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piddle 
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Posted: October 13, 2004 at 11:19 PM / IP Logged  

I installed a remote starter/alarm that included the keyless entry for my 95 Bonneville.  Everything worked except for the trunk release which I attempted to interface at the trunk release switch on the driver's door.  I opened the driver side door and found a blue wire on one side of the trunk release switch and a ORANGE / black on the other side.  The volt meter indicated pressing the switch put 12 volts onto the ORANGE / black wire.  This lead me to think that all I needed to trigger the release was to have the remote put 12 volts (using a relay) to the ORANGE / black wire.

However, after I tried to open it with the remote, it didn't release the trunk AND the trunk switch doesn't work anymore!  I found the wiring for installing alarms at this web site indicates using the blue (-) wire in the Drivers Door Boot.   If thats true then the trunk release switch is really switching in ground from the ORANGE / black wire and NOT the 12 volts I originally thought.

Now the question is how do I fix the switch?  Where does the ORANGE / black wire go?  I bought a Chilton repair manual but it doesn't give all the wiring details (no trunk wiring details).

Also there are several blue wires coming out of the door. How I find the correct one?    

Also the remote's installation wiring for this car said to use the BLACK/ white wire in the driver's side kick panel and use a relay to switch in 12 volts.  However, I'd prefer to skip the relay if all I need to do is use the remote's output which happens to be ground when activated.

gus1 
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Posted: October 23, 2004 at 9:50 AM / IP Logged  
Check fuses.
What I usually do to test a possible negative trigger on most vehicles is to use a fused jumper. All it consists of is a, ATC fuseholder with 18ga leads on it, and a 1A fuse in it. Blow the fuse when taking something to ground, then you know it can't be driven with an alarm's low current output, and you need a relay. The blue output on the factory switch should be the trigger for the trunk release at the switch. What did it have on it for voltage? 12V? less than 12V?
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Teken 
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Posted: October 23, 2004 at 12:42 PM / IP Logged  
If your vehicle has trunk ajar indicator on the dash, then the *RED / black* wire which is located low in the drivers kick panel, may be used.
The trunk is (-) negative BTW, and IF you havent noticed the orange / black wire can be obtained from either the trunk light, or the switch.
You require a relay, redardless to do this properly.
30 = To trunk release switch / soleniod.
85 = Fused +12 VDC
86 = (-) Trigger output from RS / Alarm unit.
87 = (-) Chassis ground, affixed with a star washer, SS screw, proper ring terminal, and dielectric grease compond.
Regards
EVIL Teken . . .
piddle 
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Posted: November 28, 2004 at 9:20 PM / IP Logged  

First I want to say thanks for the help!

I recently had my mechanic print out the wiring info when he fixed an unrelated issue with the bonniville so now I see what I did wrong.  The ORANGE / black wire is switched to ground by the transaxle gear selector when the car is in park or neutral (which makes sense from a safety standpoint).  So when I wired it wrong I was putting 12 Volts to the gear switch to ground which obviously burn't out the switch.

Now I have two solutions, 1) wire the relay on the other side of the trunk switch (blue wire) and have a relay switch in ground from the RS/Alarm unit.  OR 2) use a relay to directly power the trunk release via the BLACK/ white wires to run to it.

Just wanted to let everyone know what the problem and the correct wiring was.  Thanks again for the help.


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