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Wow, a Journey equipped with 255 tires? Well, all I can say is thanks for testing, at least now I know if I want to get 245's because I can't find 225/235 tires. ...I predict it might have a tough time navigating through snowy conditions, let alone the impact on the fuel consumption and engine wear/tare. In my locale, we often deal with snow. My Journey came fitted with 235 tires, but I chose to switch to 225s on my mechanics advise as it would cut through the snow more efficiently. The car now easily cuts through the snow like butter. I don't see any compelling reason to opt for wider tires, unless I want engine repair or pay for more gas or getting tickets because my spedo is not accurate. No thank you.

Or... You can just fix this by getting rid of your stock car battery. Replace it with an aftermarket one. Ever since I have done that in 2017, I have had no issues with the GPS system. Hasn't failed me in 4yrs so far....just sayin... Before, i was on a stock radio...and the GPS radio was replaced 3x under warranty, then failed another after warranty...I paid to have it hacked and it worked, then stopped....I just simply changed my stock battery after it died and my problems went away... GPS has worked flawlessly since...no more maps not found...

Any chance you can show the picture of how and where you spliced in the diode and what size? Also, in the diagram I attached below, to which green wire did you splice into? There appears to be three...

Your solution on a 2013 Dodge Journey R/T Rallye 3.6L V6 for the electrical braking system. It is located on the passenger side. The switch above the brake pedal is useless.

So I discovered that I had it wired correctly the 1st time LoL It would appear there are two standards for wiring the USCAR connector. The one from the US is different from Canada. *pulls out hair* I was forced to swap the following wires: Black with Green Brown with Red Blue and White The one in the center for the reverse light is correct on both standards. Thus, the 7-Way RV Blade is not correct for Canada as shown previously. I have yet to make an updated image but have attached how my box looks now. Eventually when I get around, I will update the image.

Well today, I got through the wiring under the hood into the driver side under the steering wheel. I still have to make the connection under the driver side but all the wires are there now including: 1x Electrical Brake wire from Hitch/USCAR connector 1x Ground for Electrical Braking System 1x 12+ Power for Electrical Braking System 1x On/Off Switch for Hitch Lights (the wiring has already been run to the hitch when I ran wires underneath the car last weekend) In about 2 weeks time, I will be doing the final connection under the driver side for the electrical braking switch. I had to remove the wipers on the driver side to get access to run the wires through a large rubber grommet as shown in pictures.

Installed a power cut-off switch for the rear hitch harness/wiring under the hood...

To be honest, it was probably one of the worst projects I have ever undertaken for my vehicle; and I have done plenty in my lifetime. I have never came across wires from 3 seperate harnesses using different color schemes. Not to mention, not even follow the color codes of what each wire is in the actual manual. That just baffles me. Anyway, as far as what I will be towing? HaHa TBH, I initially wanted to only put up a hitch to put on a bike rack ROFL For some stupid reason, I decided to do the works, the entire wiring apparatus. I guess I thought it would be an interesting project; only thing is, it turned out to be hell HaHa. Honestly, I don't even know if I will ever put a trailer on it? How sad is that? This is despite going all out and even installing an electrical braking switch. I guess parts of me found this interesting, the whole install hitch and wiring the harnesses. I missed working on cars. Last time I worked on cars was back in 2013 when I had a heavily modded Mustang with a supercharger. Mind you, some of the work was not done by me so I can't take all the credit but the projects back then were fun. At least the wires and colors matched up! Ha So yeah, most likely just a hitch and a bike rack HaHa

You would think after all this I would be finished, far from it. One thing left outstanding is the wiring for the Electrical Braking which is not done yet. I have ordered the following parts for that: CURT Manufacturing 51500 Brake Control Wiring Kit CURT Manufacturing 51170 Spectrum Original Equipment Style Electric Trailer Brake Controller, Proportional CURT Manufacturing 51515 Brake Control Wiring Harness Once I have that complete, I will update with further documentation and pictures. Until then, everything is wired on my journey with the exception of the Electrical Braking wire which is under the driver side steering column.

Some other pictures to illustrate... Please note that the wiring in the junction box is incomplete but all top connections are from the USCAR 7 harness while the bottom ones are from the vehicle and the Dodge Journey 4-pin harness.

My apologies, forgot the "brown" wire illustration

Ok. So I now have my 2013 Dodge Journey R/T Rallye all wired up for a hitch with a fully functional USCAR 7 Wire and 4 pin connector based on the trandictional 7-Way R/V Blade Configuration. Here is an image for everyone of what the wiring looks like. Please note, none of the color wires match, not even from CURT's documentation manuals. This took me 20 hrs to figure out. Also, if you have a 2013 Dodge Journey or newer, you will find the 'reverse' light cable in the rear top quarter panel on the left side (it will be part of a green connector plug as shown in the picture attached). It will be one of the middle wires, one for each side (left and right) it doesn't matter which one you connect it to as long as it is the middle wire. Do note that the middle wires have 2 wires spliced into the middle, one is the wrong one. Please be sure to test it as it was frustrating. If there is any questions, feel free to private message me or post here. I never realized how involved installing a hitch would be in a Dodge Journey let alone expect it to take me 20hrs to figure this nonsense out. I don't know why CURT makes this so difficult.

I wired it based on the trailer side when it should be based on the vehicle side; thus, this means the colors are yet again, all over the place FFS *sigh*

Ok. Back to square one next Saturday hahaha...my wiring on the USCAR is all wrong FFS...I wired it based on the trailer side and not the vehicle side...*pulls out more hair*

So, in addition to the parts I mentioned that I used for my CURT Hitch installation, I will be getting these as well for the electronic braking system (blue wire)... CURT Manufacturing 51500 Brake Control Wiring Kit CURT Manufacturing 51170 Spectrum Original Equipment Style Electric Trailer Brake Controller, Proportional CURT Manufacturing 51515 Brake Control Wiring Harness Once I have completed the work, I will post an update and pictures.