2002 Blazer Trailer electrics, also manual vailability
Question:
I don’t find a specific trailer light kit for my 2002 Blazer, only for older Blazers and newer S-10s. I looked under the bumper and there is a capped pigtail connector secured there with about eight wires. I am wondering if this is for a trailer connection, can anyone tell me? If So, does anyone know of a source other than Chevy for a kit? Also, searching my local shops as well as the web I can’t find any repair manuals specific to a 2002 Blazer other than the $52.00 Chilton SUV manual. Does anyone know of a manual that will be applicable to a 2002 Blazer other than the factory manual? Thanks in advance
Response:
> I don’t find a specific trailer light kit for my 2002 Blazer, only for older > Blazers and newer S-10s. I looked under the bumper and there is a capped pigtail > connector secured there with about eight wires. I am wondering if this is for a > trailer connection, can anyone tell me? If So, does anyone know of a source > other than Chevy for a kit? > Also, searching my local shops as well as the web I can’t find any repair > manuals specific to a 2002 Blazer other than the $52.00 Chilton SUV manual. Does > anyone know of a manual that will be applicable to a 2002 Blazer other than the > factory manual? > Thanks in advance
What kind of kit do you want? That pigtail is the trailer harness. I expect it has most all connections already made. Several sites have instructions on how to attach connectors: http://www.etrailer.com/faq/wiring.asp http://marksrv.com/ A 7 pin connector costs about $5 at WalMart, Auto supply or any RV supply house. If you want to add a brake controller: http://www.tekonsha.com/product1.html Each type of controller has wire instructions. I am not certain if the Blazer came prewired for brake control. GMC and Chev. trucks do if you order the trailer harness. If it did all you have to do is buy an adapter cable to plug into a socket under the dash and connect the wires to the controller (Or buy a prewired harness that also plugs into the controller).
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I don’t find a specific trailer light kit for my 2002 Blazer, only for older > Blazers and newer S-10s. I looked under the bumper and there is a capped pigtail > connector secured there with about eight wires. I am wondering if this is for a > trailer connection, can anyone tell me? If So, does anyone know of a source > other than Chevy for a kit? > Also, searching my local shops as well as the web I can’t find any repair > manuals specific to a 2002 Blazer other than the $52.00 Chilton SUV manual. Does > anyone know of a manual that will be applicable to a 2002 Blazer other than the > factory manual? > Thanks in advance >What kind of kit do you want? That pigtail is the trailer harness. I >expect it has most all connections already made.
I wanted a kit that would plug into that connector on on end and the 4 pin flat connector on the tailer. I did some more looking under the bumber today. The pigtail I was referring to before has about 12 female blade connectors with a cap that has matching blades. I am now real curious waht it could be fore because I found another bumdle of wires that dead ends and it clipped to the inside of the bumper and as a tag with a color code for all the lights. I should be able to hard wire any generic trailer connector. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Several sites have instructions on how to attach connectors: >http://www.etrailer.com/faq/wiring.asp >http://marksrv.com/ >A 7 pin connector costs about $5 at WalMart, Auto supply or any RV >supply house. >If you want to add a brake controller: >http://www.tekonsha.com/product1.html >Each type of controller has wire instructions. >I am not certain if the Blazer came prewired for brake control. GMC and >Chev. trucks do if you order the trailer harness. If it did all you have >to do is buy an adapter cable to plug into a socket under the dash and >connect the wires to the controller (Or buy a prewired harness that also >plugs into the controller).
Thanks for the reply, the the first web site was helpful as I found out they specify a "universal" kit for the 02 Blazer ($14.95 IIIRC). Still curious what the fancy connector is for, I speculate it is for the towing backage with brakes you mentioned.
