oilhammer
Certified Volkswagen Nut & Vendor
After some hair pulling, finally got a trailer hitch ordered from the dealer. You'd think this would not be that big of a deal, but you'd swear I'd asked them for something they've never heard of before.
I installed that over the weekend, bolted right on BUT it did not come with the trailer wire harness, which I thought it was supposed to. It did come with an extra bracket for the plug, but that same bracket was already welded on to the hitch itself, so I am really not sure what happened there. But at least I got a correct OEM hitch, made in Germany by Oris.
A friend mentioned a place that lists an OEM harness available, so I'll likely just go there at get one instead of having to struggle with the dealer. I did look at that place (Eurocampers) originally for a hitch, but they only showed some generic Curt brand hitch so I did not look any further to see that they had a harness.
My Sprinter does not have all the Parktronic or backup camera or anything, so the wiring should be pretty straightforward. I just need to get it done before the lift is installed because I do not know what panels I need to get access to and they may be difficult to get at once the lift is in place.
Had my first DEF warning come on over the weekend, at only 1600 miles. I hope it was just not filled at PDI and that is why it went through it so fast. Normally my understanding from talking to one of our fleet customers that have a bunch of these is that they can normally go around 5k miles before needing a refill.
I installed that over the weekend, bolted right on BUT it did not come with the trailer wire harness, which I thought it was supposed to. It did come with an extra bracket for the plug, but that same bracket was already welded on to the hitch itself, so I am really not sure what happened there. But at least I got a correct OEM hitch, made in Germany by Oris.
A friend mentioned a place that lists an OEM harness available, so I'll likely just go there at get one instead of having to struggle with the dealer. I did look at that place (Eurocampers) originally for a hitch, but they only showed some generic Curt brand hitch so I did not look any further to see that they had a harness.
My Sprinter does not have all the Parktronic or backup camera or anything, so the wiring should be pretty straightforward. I just need to get it done before the lift is installed because I do not know what panels I need to get access to and they may be difficult to get at once the lift is in place.
Had my first DEF warning come on over the weekend, at only 1600 miles. I hope it was just not filled at PDI and that is why it went through it so fast. Normally my understanding from talking to one of our fleet customers that have a bunch of these is that they can normally go around 5k miles before needing a refill.