2009 Pontiac Vibe Remote Start Pictorial
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Topic: 2009 Pontiac Vibe Remote Start Pictorial
Posted By: rnorman3
Subject: 2009 Pontiac Vibe Remote Start Pictorial
Date Posted: January 01, 2012 at 10:43 AM
This is a pictorial for the installation of a basic run/stop remote starter (Prostart) in a Canadian 2009 Pontiac Vibe (may be the same for the 2009 Matrix). I'm putting this here because most of the other wiring diagrams around are related to US vehicles and are not the same. I almost cooked my DTR module using the color codes in other posts. For this install I removed most of the dash (I have pictures if someone needs them). I probably could have gotten away with just taking off the bottom left panel and the lower steering column cover, but that leaves not much room for accessing the wires etc...
1. This is the first connection (the two +12V power wires from the R/S both soldered to this heavy blue wire (behind the bottom left dash panel)
2. Second connection - ground wire from R/S wrapped around this screw.
3. Picture of the ignition harness.
4. Splicing into the ignition harness. Careful here, there's two black starter wires joined together (not two separate wires as some wiring diagrams suggest). Other's match up good.
5. Brake Wire easy one
6. Tach Wire to Diagnostic Connector
7. Parking Lights, careful here! Color is not green as seen in some posts. Also this is a low logic level trigger so you have to setup your R/S to do a - pulse here to turn the lights on, not +. I heard if you try to put the +output from the R/S into here it'll fry some of your car's electronics.
8. Hoodpin switch wire going through firewall. Use a blunt coat hanger to push though from the engine side.
Thats it. After this I programmed the tach level. Then closed the hood. My car has some anti-theft stuff in it so it requires a bypass (which I don't have yet - it's in the mail). So you need the -while running wire from the R/S left hanging for when you get that part. At this point, if the key is in the ignition (off position) the car will start no problem from the remote. If anyone wants, let me know and I'll send/post pics of the PKall bypass install and/or the dash removal.
Thanks,
Richard - Newfoundland
1. This is the first connection (the two +12V power wires from the R/S both soldered to this heavy blue wire (behind the bottom left dash panel)
2. Second connection - ground wire from R/S wrapped around this screw.
3. Picture of the ignition harness.
4. Splicing into the ignition harness. Careful here, there's two black starter wires joined together (not two separate wires as some wiring diagrams suggest). Other's match up good.
5. Brake Wire easy one
6. Tach Wire to Diagnostic Connector
7. Parking Lights, careful here! Color is not green as seen in some posts. Also this is a low logic level trigger so you have to setup your R/S to do a - pulse here to turn the lights on, not +. I heard if you try to put the +output from the R/S into here it'll fry some of your car's electronics.
8. Hoodpin switch wire going through firewall. Use a blunt coat hanger to push though from the engine side.
Thats it. After this I programmed the tach level. Then closed the hood. My car has some anti-theft stuff in it so it requires a bypass (which I don't have yet - it's in the mail). So you need the -while running wire from the R/S left hanging for when you get that part. At this point, if the key is in the ignition (off position) the car will start no problem from the remote. If anyone wants, let me know and I'll send/post pics of the PKall bypass install and/or the dash removal.
Thanks,
Richard - Newfoundland
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Posted By: acosta1980
Date Posted: January 17, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Posted By: rnorman3
Date Posted: January 17, 2012 at 10:52 AM
OK, here's the picture of the bypass(RX and TX)and the key sense wire which come from the bypass and need to go to the car's security harness at the ignition key hole (haha).
You can see in the pic, the thin yellow/black (TX) and the PURPLE / white (RX) come up from the PKALL bypass (off screen) and attach to the beige and blue from the harness that goes to the back of the lock cylinder. I had these backwards at first and it didn't work. The green keysense wire goes to the 2-wire plug/harness on the left, blue wire I think.
The whilerunning wire goes to the remote starter's whilerunning wire. And finally for my install (one way without D2D) you have to cut the wires as it says in the instructions and connect +12V and ground which I just took +12V from the ignition harness (not seen clearly in the picture). I used the ADS manual referenced in this (https://www.12voltdata.com/viewtopic.php?f=131&t=2541) thread to get the wire colors in the vibe.
You can see in the pic, the thin yellow/black (TX) and the PURPLE / white (RX) come up from the PKALL bypass (off screen) and attach to the beige and blue from the harness that goes to the back of the lock cylinder. I had these backwards at first and it didn't work. The green keysense wire goes to the 2-wire plug/harness on the left, blue wire I think.
The whilerunning wire goes to the remote starter's whilerunning wire. And finally for my install (one way without D2D) you have to cut the wires as it says in the instructions and connect +12V and ground which I just took +12V from the ignition harness (not seen clearly in the picture). I used the ADS manual referenced in this (https://www.12voltdata.com/viewtopic.php?f=131&t=2541) thread to get the wire colors in the vibe.
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Date Posted: January 17, 2012 at 9:34 PM
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Date Posted: January 17, 2012 at 11:31 PM
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Date Posted: January 18, 2012 at 5:40 AM
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Date Posted: January 18, 2012 at 5:46 AM
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Date Posted: January 18, 2012 at 8:58 AM