Thread: New F2 Towing Caravan LED lights

My 08 model needed one but I don't know about the new models. I bought the Ford Ranger adapter for $35 from a Ford dealer and it works fine except that I now have to have 2 adapters joined together because of the bodgie LR connector. The dealer should know.

just to update where i have got to so far. Pick up car and connected electrics all lights etc work but rear park assist sensor does not deactivate and no trailer light on instrument panel -now back with dealers scratching heads as to why they are sugesting maybe some thing wrong in set up. such fun!

Not sure why dealer scratching head - its the same issue everyone has - the led lights don't put enough resistance on the circuit so the car doesn't detect a trailer connected even though the lights do work - we have exactly the same on our 08 hse. Do your led lights "flicker" all the time?

The lights are working normally which is the anomaly between the known issue of LED lights not detected. the dealer is using a LED panel for diagnostics as well so I am hoping that it is to do with the configuration set up not the long standing issue.

When austral tested our plug with their led test light box setup it worked exactly correctly - rear park assist turned off & no flicker in the lights and the trailer symbol illuminated showing the car knew a trailer was connected. Got the car home plugged in the van (with LEDs) & not detected so rear park assist stays on & no trailer symbol - LEDs flicker just a little with the pulse width modulation the car uses to detect blown Lamps. The actual operation of the lights works correctly eg the indicators "blink" when the car indicators activated, brake lights work....)

After the failure to recognise attached caravan etc the PCU failed during a software update to fix problem and the car was dead. The dealer service team still unable to get car going and complete a software upgrade and get back to fixing the original problem. There are three days left before supposed to be on boat with van for a months holiday. I traded a perfectly good VW Tiguan for this Land Rover experience - what have I done!

After the pcu failure it appears no compatible replacement part were in Aus. so the dealer /Land Rover Aust provided a very nice red RR Evoque to use for our holiday around Vic as the part would not be here by the time we left ( big tick for this )- This included fitting a tow bar and electric van brakes so no complaints about the service support at the eleventh hour. Interesting the Evoque did not detect the van attached as well but you could turn of the park sensors. Have now picked up our F2 a month later and stayed very calm when told that it was all now working but I would need to get a LED load resistor as the model will not detect LED lights!!!! I did try to tell them at the beginning- I really did! and surely this is something they should know . the dealer says that there are so many configurations that it is hard to know what modules are in what models and so on....oh well a month in the Evoque was pretty good given everything. Have now ordered the LED adaptor and hopefully that will be the end of my LED Caravan lights story.

Originally Posted by Paulaus

After the pcu failure it appears no compatible replacement part were in Aus. so the dealer /Land Rover Aust provided a very nice red RR Evoque to use for our holiday around Vic as the part would not be here by the time we left ( big tick for this )- This included fitting a tow bar and electric van brakes so no complaints about the service support at the eleventh hour. Interesting the Evoque did not detect the van attached as well but you could turn of the park sensors. Have now picked up our F2 a month later and stayed very calm when told that it was all now working but I would need to get a LED load resistor as the model will not detect LED lights!!!! I did try to tell them at the beginning- I really did! and surely this is something they should know . the dealer says that there are so many configurations that it is hard to know what modules are in what models and so on....oh well a month in the Evoque was pretty good given everything. Have now ordered the LED adaptor and hopefully that will be the end of my LED Caravan lights story.

I'm having the same problem with a new box trailer I've just bought. Could tell me the module you bought, the cost and where from please? Regards Peter