1999 ford explorer remote start
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Topic: 1999 ford explorer remote start
Posted By: jbean8510
Subject: 1999 ford explorer remote start
Date Posted: August 19, 2010 at 12:46 PM
I have a 1999 Ford Explorer 4DR 5.0 V8 and a Python 1400XP Remote Start
I have found the wiring diagram for the vehicle and the wiring diagram for the unit itself. However I need some clarifying questions
This unit was previously installed on a 2005 Ford Ranger my wife decided to total into a tree.
1) The heavy gauge wiring on the module there are 2 im confused about
Purple (+) STARTER OUTPUT TO STARTER (STARTER SIDE) and
Pink (+) OUTPUT TO IGNITION CIRCUIT and the car has
Starter RED / Light Blue Ignition Switch Harness
Ignition Lght GREEN/ Purple Ignition Switch Harness
Ignition 2 Gray / YELLOW Ignition Switch Harness
Ignition 3 Gray / YELLOW Ignition Switch Harness
I need to know where the purple and pink wire go.
2) Neutral Safety Switch wire on the module is BLK/WHT
The previous installer has it running to a toggle switch and then down connecting to the ground wire.
On this website it shows this for the car:
Neutral Safety Wire RED / Light Blue (+) but gives no location
I need to know should I leave it hooked up the way it is? If so do I need access to this toggle switch? If not should it be off or on? What does it do? Or should I hook it up to this mysterious RED / lght blue wire that I have no idea where it is located?
3) The door locks on the module show this:
GREEN (-) LOCK (+) UNLOCK
BLUE (+) LOCK (-) UNLOCK
this website shows the car has this
Door Lock Pink / YELLOW (-) Driver's Kick Panel
Door Unlock Pink/Light Green (-) Driver’s Kick Panel
Driver's Lock Pink/Black (+) Driver's Door Harness
Driver's Unlock RED / Orange (+) Driver's Door
Passenger Unlock Pink/Green (-) Driver's Kick Panel
I need to know which wire the blue and green wire hooks up to
4) I do not the button anywhere here to keep it running and remove the keys....I remember this on the ranger it was a small little button but I need to know where the wire is on the module and where it needs to go on the car if any
5) I ordered the 556u bypass module and I have a spare key for it. I also need to know how to hook it up (have not received it yet) But im sure i will have questions and I dont want to have to create a new topic for that!!!
Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated thanks!!!
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99 XP
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Replies:
Posted By: icearrow6
Date Posted: August 19, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Purple (+) STARTER OUTPUT TO STARTER (STARTER SIDE)
This wire goes to:
Starter RED / Light Blue Ignition Switch Harness
The reason it says "starter side" is because it was meant to be installed using a "starter disable relay". Starter Disable Diagram
Pink (+) OUTPUT TO IGNITION CIRCUIT
This wire to:
Ignition Lght GREEN/ Purple Ignition Switch Harness
Check to see if the alarm has a second IGNITION output. If so thats where the gray / YELLOW ignition 2 and 3 go.
Both of the above are for the REMOTE START operation.
Neutral safety can be used the same way it was on the previous vehicle. This is an automatic transmission right?
Door locks:
Door Lock Pink / YELLOW (-) Driver's Kick Panel
Door Unlock Pink/Light Green (-) Driver’s Kick Panel
The other wiring is for directly activating the lock actuator. does not apply to your install. -------------
Posted By: icearrow6
Date Posted: August 19, 2010 at 1:09 PM
4) I do not the button anywhere here. . . .
I don't understand this...
5) The 556u will have instructions with it. fairly basic.
I think the only wire going to the alarm is the (-) when running which i think is a blue/white from the alarm. Check your manual for details.
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Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 19, 2010 at 10:43 PM
What does the neutral safety switch do? Do I need to be able to access it or just leave it under the dash??? Yes the car is an automatic.
4. What I mean is that there is no wire that goes to a button. I swore there was a button you could press remove the keys and keep the car running. I'm not sure what it was actually called....maybe it didn't have this....????
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Posted By: Mike M2
Date Posted: August 20, 2010 at 6:35 AM
The switch is simply a means to disable the RS. If the switch is off the RS won't work. This is good when someone is working under the hood to prevent the motor from turning over.
You can press the button on the remote while the car is running to engage the RS, then remove the keys and get out. The RS will stay on... ------------- Mike M2
Tech Manager
CS Dealer Services
Posted By: icearrow6
Date Posted: August 20, 2010 at 12:29 PM
The "neutral switch" is to let the alarm system know that its "safe" to attempt to remote start. If the switch is off, the alarm will not remote start. Same thing with the hood pin. if the hood pin is grounding it will not allow a remote start.
Mike is right.
You may engage the remote start while the car is on and then you can remove the key and the car will stay on.
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Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 20, 2010 at 12:56 PM
[QUOTE=icearrow6] Purple (+) STARTER OUTPUT TO STARTER (STARTER SIDE)
This wire goes to:
Starter RED / Light Blue Ignition Switch Harness
The reason it says "starter side" is because it was meant to be installed using a "starter disable relay". Starter Disable Diagram
so do i need this relay or no?
Pink (+) OUTPUT TO IGNITION CIRCUIT
This wire to:
Ignition Lght GREEN/ Purple Ignition Switch Harness
Check to see if the alarm has a second IGNITION output. If so thats where the gray / YELLOW ignition 2 and 3 go.
the 1400xp shows there is a
PINK/WHITE (+) OUTPUT TO SECOND IGNITION/ACCESSORY CIRCUIT and
GREEN STARTER INPUT FROM IGNITION (KEY SIDE)
Do either i need to connect any of these wires to the extra gray / YELLOW ign 2 and 3 in the car?
Door locks:
Door Lock Pink / YELLOW (-) Driver's Kick Panel
Door Unlock Pink/Light Green (-) Driver’s Kick Panel
So pink / YELLOW to grn and pink/ lght grn to blue correct?
I just wanted to thank everybody so much for all the information here. I am a total newbie at this...i have installed plenty of car audio things but i have never attempted something like this!!! Im sure I will have more questions during the install but for now these last clarifying questions is all i have!!!!
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99 XP
08 350Z
Posted By: icearrow6
Date Posted: August 20, 2010 at 6:50 PM
1. No the relay is actually built in to the unit. Just cut the starter wire (RED / Light Blue Ignition Switch Harness ) and wire the:
Purple from the alarm TO STARTER (STARTER SIDE on the car)
GREEN from alarm to STARTER INPUT FROM IGNITION (KEY SIDE of the car)
2. PINK/WHITE (+) OUTPUT TO SECOND IGNITION/ACCESSORY CIRCUIT will go to the ignition 2 of the car.
3."So pink / YELLOW to grn and pink/ lght grn to blue correct?"
yes.
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Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 20, 2010 at 10:30 PM
fantastic can i just strip the wires in the car and attach the ones from the harness or do i have to cut them?
id like to leave all the factory wires intact if possible
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99 XP
08 350Z
Posted By: icearrow6
Date Posted: August 21, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Strip the wires, solder the connections, shrink tube afterwards.
You will have to cut the started wire.
good luck
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Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 24, 2010 at 11:24 PM
| 1999 Ford Explorer Alarm, Remote Starter, Keyless Entry Wiring Information |
| Constant 12V+ |
Yellow |
Ignition Switch Harness |
| Starter |
RED / Light Blue |
Ignition Switch Harness |
| Ignition |
Light GREEN/ Purple |
Ignition Switch Harness |
| Ignition 2 |
Gray / YELLOW |
Ignition Switch Harness |
| Ignition 3 |
BLACK/ Green |
Ignition Switch Harness |
| Accessory |
Gray / YELLOW |
Ignition Switch Harness |
All this is on the car....... i hooked up the PURPLE STARTER SIDE to Starter RED / Light Blue and the PINK IGNITION to the Ignition Light GREEN/ Purple and PINK/WHITE IGN 2 to Gray / YELLOW Ignition 2 and the car will only run for a couple seconds and the turn off without the key inside....
Also the car just died and the alternator appears to not be working at all.....one of these wiries isnt right i need help!!!! ------------- 99 XP
08 350Z
Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 25, 2010 at 10:09 AM
This is now where I'm at....
I have hooked up the purple wire to the RED / light blue and the pink to the light GREEN/ purple
Car runs fine with key, everything works
I can remote start it but without the keys in the ignition and turned to on it shuts off after a couple of seconds.
Also once it is started and I engage the rs and try to remove the keys it also dies after a couple of seconds.
I'm thinking 1 of a couple things is there something the pink/white wire should hook up to?
Also the unit was previously installed on a ranger that did require a bypass and I noticed there were little jumpers on the right side of the main rs unit... Should these be removed or moved around now?
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99 XP
08 350Z
Posted By: icearrow6
Date Posted: August 25, 2010 at 12:05 PM
You mentioned before that you were getting a new bypass. Can you tell us which model did you get?
It seems that the current problem is the bypass.
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Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 25, 2010 at 2:22 PM
I got the dei 556u. I hooked up blue to -status output blue on unit. Power and ground and put the loop on ign column
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99 XP
08 350Z
Posted By: icearrow6
Date Posted: August 25, 2010 at 2:43 PM
the DEI 556U needs a second key installed INSIDE the unit.
did u used your spare key?
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Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 25, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Yes I put one inside the unit.
Is it maybe cuz I didn't hook up the factory disarm wire?
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99 XP
08 350Z
Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 25, 2010 at 5:13 PM
i use to work at ccity so i asked an installer i knew that worked with me and he said the tach was not learned does this seem like it might be a solution?
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Posted By: icearrow6
Date Posted: August 25, 2010 at 5:18 PM
jbean8510 wrote:
i use to work at ccity so i asked an installer i knew that worked with me and he said the tach was not learned does this seem like it might be a solution?
Maybe, but you said it remote starts fine with the key on the ignition. Which means that the bypass is not sending the signal to the key cylinder. Could be that the wire around the cylinder is not in the right place.
This is some advance diagnostics stuff from here I'm not quite sure you are knowledgeable enough to continue from here. There will be diagnostics codes from the alarm as well as TACH, and RF frequency testing. This is complicated.
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Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 25, 2010 at 6:32 PM
ok im gonna try to make it learn the tach and see if that helps.
if not i now have the manual and looking into programming it....what things should i look for?
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99 XP
08 350Z
Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 26, 2010 at 11:24 PM
i got it! i switch it to tach sense and then made it learn the tach and bam it works...so i wanted to thank everyone for their support!!!
my only problem is a stupid one...
for some reason my parking lights arent coming on...i hooked up the white (flash light out put) to the cars WHITE/ black wire at the ignition switch and i get nothing...... any ideas?? i have yet to check to see if it is recieving a signal but this seems weird
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08 350Z
Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 27, 2010 at 10:59 PM
ok forget the lights question for now i can figure that out....but my reception is brutal....
i cant get it to do anything until im like 5 feet away from it....do i need to get a new remote or battery for the remote??? or is there a certain place i should put the antenna...right now its up in the center of the windshield by the mirror...partially under the factory tint...does that matter?
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99 XP
08 350Z
Posted By: icearrow6
Date Posted: August 28, 2010 at 12:13 PM
First I would check the battery on the remote.
Second i would check the antenna location, try a different location.
About those parking lights. The alarm can be switched between (+) or (-) parking lights make sure its the correct polarity for your car.
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Posted By: jbean8510
Date Posted: August 30, 2010 at 10:11 AM
i am a complete idiot i forgot the button had to be hit twice for it to start. thats all good now.
im pretty sure i had the jumper set up for + but i will have to check it out. ill post up once i get done
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