towbar on Vectra estate 04 plate

[Olliebears1]

Hi Guys

Just a wee question...........

I am going to fit a towbar on my estate and wondered if there may be any problems that anyone has come across I should be aware of that are not in the books.

TIA

Paul

 

[Alan (archive)]

I don't know about the bracket itself but be careful with the wiring. I would use the Vauxhall loom and you will probably need a dealer to 'tell' the car about the wiring using Tech 2.

 

[Big Bri]

When you fit the towbar please remove fully any adhesive sound deadening material when fitting the reinforcing plates at the sides of the boot floor. On my Signum I had to remove this on the left side only. If you do not remove this it can affect the torque setting of the bolts and the towbar could loosen and cause damage.

Do as Alan says and use the OE wiring kit. It is a simple plug in system with an ECU module. You will need to take the car to a Vauxhall dealer and have some additional software downloaded to this ECU to ensure that the bulb failure warning covers the trailer, that the trailer indicator "tell-tale" in the instrument display works when towing and the rear fog lamp and reversing light cut outs work when towing.

If you want to buy an OE wiring cheaper than from your Vauxhall dealer have a look at www.rightconnections.co.uk