Genuine towbar harness - where to buy

[Bydant]

I just completed doing all the coding with OEM harness, and ECU with towbar from towbars Australia. Works perfect and all for $780.

The ecu and harness was $350 from VW parts dealer at Newstead.

Let me know if you need a hand.

$350? They quoted me $396 about an hour ago!

What style / brand of towbar did you get?

Thanks for the offer of help. I'll see how it goes next weekend.

[kroogz]

If you can speak to Marcus at that parts area. Prices do change depending on the dollar apparently.

TIGUAN | Towbars Australia

I got the heavy duty without electronics. Prices also change so email them at sales@towbarsaustralia.com.au

Nice guys and very helpful, I just went and picked it up from their warehouse / shop in Nambour.

Hardest part is getting the rear plastic bumper off and removing all the internal panels to install the control unit. (I removed all this first to ensure I had the pre-installed trailer electronics from factory). These electronics should be installed on your model. When you remove the internals there should be a RED plug behind the grey padding.

Also there is an OEM cut point for the towbar to come through, put the new towbar on then line up where to cut. Looks neater if you dont have to cut all of it out.

[Bydant]

I installed the towbar and VW harness on the weekend and could't get the tb module to work. Just kept getting a could't contact module error. Unfortunately I stupidly put back all of the interior so I cant easily check the harness plug.

There was a white plug on the module to 13 pin plug that I couldn't find a connection for. Does anyone know what it is used for?

Also, any tips on what I may have done wrong?