Trailer hitch and harness
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Trailer hitch and harness
I seem to have a lot of questions, but here is another. 
I looked under the rear of our Dak, which has a hitch ball on the bumper. Underneath, there is what appears to be a trailer hitch that has two 'ears' where I assume the receiver attaches. The structure is about 2.5 inch heavy steel rubing and is firmly attached to both sides of the frame. Couild this be a ClassII or III hitch? If so, where would I find a receiver? Also, both the owner's manual and the Chilton book talk about the 4 or 7-pin trailer lighting harness that is supposed to be part of the vehicle wiring harness. I know usually, they have fittings in the wiring harnes for any possible accessories. There is no plug for a trailer harness to attach to. the owner's manual cautions against tieing into the wirng harnes, but how else would you hook up a trailer harness plug?
I looked under the rear of our Dak, which has a hitch ball on the bumper. Underneath, there is what appears to be a trailer hitch that has two 'ears' where I assume the receiver attaches. The structure is about 2.5 inch heavy steel rubing and is firmly attached to both sides of the frame. Couild this be a ClassII or III hitch? If so, where would I find a receiver? Also, both the owner's manual and the Chilton book talk about the 4 or 7-pin trailer lighting harness that is supposed to be part of the vehicle wiring harness. I know usually, they have fittings in the wiring harnes for any possible accessories. There is no plug for a trailer harness to attach to. the owner's manual cautions against tieing into the wirng harnes, but how else would you hook up a trailer harness plug?
RE: Trailer hitch and harness
The lower picture is what you want and it is just missing the receiver right?
Towing-DodgeDakota2005-2007.jpg
The above picture is a classIV hitch that comeswith the tow package. It sounds like you have the hitch with out the tow package, where the receiver is MIA, and alsothe different rear wiring harness. I am sure if you want the factory hitch you can buy it through dodge. I do have the part number (52013184AD)for the entire tow packagehitch assembly. I imagine the only reason they caution tying into the harness is to protect against liablity. Hope this helps
Towing-DodgeDakota2005-2007.jpg
The above picture is a classIV hitch that comeswith the tow package. It sounds like you have the hitch with out the tow package, where the receiver is MIA, and alsothe different rear wiring harness. I am sure if you want the factory hitch you can buy it through dodge. I do have the part number (52013184AD)for the entire tow packagehitch assembly. I imagine the only reason they caution tying into the harness is to protect against liablity. Hope this helps
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RE: Trailer hitch and harness
I think my wife bought the whole thing off of ebay (I think)...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-...spagenameZWD1V
This looks like same place she bought it from...running the harness was not that bad...only one place where I had to cut and solder some wires...all the rest was plug and play....
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RE: Trailer hitch and harness
I bought mine from the dealer. It was just the lower peice that has the hitch reciever and 7-way mounting bracket. It took a whol 10 min. to install.
The factory wiring harness was not that bad. You have to splice one wire. Took about an hour.
The factory wiring harness was not that bad. You have to splice one wire. Took about an hour.
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