tow bar electrics

hi I was wondering if anyone could help. I'm looking to fit a towbar to my T6 2017. And there are a number of towbar electrics available. There are ones with and without towbar prep. I was wondering how do I find out if my vehicle has the wiring prep or do I need the full electrics. Any...

Hi I searched as best I could before posting this but couldn’t quite find the help I needed so thought I would jot down what I found and how it went to benefit others and hope on some help on the last bit. This is for vans with no trailer prep- I don’t understand (other than tiny cost and...

I've just fit the Westfalia towbar to my new 72 plate T28 SWB panel van yesterday and have a vehicle specific wring kit which i haven't fit yet but I'm thinking of getting a genuine kit if one is available? Does anyone have any experience of fitting the genuine kit? Is it fairly straight...

Hi All, As my camper trailer has electric brakes (Aussie requirement for trailers over a certain weight), I needed to fit a brake controller to my T6.1. To solve this, I made a custom loom that plugs in to the exisiting OEM plugs, so no factory wiring had to be cut or spliced! Here is how I...

I fitted a towbar with pf Jones electrics I was wondering what coding I need to do. I have vcds

Hi I am relatively new to the forum and have had a T6 Transporter camper conversion for a year now. I have recently got a Thule Easyfold tow bar mounted bike rack and am wondering if it is possible to retro fit a reversing camera to the bike rack and hook into the existing OEM camera display...

Bought a 2017 T6 1 month ago with a towbar fitted. In preparation of going on a trip with my Puck caravan next week.........plugged it in .......no electrics. Have tried it on a towing board as well same result. Called the auto electrician and he spent 2 hours on it no luck. It has Brink...

Hi I’ll be installing a towbar on a 21 plate transporter tomorrow, it doesn’t have trailer prep so I have a kit from pf jones coming. Any advice best routing to go from back to front? I see it gives options when it comes down near pedals. How do I know which one I should do?

Is there a difinitive guide on Westfalia / OEM towbar coding using VCDS? I’ve found a few snippets buried in various threads. Having put it off for ages I’ve been into 19 Can gateway and ticked ‘69 Trailer’. Done the bits in ‘10 Park Assist’ and the long coding as per @rod_vw excellent write...

Hope someone can help here, I'm halfway through fitting a Wesfalia Tow bar to my 2017 Shuttle. So I'm looking specifically at the point were three wires are connected to the extra fuse bar thats under the passenger seat. Now the instructions say that the three cables are fitted in spots 5,6,7...

I’ve just acquired a Thule 3 bike rack to fit on my T6 towbar. However the electrics don’t seem to be working - no lights or brake lights coming on. The outer cap is damaged so doesn’t sit in the rows at electric adapter comfortably. Could anyone help please? Many thanks

Hi got a t6 with a after market relay box fitted in the rear of the van I’ve seen genuine loom for sale dose any one know if it will be easy to install with out any instructions I would like to get rid of the after market box wired of the bk lights also I’ve got a strange fault code (trailer...

2010 T5.1 I have recently converted my 7 pin towbar socket to 13 pin to enable me to tow a new caravan, before now I have only towed trailers with convention tungsten lighting. With the caravan now hooked up, the van will show a lamp failure warning on the dash, my guess this is almost certainly...

I’ve just had a tow bar and dedicated wiring harness fitted to a 2017 kombi van. Can anyone tell me please if there is a light on the dashboard or an audible signal indicating that a trailer/caravan is connected. I thought maybe an indicator light might of been visible when in use?

Hi, I'm looking for recommendations please for a company or fitter to install a detachable or foldaway tow bar to a 19 t6 converted swb, ideally Hertfordshire area but will travel pretty much anywhere for the best job. I'm seeing mention of PF Jones (and also the occasional trouble trying...

Hi Don't normally post stuff, however after some assistance, had a new t6.1 back in March with tow prep, just had a towbar and the electics fitted. Now I have just contacted the local steelers VW @ Indian queens to enquire about having the van coded, only to be told that I needed a special...

Hi guys, How do you remove the module in the picture. Cannot seem to see a screw or clip that will take it out. Has circuit board inside so want to make sure do correctly to position leisure battery.

I’m fitting a pfjones 7 pin wiring kit. My t6 doesn’t have tow bar prep and is therefore option 2 in the wiring instructions. That’s probably irrelevant because - I’ve remove all the lower dash under the steering wheel and it says there is white can data and a black network control to wire into...

HI All trying to fit a pf jones towbar electrics but having issues with fuse box side. How I read it you take out pin 2 then fit wiring loom 15 into pins 5 and 4 which I have checked on the t6 has ready got wires in these locations. Then you put wire 3 into a block and a would assume that was...

Hi, Can not figure out how the final connector on my bus are supposed to be configured. Tried and follow the westfalia instructions but it looks like I should connect wire bk/ye to pin 1. As I read it its the bk/ye wire from the tow hook going into the van connector pin1. However that...