2011 Dodge/Ram 3500 - North America
Item Wire Color Polarity Wire Location
12 Volts yellow/red (30A) +
junction connector above driver kick, black 43 pin plug, pin 3
Second 12 Volts lt. blue/red (10A) +
Wireless Ignition Node on ignition switch, black 12 pin plug, pin 1
Ground (chassis ground)
Starter yellow/gray (for starter kill only) +
gray plug next to TIPM or TIPM on driver fender, blue 26 pin plug, pin 8
Ignition pink/white or pink/tan (for ignition + Wireless Ignition Node on ignition switch, black 12 pin plug, sense only) pin 3
Accessory dk. blue/pink (for accessory sense only) + cigar lighter, gray 3 pin plug, pin 1
CAN Bus High white/lt. green (CAN C bus) data
Wireless Ignition Node on ignition switch, black 12 pin plug, pin 5
CAN Bus Low white/lt. blue (CAN C bus) data
Wireless Ignition Node on ignition switch, black 12 pin plug, pin 6
CAN Bus High 3 white/gray (CAN IHS bus) data driver kick, door harness
CAN Bus Low 3 white/orange (CAN IHS bus) data driver kick, door harness
Power Lock violet/lt. green - 330 passenger door lock switch, green 10 pin plug, pin 8 ohms
Power Unlock same as power lock
- 100 ohms
Lock Motor tan/white 5 wire driver kick, door harness
Driver Unlock Motor tan/lt. green 5 wire driver kick, door harness
Passenger Unlock Motor tan/brown 5 wire driver kick, harness to rear
Factory Alarm Arm arms on lock with door open
Factory Alarm Disarm see disarm no unlock
Disarm No Unlock Sentry Key and ignition
Parking Lights white/lt. green (L); white/tan (R) +
TIPM on dr fender, brn 40 pin plg, pin 19; blk/red 50 pin plug, pin 6
Parking Lights - white (see Tech Doc 1082) -1000 headlight switch, black 10 pin plug, pin 1 ohms
Hazards white/brown - hazard switch, black 12 pin plug, pin 4
Turn Signal (Left) white/lt. blue (F); white/dk. green (R) +
TIPM on dr fender, gry 16 pin plg, pin 9; blk/red 50 pin plug, pin 49
Turn Signal (Right) white (F); white/yellow (R) +
TIPM on dr fender, gry 16 pin plg, pin 7; blk/red 50 pin plug, pin 50
Headlight white - 660 headlight switch, black 10 pin plug, pin 1 ohms
AutoLights same as headlight - resistor
Reverse Light white/red + TIPM on driver fender, brown 40 pin plug, pin 15
Left Front Door Trigger violet - driver kick, door harness
Right Front Door Trigger violet/white - driver kick, harness to rear
Left Rear Door Trigger violet/gray - driver kick, harness to rear
Right Rear Door Trigger violet/yellow - driver kick, harness to rear
Dome Light yellow/white + driver A pillar or instrument cluster, black 10 pin plug, pin 5
Hood Pin violet/lt. blue -
hood switch or TIPM on driver fender, gray 16 pin plug, pin 3
Tachometer NOT brown/white (gas models) ac any fuel injector
Note - Tachometer: On diesel models, use dk. blue/gray at the PCM, forward gray 76 pin plug, pin 51, or at the camshaft position sensor, forward of the PCM, 3 pin plug, pin 3. The PCM (Powertrain Control Module) is on the lower driver front of the engine.
Clutch Pedal
yellow/dk. blue
-
clutch switch, 2 pin plug, pin 1
Fuel Pump
dk. blue/orange
+
TIPM on driver fender, brown 40 pin plug, pin 10
Rear Defroster
black
5 wire
driver kick, harness to rear
Mirror Defroster
(CAN IHS bus)
Left Front Heated Seat
(LIN bus)
Right Front Heated Seat
(LIN bus)
Speed Sense
dk. green/brown (gas models)
ac
PCM on passenger firewall, plug towards driver side, pin 32
Note - Speed Sense: On diesel A/T models, it is dk. green/brown at the PCM, rearward 76 pin plug, pin 69. The PCM (Powertrain Control Module) is on the lower driver front of the engine.
Brake Wire
white
+
brake switch or Wireless Ign Node on ign sw, black 12 pin plug, pin 8
Parking Brake
dk. green/white
-
parking brake switch, black 1 pin plug, pin 1
Horn Trigger
dk. green/violet (without EVIC only)
-
horn switch, white 6 pin plug, pin 3
Note - Horn Trigger: On vehicles with EVIC, use gray/lt. blue or gray/yellow (5 wire) at the horns or the TIPM on the driver fender, green 26 pin plug, pin 24 or 18.
Wipers
brown/white (L), brown/orange (H)
+
wiper motor or TIPM on dr fender, brown 40 pin plug, pins 12 and 11
Left Front Window (Up/Down)
orange/lt. green - orange/white (use 529T only)
A
Driver Door Module, red 5 pin plug, pins 4 and 5
Right Front Window (Up/Down)
orange/brown - orange/violet (use 529T only)
A
Passenger Door Module, red 5 pin plug, pins 4 and 5
Left Rear Window (Up/Down)
orange/white - orange/gray
A
driver kick, door harness
Right Rear Window (Up/Down)
orange/lt. blue - orange/dk. blue
A
driver kick, door harness
Sun Roof (Open/Close)
org/tan - org/lt. blue (function with ign on only)
+
sunroof switch, black 4 pin plug, pins 4 and 3
Memory Seat 1
violet/brown
- resistor
memory switch or driver kick, harness to rear
Memory Seat 2
same as memory seat 1
- resistor
Radio 12V
yellow/red
+
radio, gray 22 pin plug, pin 1
Radio Ground
black/orange
-
radio, gray 22 pin plug, pin 12
Radio Ignition
(CAN IHS bus)
Radio Illumination
(CAN IHS bus)
Factory Amp Turn-on
(CAN IHS bus)
Left Front Speaker (+/-)
gray/violet - gray/yellow
+,-
radio, gray 22 pin plug, pins 21 and 22
Note - Left Front Speaker (+/-): If equipped, the amplifier is under the driver dash. On vehicles with amplifier, the speaker wires are gray/purple - gray/yellow at the amplifier, black 16 pin plug, pins 8 and 16. The tweeter wires are gray - gray/yellow at the amplifier, white 22 pin plug, pins 20 and 9.
Right Front Speaker (+/-)
dk. green/violet - dk. green/yellow
+,-
radio, gray 22 pin plug, pins 19 and 20
Note - Right Front Speaker (+/-): If equipped, the amplifier is under the driver dash. On vehicles with amplifier, the speaker wires are dk. green/purple - dk. green/yellow at the amplifier, black 16 pin plug, pins 7 and 15. The tweeter wires are gray/dk. green - gray/lt. green at the amplifier, white 22 pin plug, pins 19 and 8.
Left Rear Speaker (+/-)
gray/lt. green - gray/dk. green
+,-
radio, gray 22 pin plug, pins 8 and 9
Note - Left Rear Speaker (+/-): If equipped, the amplifier is under the driver dash. On vehicles with amplifier, the speaker wires are gray/lt. green - gray/dk. green at the amplifier, black 16 pin plug, pins 13 and 5. The tweeter wires are dk. green/tan - dk. green/lt. blue at the amplifier, white 22 pin plug, pins 10 and 21.
Right Rear Speaker (+/-)
dk. green/lt. green - dk. green/gray
+,-
radio, gray 22 pin plug, pins 10 and 11
Note - Right Rear Speaker (+/-): If equipped, the amplifier is under the driver dash. On vehicles with amplifier, the speaker wires are
dk. green/lt. green - dk. green/gray at the amplifier, black 16 pin plug, pins 4 and 12. The tweeter wires are dk. green - yellow/gray at the amplifier, black 16 pin plug, pins 10 and 2.
Center Channel (+/-)
gray - gray/orange
gry/brn - dk grn/brn (1); gry/wht - dk grn/wht (2)
+,-
amplifier under driver dash, black 16 pin plug, pins 3 and
11
Subwoofer (+/-)
+,-
amplifier, blk 16 pin plug, pins 14, 6; wht 22 pin plug, pins 11, 22
Note - Subwoofer (+/-): If equipped, the amplifier is under the driver dash.
Aux. Audio Input Left (+/-)
white - tan (Uconnect audio)
+,-
radio, gray 22 pin plug, pins 16 and 15
Aux. Audio Input Right (+/-)
red - tan (Uconnect audio)
+,-
radio, gray 22 pin plug, pins 17 and 15
RSE Video (+/-)
gry/brn - gry/pnk (1); gry/lt. blu - gry/yel (2)
+,-
radio, white 22 pin plug, pins 6 and 7; 9 and 10
Note - RSE Video (+/-): The rear view camera wires are dk. green/brown - dk. green/orange at the radio, white 22 pin plug, pins 3 and 4.
RSE Audio Left (+/-)
see notes
Note - RSE Audio Left (+/-): Audio 1: dk. green/tan (left), dk. green/white (right), gray/purple (common) at radio, white 22 pin plug, pins 18, 20, and 19. Audio 2: dk. green/lt. blue (left), dk. green/dk. blue (right), gray/orange (common) at radio, white 22 pin plug, pins 21, 22, and 12. Audio 3: dk. green/purple (left), dk. green/yellow (right), gray/dk. blue (common) at radio, white 22 pin plug, pins 13, 14, and 1.
RSE Audio Right (+/-)
see RSE audio left notes
What Fits?
Item
Size
Depth
Location
Headunit
double DIN
center of dash
Left Front Speaker
6x9
left front door
Left Front Tweeter
3.5
left front dash
Right Front Speaker
6x9
right front door
Right Front Tweeter
3.5
right front dash
Left Rear Speaker
5.25 or 6 x 9
left rear door or left rear pillar
Right Rear Speaker
5.25 or 6 x 9
right rear door or right rear pillar
Center Channel
2.5
top center of dash
Subwoofer
10
behind center of rear seat
Satellite Radio Tuner
(built into radio)
Gary Sather