I'm looking for advice on finding the sockets which should be available for connecting a 13 pin towhitch loom. I've looked behind both rear internal linings but nothing is obvious.

The previous owner fitted a simple 12N socket by splicing into the rear lighting cables and taking a 12V power supply from the rear power socket, however this is not satisfactory for caravan towing.

Any ideas will be welcome

Brian

Sorry, wrong subject area, new to this forum. Can it be transfered to somewhere more appropriate?

Brian

It might not be that simple. Some Karoqs come from the factory with Tow Bar Preparation others don’t. Even if it has Tow Bar Prep, it won’t have the full loom or the critical towing module that will power the loom. Splicing into the cables has the potential to burn out control modules if not done correctly. The tiring module also interfaces with the dashboard for the indicator signals, disabled the rear parking sensors and adjusts the ABS and ESC when towing, also alters the infortainment display when reversing.

I had the factory swivelling towbar retro fitted to my Karoq.

Thanks for your reply. Since my initial post I've found a wealth of info on previous threads. I am now trying to engage a towbar specialist in the Bristol area to do the job.

I'm in the Bristol area too. I bought my Karoq used from Heritage Skoda in Weston super Mare and got them to fit the Skoda retractable tow hitch and full electrics two weeks later. IIRC they charged me just over the equivalent of what I would have had to pay for a third party tow-bar (Witter) and the wiring loom / modules from PF Jones. The advantage is that they also did the set-up programming (which I believe is necessary once the loom is connected).

I wouldn't normally go to a main dealer but with them fitting it, it was included in the balance of my warranty and I thought the price was not unreasonable. I wouldn't touch them for routine servicing - they're simply too expensive (as is the Bristol branch). I take mine to Platinum in Bath (Skoda dealer) whose prices are much more reasonable - might be worth asking them to quote for a tow bar.

I've used a couple of mobile towbar fitters over the years but not on a Skoda and not where full electrical integration is required. I've also used Honeybourne trailers in Ashton Gate - but not sure if they're still going. There is an independent Skoda specialist (Elm Ltd?) just off Gloucester Road but I haven't tried them for routine work yet - might be worth asking them too as no doubt they have all the programming equipment.

Be very interested to know how you get on.

Update to my previous post: The garage just off Gloucester Rd is now called PC Motors (was Elm Road Garage?) it is at Unit 1A Elm Road - same place it always was.

Don't know if it has changed hands with the name change but it still markets itself as a VAG specialist. Looking at Google Reviews, they are mostly good with a couple of negative ones.

38 minutes ago, Rgsmg53 said:

Update to my previous post: The garage just off Gloucester Rd is now called PC Motors (was Elm Road Garage?) it is at Unit 1A Elm Road - same place it always was.

Don't know if it has changed hands with the name change but it still markets itself as a VAG specialist. Looking at Google Reviews, they are mostly good with a couple of negative ones.

Thanks for the update

At the moment am pursuing a quote from Topfit near Stroud

They apparently used to do all the towbar work for Bristol Motors.