Fitting a Towbar - is Lexia needed to program the new feature?

[Tommydoh]

I have a 2011 Citroen C3 picasso and have bought a towbar for it,
a friend is fitting the towbar next week and i am doing the wiring,
i also have a Lexia/pp2000 unit/lead and software.
My question is: Do i need to use the Lexia to tell the car it now has a towbar fitted, (have heard this)
if so, how? i haven't used the unit or software before, i have had it a few years now.
any help would be appreciated, hints, tips, timesaving shortcuts etc...

regards

Tommy

[C3CAR]

I have a 2011 Citroen C3 picasso and have bought a towbar for it,
a friend is fitting the towbar next week and i am doing the wiring,
i also have a Lexia/pp2000 unit/lead and software.
My question is: Do i need to use the Lexia to tell the car it now has a towbar fitted, (have heard this)
if so, how? i haven't used the unit or software before, i have had it a few years now.
any help would be appreciated, hints, tips, timesaving shortcuts etc...

regards

Tommy

Hi

There are at least 3 different types of tow bar socket and there is a quite probably a dedicated wiring kit for the C3 Picasso tow bar.

Your question will depend entirely on how you wire the socket to the car and if official Citroen or at least a Citroen compatible interface is fitted.

You need to know what and how you are fitting the electrics before you know if the ECU/BSI will need programming to enable the new socket.

[Tommydoh]

Thanks, i will post the details of the electrics kit tomorrow when i dig it out.

regards

[Tommydoh]

I have a 2011 Citroen C3 picasso and have bought a towbar for it,
a friend is fitting the towbar next week and i am doing the wiring,
i also have a Lexia/pp2000 unit/lead and software.
My question is: Do i need to use the Lexia to tell the car it now has a towbar fitted, (have heard this)
if so, how? i haven't used the unit or software before, i have had it a few years now.
any help would be appreciated, hints, tips, timesaving shortcuts etc...

regards

Tommy

Hi

There are at least 3 different types of tow bar socket and there is a quite probably a dedicated wiring kit for the C3 Picasso tow bar.

Your question will depend entirely on how you wire the socket to the car and if official Citroen or at least a Citroen compatible interface is fitted.

You need to know what and how you are fitting the electrics before you know if the ECU/BSI will need programming to enable the new socket.

The electrics say its a "Right connections LED, CFC TRAILER MODULE E27" if that helps.

thanks

[C3CAR]

The electrics say its a "Right connections LED, CFC TRAILER MODULE E27" if that helps.

Hi

It doesn't mean very much at all.

LED is the technology of the lighting, E27 is a European directive.

I don't know what the CFC bit is, but it doesn't look like a citroen part number.

[Tommydoh]

The towbar is a TP1
Electrics are Part number 19500558
towbar was from Tow-trust towbars uk.
both official Citroen parts.

[Arfur Dent]

Hi

The instructions for 19500558 state you need to program the ECU for the additional features listed in the picture below.

Citroen C3 Picasso tow bar ECU programming

Citroen_C3_picasso_tow_bar_instructions.jpg (24.65 KiB) Viewed 298 times

[C3CAR]

The towbar is a TP1
Electrics are Part number 19500558
towbar was from Tow-trust towbars uk.
both official Citroen parts.

You can find the PDF install instructions for the C3 Picasso towbar electrical instructions for 19500558 here.

[Tommydoh]

Thanks for that, seeing as though the ECU needs to be reprogrammed by a lexia tester, does that mean i can do it with the kit i have? hence my original Question,
many thanks

[C3CAR]

Thanks for that, seeing as though the ECU needs to be reprogrammed by a lexia tester, does that mean i can do it with the kit i have? hence my original Question,
many thanks

Yes, the instructions are in the image above.