Hi Everyone,

This is my first post on this site, I know that there have been other threads about the actual trailer hitch and they were very helpful in my decision to buy the Ford Escape hitch which worked very well and was very easy to install.

Now to the meat of this thread, I bought the OEM Ford trailer hitch wiring harness for the 2005 Escape and was flabergasted when I opened it up. It is not a T style hook up that just plugs into the the existing wiring harness like the other trailer hitch wiring harnesses I had seen online. The Ford harness requires you to cut and splice into the existing harness.......to say the least I am not at all happy about this.

What I want to know is what have the other Escape Hybrid owners who have installed hitches have used for the wiring harness.....the Ford harness????......aftermarket T style plug harness??????.....something else????

I talked to a U-Haul dealership and they said they would put on a T plug type harness, this seems much easier, less risky and cheaper too do. Has anyone else gone this route? Also if someone has installed the Ford harness was the dealership willing too install it since it is technically not meant for the Hybrid?????

Anyway, thanks for any help or advice that you can provide.

Daryl