam on the
vehicle-side wiring harness) to the trailer connection unit and click together (Fig. 1/3).
Fit the socket
5. Feed the microswitch housing and the contact insert through the hole in the tow coupling
cross tube or the socket mounting (Fig. 1/1) and press it into the socket casing provided.
6. Push the 3-pin housing on the microswitch into the socket (check the encoding) and then push
it in.
7. Push the 13-pin contact support into the socket housing (check the coding) until you hear it
latch into place.
8. Screw the socket to the cross tube or socked mounting (Fig. 1/1) using the screws supplied,
torque setting: max. 2.0 Nm.
Install electrical kit
9. Lay the end of the cable with the 14-pole socket to the coupling/mating connector at the
coupling point (Fig. 1/2) at the rear of the cargo bed .
10. Remove the socket with the jumper link (no longer required) from the vehicle-side 14-pole
socket connector and connect and click in the 14-pole socket from the socket wiring harness.
11. The cable ties with which the cable leading to the number plate light is fixed to the Tucker
bolts must be removed (Fig. 1/5).
12. Using the cable ties (with base) supplied, connect the wiring harness as well as the cable
leading to the number plate light and secure to the Tucker bolts with the base. (Fig. 1/5).
13. MY11-MY12: Insert 5 A fuses provided into fuse positions 60 and 61 (Fig. 1/4).
14. Re-connect the vehicle battery.
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