2009 Subaru Forester Owner's Manual - Page 262
2009 Subaru Forester Manual
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Driving tips 8-15 does not come off the hitch receiver. WARNING Do not connect safety chains to part of the vehicle other than the safety chain hooks. 2. Insert the hitch pin into the hole on the hitch receiver tube so that the pin passes through the ball mount. 1) 2) Hitch ball installation point Hooks for safety chains 3. Insert the safety pin securely into the hitch pin. 4. Pull the ball mount to make sure it 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. The chains should cross under the trailer tongue to prevent the tongue from dropping onto the ground in case it 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. 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 Always disconnect the trailer wire harness before launching or retrieving a - CONTINUED -