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Trailer Hitch( Outback / Subaru Outback Wilderness – If Equipped)
1 Hitch ball installation point 2 Hooks for safety chains
5. Use only a hitch ball that is appropriate for the ball mount and your trailer. The hitch ball must be securely installed on the ball mount.
6. Connect your trailer to the hitch ball.
7. Connect the trailer and the hitch with safety chains that will hold the trailer’ s maximum gross weight. In case the trailer hitch connector or hitch ball should break or become disconnected, the trailer could get loose and create a traffic safety hazard. For safety, always connect the towing vehicle and trailer with trailer safety chains. Two chains should be used in total, one to the right side and the other to the left side trailer tongue. Pass the chains crossing each other under the trailer tongue to prevent the trailer from dropping onto the ground in case the trailer tongue should disconnect from the hitch ball. Allow sufficient slack in the chains taking tight turn situations into account; however, be careful not to let them drag on the ground.
WARNING
. For safety, always connect the towing vehicle and trailer with safety chains.
. Do not connect safety chains to any part of the vehicle other than the safety chain hooks.
. Be sure to check the hitch pin and safety pin for positive locking placement before towing a trailer. If the ball mount comes off the hitch receiver, the trailer could get loose and create a traffic safety hazard.
Hitch harness connector
8. Connect the hitch wire harness’ s black four-pin wire connector to the towing trailer’ s wire harness.
9. Confirm proper function of the hitch wire harness by individually activating the brake, stop and turn signal lights on the trailer.
NOTE
. A genuine SUBARU hitch is available from your SUBARU dealer.
. Always disconnect the trailer wire harness before launching or retrieving a watercraft.