etrailer | Curt T-Connector Vehicle Wiring Harness Installation - 2015 Ford Escape

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Ryan: Hey everybody, my name is Ryan and here at etrailer, we install, test, fit and review a lot of different parts. That way we can try to answer any questions those of you might have and that's exactly what we're doing here today on our 2015 Ford Escape. We're to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Curt T-Connector Vehicle Wiring Harness. So I know personally, whenever I'm driving down the road, I see these Escapes being used for a little bit of everything. So, whether you plan on towing a trailer, or maybe even using a light up accessory, like a cargo carrier, the wiring is going to get the job done. It's going to provide us with those necessary lighting functions, not only to remain safe, but legal as well.
So, one thing I really like about this wiring is the fact that it uses a module box.And what that's going to do is protect your Escape's factory wiring, if a short or an electrical issue we're to occur on the trailer side. And to me, that would really put my mind at ease knowing that today's vehicles have really complicated electrical systems and you don't want to do anything to jeopardize them. So with this kit, that's one less thing you're not going to have to worry about. So the four way connector is going to come with a nice thick, rubber dust cover, and that's going to really do a good job to help keeping the terminals inside protected. However, I would recommend from time to time to supply some dielectric grease to them that way it'll ensure you won't have any corrosion, and this will work for a very long time.
Now, one thing I would've liked to have seen is the kit coming through to some type of bracket, not really a huge deal, but it would be a little more convenient if you want to mount yours up like this similar to mine.How I did it here There is a ton of brackets available right here at etrailer. So at the end of the day, really nice kit, that's going to help you feel a little bit safer whenever you're pulling your trailer down the road. Now, as far as the installation goes, it's really not too complicated, but it does take up a little bit of time. Since it uses the factory connectors everything does more or less as plug right in. However, there is quite a bit of routing of the wiring that you need to do, but as long as you stay focused you should have no problem getting it done at home, in your garage or maybe even in the driveway.
Speaking of which let's go ahead and do that together now. To begin our installation, we're going to be here at the back of our Escape and first thing we're going to need to do is pull our taillights out.So we can begin by opening up our rear hatch and if you move to this panel here, there should be two plastic covers that we need to pop off. So, I'm going to take a small pick, can also use a flat head screwdriver and what you're going to do is just kind of pry underneath of it. This can be a little tight, but we'll pop those out and set them off to the side. Underneath there we're going to have two eight millimeter bolts.
We'll go ahead and grab our socket pull those out.So, to get the taillight out what you can do is kind of peel up on this rubber that's going over our taillight here, this piece of plastic. And what you're going to do is just kind of grab the taillight and carefully wiggle it from side to side and kind of pull back. And, what we're trying to do is release a couple of clips behind there.Sometimes it can be a little challenging, but take your time we'll get it. You can see one of those clips there, one down here and one up here. Now that we have it out though, we're going to disconnect it. There's a connector you can push down on the center, pull it to your part. I'll set my taillight to the side and repeat the same process over on the passenger side. So, now what I did is use a pull wire, I just used a piece of nylon air tubing you can all see you use a string, another piece of wire, coat hanger, something like that. You drop it down through the taillight pocket until it comes out of the bottom of the escape and you're going to take the T-Connector end from your new wiring. That's yellow, red, and brown, tape it to that pole wire and then what we're going to do is feed that into the connector up into the taillight pocket.That is a little tight so you might have to kind of find that sweet spot to get the connectors up. As long as you kind of take your time you'll eventually get it. You're going to carefully pull everything back till we get our connector up through there. I'm just going to peel off our tape and separate it from o

[@marvinwarnecke2963]

Why don’t you just run power from the rear fuse box on the passenger side instead of risking running a wire that long?

[@etrailer]

The manufacturer of this wiring kit states to run the power wire up to the battery so that there is not any interference with other accessories. If you were to have an issue with your lights on your trailer or your fuse panel, one or the other may be adversely affected.
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[@mitchf1508]

@@etrailer If you use the + F26 relay pin, it's for the factory trailer tow package wiring setup.
F26 40A Accessories, Trailer tow module 30 feed 1

[@etrailer]

@@mitchf1508 Doing as you propose can expose the vehicle's wiring system to short circuits that might happen in the trailer wiring. Connecting directly to the battery will serve to isolate the vehicle's electrical system from damage.