Hi, I'm new to this forum but thought it would be the best place to get information on my Tahoe. I have a 2010 model LT, bought it used last July and love it. It's my second Tahoe, I bought my first in 2000 and kept it for 11 years, the best truck I've ever owned.
Now to my problem. This Tahoe has the tow package that comes with the 7 blade trailer plug next to the hitch receiver. I own 2 boats that I use, one small (14') and one a bit larger (17') and they both have the standard 4-wire plug for the trailer lights. So I need to get an adapter from the 7 blade to 4-wire to hook up my lights. Well, I've gone through 4 of these things now and none of them seem to work properly for my smaller trailer lights.
They all worked perfectly on the larger trailer, had all lights and blinkers, but none of them have worked that well on the smaller trailer. On that one I get all my lights except for the driver's side brake light and turn signal. Everything else works fine. I thought it might be a grounding issue, but it's a nearly brand new trailer (bought last March), and the lights all worked perfectly with the old Tahoe. It's only been since I got the new that that this has started, so I'm kind of stumped on what it could be. I've asked a couple of people and got no real answers other than to keep trying different adapters until I found one that worked. That seems a bit odd, I would think there's something else, different grounding or something that I could do to make this work as I'm tired of buying and returning adapters. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
Now to my problem. This Tahoe has the tow package that comes with the 7 blade trailer plug next to the hitch receiver. I own 2 boats that I use, one small (14') and one a bit larger (17') and they both have the standard 4-wire plug for the trailer lights. So I need to get an adapter from the 7 blade to 4-wire to hook up my lights. Well, I've gone through 4 of these things now and none of them seem to work properly for my smaller trailer lights.
They all worked perfectly on the larger trailer, had all lights and blinkers, but none of them have worked that well on the smaller trailer. On that one I get all my lights except for the driver's side brake light and turn signal. Everything else works fine. I thought it might be a grounding issue, but it's a nearly brand new trailer (bought last March), and the lights all worked perfectly with the old Tahoe. It's only been since I got the new that that this has started, so I'm kind of stumped on what it could be. I've asked a couple of people and got no real answers other than to keep trying different adapters until I found one that worked. That seems a bit odd, I would think there's something else, different grounding or something that I could do to make this work as I'm tired of buying and returning adapters. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
