Westfalia Tow Bar Wiring Connections

[Ginettamad]

I have purchased the car specific kit for my 2005 Ford Galaxy, but it is a bit vague on a couple of the connections.

 

Wiring kit is a 13 pin Westfalia Electrical System for Towing Hitch 7/13-pin

Westfalia Order No.: 321 458 300 107 / 113

Area of Application: VW Sharan, Ford Galaxy,

Seat Alhambra, tail cabling

(all construction years, also with parking aid)

Installation time approx.30 min.

 

1) It specifies a single green wire should be connected to the reverse light

2) It also states to connect a brown-white wire to the parking sensors, but doesn't state which wire to tap into.

Anyone know?

See instruction text

13. The single brown/white lead is the switch off connection for the parking aid. In vehicles without

parking aid the connection is missing, in vehicles with parking aid please consult your specialist

garage.

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For the Fog light turn off circuit option B I guess as 2005 model?

 

See instruction text

8. The single green wire is to be connected on the right side with the black/blue wire of the reverse

headlamp. A blue snap-in connection is enclosed in the delivery package for this.

According to the model year the two remaining wires (blue and grey) are laid either

version A from centre to left, models up to 9/97 with 2 and 8-fold connection left, or

version B from centre to right, models from 10/97 with connection at the right underneath the

light.

In version A separate the 2-fold plug link and connect the blue wire of the electrical system with

the grey/white lead of the wire lane from the vehicle rear fog lamp switch, and the grey wire of the

electrical system with the grey/white lead leading to the rear fog lamp.

In version B separate the grey/white lead near the connection on the right below the tail light and

connect the blue wire of the electrical system with the wire which leads to the rear fog lamp

switch, and connect the grey wire with the wire end towards the rear fog lamp.

 

 

Thanks in advance Harvey

[Ginettamad]

Ok Guys,

I fitted my Tow Bar and Electrics at the weekend and the main functions working fine and even the bumper fits better than it did before? I didn't wire the fog circuit or the parking sensor cut off circuit as the instructions weren’t very clear. The green wire went to the reverse light switch wire and now when the car is put in reverse with a trailer plugged in now the parking sensors make a two tone siren type bleeping which may or may not be normal but it warns me I have something fitted? All I do then is just switch them off and they still work fine in normal use. (I’ll maybe check VAG com sometime to see if any errors have been recorded but all seems fine?)

I fitted an old Witter tow bar, which came from ebay from a MK1 Gal as I knew they all fit MK2 cars and tend to sell for half the money. MK2’s have smaller shallow bumpers so no problem there. It clears the bumper by a few mm and has a standard tow ball flange and does not bother the parking sensors with a standard single socket plate fitted.

So £20 for the tow bar plus some hammerite to give it a few coats of paint then around £50 for the electric kit and an afternoons work fitting so pleased with the job for under £100. It has a single European 13pin full electrics socket which can be used with a caravan equivalent to the old twin sockets but its much neater. So to use a trailer with the old 7pin electric plug I just fit a £6 adapter between.

I’d still like to connect up the spare fog and parking sensor switch off wires at some point but need to find more info on how to connect them without damaging anything so if any of you find out let me know please.

I have taken pictures of the work but I'm not sure how to upload them but tried to attach. They also show the fixings for the awkward tail peice covers under the lights and bumper side fixings. Also the SS boot cover has key hole fittings suggesting it should be pushed side ways to release it not pulled up like I did?

Harvey

Tail piece cover

 

Holes where it fits. It slides backwards and out as there is a hook down the right side

 

This shows the underside of the boot cover which has Keyways for sliding, plastic pegs with locking collars in the body which I needed to separate to re fix back.

 

The bumper side fixing tabs have to be pulled firmly out towards you before the bumper will move back and up.

 

Tow bar on wiring under rear carpet using same hole/gromit as parking sensor wires

New wiring went to rear left for control box and right for the fog and reverse connections. Piggy back connectors jumpers fitted rear lamp sockets

Close up of jumper connectors for right rear lamp.

Job Done!

Edited August 30, 2011 by Ginettamad