2012 Cadillac Escalade Trailer Towing Relays

GM Genuine Parts Trailer Tow Relays are designed, engineered, and tested to rigorous standards, and are backed by General Motors. These relays function as an electro-mechanical switch containing a coil and set of connection points. These trailer tow relays provide a variety of control functions for a vehicle’s trailer brake system. GM Genuine Parts are the true OE parts installed during the production of or validated by General Motors for GM vehicles. Some GM Genuine Parts may have formerly appeared as ACDelco GM Original Equipment (OE).

Relays are electrical switches used to convert a small electrical load into a circuit capable of handling a high amperage load. Computers and small switches are not designed to carry the higher amperage requirement of a circuit that may have an electric motor, solenoid, or high amperage lighting fixture. Within a relay are contacts that are controlled with electromagnetism, when the circuit switch commands the device on or off, magnetism will pull or release the contact arm closing or opening the contacts within the relay that carry the voltage.