No power on towbar electrics

[Tredici]

Hello everybody,

I recently bought a second hand towbar. it's a 7-pins electrics.
the previous car was a 2006 facelift estate model . myself is driving with the 2004 pre-facelift estate. the towbar itself fits beautifull but i cannot get any power on the electrics . it's just plug and play at the back left side of the car. It also had the trailer module with it. After some searching i noticed there's a fuseplug no.13 20Amps . but also after plugging one in there no power yet.
Does anyone has some experience with this?
My dealer tells me it doesn't need tech2 with this system.

greetz

[kenp]

it does need tech2... to activate the power to the trailermodule.

[Tredici]

oh okay gonna try it out next week at another dealer then :-) . thanks

[kenp]

ive got the guide from my towbar electrics if thats any help.. can put them through a scanner...

[Inner Zone]

What has no power, 12N or 12S?

[Tredici]

hey guys,

No worries it's working.
The thing is the plug is recognizing if there's a trailer plugged in .
It's just not possible to search power with a multimeter or some sort (led controle also doesn't work)
No tech2 needed , just a buddy's trailer and it worked. he accually had a ligth fault and the dash immediatly told me , wierd and funny that it works this way lol

12N or 12S , don't know the difference . we have a 7-pin or 13-pin here in belgium ;-)
thanks anyway guys for the fast replies.
greetz

[kenp]

ahh i thought you have tried with a trailer.. yep no leds are working to test

here we also just have 7 or 13 pin.. ill have to see the stealers if they have a 13 pin at stock as im tiered that not all is working when only have 7 pin..

[Tredici]

Oh i'm glad everything is working fine now.
i prefere the 7-pin becuase i 'm not going to tow a caravan and otherwise i'll need an adapter.
my dealer wanted to sell new electrics to me for 85 euro so i'm very glad it works now . had the towbar with electrics for 100 euro (very cheap)
lol
greetz