Trailer wiring for a Volvo

[james tillitt]

I plan on using my wife's 2002 Volvo S60 to do part time towing duty of my TD. I haven't got the hitch yet but it's on the way. My dilemma is this; I can not find a wiring harness for this except for the Volvo part that comes with the hitch for a total installed price of around $800-900. I have tried to find info about wiring this car up, but haven't really found much info. The problem that I think I will encounter is that there is a read-out on the dash that tells you if there is a burned out light, so I assume it knows this by a difference in resistance, which would change if that circuity also powered a trailer light.

Does anyone have experience with this?

[madjack]

JT, from what I can find, you will have to use a powered connection system such as these... http://www.etrailer.com/c-ELEE.htm ...what does your owners manual say....150 to 200 bucks worth of parts(retail) for hitch and wiring shouldn't equate to another 6-7hundred bucks to install...look elsewhere.........
madjack

p.s. also found... http://www.autoanything.com/car/volvo/s ... A2002.aspx
and google clicky

[goldcoop]

JT-

Around Aug. 2nd IPD should have the solution.

http://tinyurl.com/2jh3b6

I have done business with these folks for 25 years, great bunch of Volvo nuts!

Cheers,

Coop

EDIT:

I believe this is this same device as MJ listed above?!

[james tillitt]

[quote="madjack"]JT, from what I can find, you will have to use a powered connection system such as these... http://www.etrailer.com/c-ELEE.htm ...what does your owners manual say....150 to 200 bucks worth of parts(retail) for hitch and wiring shouldn't equate to another 6-7hundred bucks to install...look elsewhere.........
madjack

Yeah, that's what I thought. The parts alone were quoted at OVER $500 and the labor was 4-5 hours. I'm not sure what would take that long.

I'll check out the converters that both of you came up with.

Coop, thanks for the link to IPD I forgot about them, I'll have to check the site out more when I have more time.


James

[madjack]

James, it looks like the one on the IPD site is the the same, as one of the ones listed on the etrailer site...IPD is a dollar or two cheaper...checkout shipping on both.....
madjack

[asianflava]

If the parts coming from IPD are the same price, I'd go with them. They know their Volvos. If you have questions, you're more likely to get the right answers from them.