Installed trailer hitch 04 passat 4-motion, manual wagon. Does anybody the the color code for the wiring ? Left & right turn signal, brake and running lights. I could not find anything on any forum with the color code. I think there's one there, but the bucket picts link is not working. I can figure it out, but knowing what it is will be easier Thanks
Brake: red/black
Left turn: black/white
Right turn: black/green
Ground: brown
Parking lights (running lights) are a little trickier... left, right, and license plate are all separate circuits, each fused at 5 amps:
Left park: gray/black
Right park: gray/red
License plate: gray/yellow
The license plate circuit probably has the least load, so you could possibly use it if your trailer only has a few lights (and if they're LEDs). The ideal approach would be to install a relay with the coil wired to the license plate circuit and the contacts wired to a separately fused power source for the trailer marker lights.
I'm not sure what the typical practice is for the marker lights--hopefully someone else will chime in. (In Europe, the trailer would have the left, right, and license plate wired separately, with extra pins in the connector.)
Edit: your car being a wagon, the license plate light wire will be more work to locate, since it's in the "rear lid", as Bentley calls it.
Should you need wiring help/clarifications in the future, you can go to Volkswagen Technical Site VWTS - ??????????? ???? and find pretty much any basic wiring diagram you need. Using a browser that translates the page is helpful.
Brake: red/black Left turn: black/white Right turn: black/green Ground: brown Parking lights (running lights) are a little trickier... left, right, and license plate are all separate circuits, each fused at 5 amps: Left park: gray/black Right park: gray/red License plate: gray/yellow The license plate circuit probably has the least load, so you could possibly use it if your trailer only has a few lights (and if they're LEDs). The ideal approach would be to install a relay with the coil wired to the license plate circuit and the contacts wired to a separately fused power source for the trailer marker lights. I'm not sure what the typical practice is for the marker lights--hopefully someone else will chime in. (In Europe, the trailer would have the left, right, and license plate wired separately, with extra pins in the connector.) Edit: your car being a wagon, the license plate light wire will be more work to locate, since it's in the "rear lid", as Bentley calls it. Ref: Bentley schematic 48.
I’m trying to hookup a whole new bake lights and I have spiled all my wires they all work correctly but I have 3 wires extra on my back passenger side. I have a brown and green one that share a thick wire coating on the outside then I have a little green wire by itself can anyone tell me how to hook them in with the back lights
Your forum out me out so much with installing my new brake lights. I hooked up a whole new brake lights on my Passat wagon. I have spliced all my wires they all work correctly but I have 3 wires extra wires on my back passenger side which I think the alarm system is on that side with my lights. I have a brown and green one that share a thick wire coating on the outside then I have a little green wire by itself can anyone tell me how to hook them in with the back lights. I have included pictures of the wires the I have left. Not sure where to put them in at can someone help?
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