Dodge Charger: Towing Requirements / Towing Requirements — Trailer Lights And Wiring
Whenever you pull a trailer, regardless of the trailer size, stoplights and turn
signals on the trailer are required for motoring safety.
The Trailer Tow Package may include a four- and seven-pin wiring harness. Use
a factory approved trailer harness and connector.
NOTE:
Do not cut or splice wiring into the vehicle’s wiring harness.
The electrical connections are all complete to the vehicle but you must mate
the harness to a trailer connector. Refer to the following illustrations.
NOTE:
- Disconnect trailer wiring connector from the vehicle before launching a
boat (or any other device plugged into vehicle’s electrical connect) into water.
- Be sure to reconnect after clear from water area.

- Ground
- Park
- Left Stop/Turn
- Right Stop/Turn

- Backup Lamps
- Running Lamps
- Left Stop/Turn
- Ground
- Battery
- Right Stop/Turn
- Electric Brakes
Do not interconnect the hydraulic brake system or vacuum system of
your vehicle with that of the trailer. This could cause inad- equate braking
and possible personal injury...
Before towing, practice turning, stopping, and backing up the trailer in an area
located away from heavy traffic.
Automatic Transmission
Select the DRIVE range when towing...
Other information:
Air Bag Warning Light
This warning light will illuminate
to indicate a fault with the air bag, and will turn on for four to eight seconds
as a bulb check when the ignition is placed in the ON/RUN or ACC/ON/RUN position.
This light will illuminate with a single chime when a fault with the air bag has
been detected, it will stay on until the fault is cleared...
This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR). The main purpose
of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as
an air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding
how a vehicle’s systems performed...