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This is what it took for me to finally get a tow hitch on my first edition. (Which I still think is crazy it didn’t come with it) My Ford dealer had no parts initially so I tracked down the receiver online for a couple hundred bucks. I took the car the third party place as the dealer said they were unable because nothing was in there system yet to do the job. The third party place wouldn’t touch it either as they said they had no idea what the vehicle had wired, setup etc. After a few weeks the tow wire harness showed as an option but only the four pin. I have trailer brakes so needed the trailer brake controller and a seven pin harness. Even though the multi pin harness comes on the bronco and explorer and f-150 etc Ford had no way (according to them) to install anything but this four pin so I had it installed. They basically admitted they were learning on the job to get this on. I than took it to the third party place and had them take the four pin and install the multi pin and the trailer brake controller. I’m glad I did as they discovered the Ford folks hadn’t even hooked up br lights on the four pin (kinda standard with my dealings with my local service center so far.). All in all the process took about a month, couple hundred for hitch. Hundred for four pin harness. Three fifty for faulty install. So just over seven to get the car one step down from the factory setup. Than 350 break controller and 250 for install of this and seven pin multi plug. Long story longer. Get the tow package from factory. (Much cheaper than the long way around) If not have professional dudes do the install and I don’t mean Ford.
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