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Can you add a brake controller to a Ford Expedition?

Can you add a brake controller to a Ford Expedition?

Adding the 7-blade connector and brake controller was not complicated. It’s just a matter of picking up the right parts. This article is about adding the 7-blade RVconnector. Make sure you also check out the article on adding a brake controller to a 2012 Ford Expedition.

What is blue wire for trailer brake on Ford Expedition?

That’s actually the blue wire for the trailer brake. Even though this Expedition didn’t have the ‘towing package’, they still used the same harness for the RV / trailer connector. They simply capped off the brake wire since they only installed the 4-pin plug.

How do you install a brake harness on a Ford Expedition?

The 4-pin plug is cut from the factory harness, and the cap is cut off of the end of the factory blue trailer brake wire. The factory harness is then spliced in to the new Pollak harness, and sealed with electrical tape. Here is a chart with the wire colors and what circuit they go to.

What kind of trailer connector does Ford Expedition use?

Hopkins 7-Blade / 4-Pin RV Connector P/N 40975 (Amazon – Hopkins 40975 Multi-tow Plug-in Simple Wiring Kit ) My 2012 Ford Expedition came with a factory hitch, and this 4-pin trailer connector to the left of it. The connector is in a rubber plug, and will slide down and out of the mount.

Adding the 7-blade connector and brake controller was not complicated. It’s just a matter of picking up the right parts. This article is about adding the 7-blade RVconnector. Make sure you also check out the article on adding a brake controller to a 2012 Ford Expedition.

That’s actually the blue wire for the trailer brake. Even though this Expedition didn’t have the ‘towing package’, they still used the same harness for the RV / trailer connector. They simply capped off the brake wire since they only installed the 4-pin plug.

The 4-pin plug is cut from the factory harness, and the cap is cut off of the end of the factory blue trailer brake wire. The factory harness is then spliced in to the new Pollak harness, and sealed with electrical tape. Here is a chart with the wire colors and what circuit they go to.

Hopkins 7-Blade / 4-Pin RV Connector P/N 40975 (Amazon – Hopkins 40975 Multi-tow Plug-in Simple Wiring Kit ) My 2012 Ford Expedition came with a factory hitch, and this 4-pin trailer connector to the left of it. The connector is in a rubber plug, and will slide down and out of the mount.

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