1998 vw passat wagon, viper 5901

I'm getting ready to install a Viper 5901 in my 98 Passat Wagon. I was curious if there is a way to replace one of my gas actuators on the rear hatch with a power one and gain the ability to open the rear hatch at the push of a button? Something to this effect anyways.

I had another question, the factory system can roll up and down the windows, so do I need to add the window module to do this with the alarm still? https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/alarmdetail/2199.html Are there any other wires I need to know. I think I bought a tech sheet from somewhere once...I have to find it on my server I think it's there.

You can close the windows by extending the time on the lock wire (comfort close setting). You won't be able to roll them down because this will unlock the vehicle as well. forget about going to the motor wires with a window closer the factory window modules bolt right onto the motors, you can't get at the motor wires.

Thanks Howie, I had another question, I was marking all the wires in the car that I'm going to wire to, I find a lot of conflicting info on the door trigger wire? But I believe it's going to the CCM module that's under the carpet, more of the wire charts list it as a blue/grey wire. There seems to be about 4 blue/grey wires, is there one wire to each door then? I saw someone mention it could be tapped in the door as well though? Seeing as I have to get in there for the locks anyways maybe I could do it there.

Ok, I think I understand how to test it now, and there may be 4 wires but I think they are all linked. But when the door is opened should so grounded, and when closed should show 12v. So I think I do have the right wire. Sorry for asking the question I should of looked into it a bit more!

I think they are separated and may need to be dioded together but you're right about taking everything from the CCM module.

The tech sheets I have said they were shared, but I'll look into it. They may not be, it also said that the parking lights were a split design but it's actually a single wire it seems.

There was actually a BROWN / white wire in a light blue plug in the kick panel (the other blue plugs were a darker blue) this wire is a shared trigger. I'm trying to find a tach wire, There is no green wire, I tried testing the injector plugs but they were both pretty much the same and showed ~13 volts. There are 4 wires on my coil packs, 2 of them are ground, I know that pin 3 on them is the signal wire from the ecu, is this the one I should use?

Another strange thing, after hooking up the remote start wires, and then shutting my door and pressing the lock key my interior dome lights and what not flash pretty rapidly? I'm guessing it may be because the alarm brain doesn't have power yet? My guess anyways lol but was interesting... I don't want to finish hooking up power until I have the tach wire installed. I found a GREEN/ blue wire on the back for the gauge cluster that shows ~6.5-7.5 volts supposedly this is the tach wire but it does not seem to change much with RPM's?

Looks like that was the tach wire, it learned it anyways. I can't really test the remote start tonight as it's late and I don't think the neighbors would like me going through a bunch of menu's and hearing 100 chirps. Everything seems to of gone smoothly though :) I do need to add the pulse button to turn remote start on inside the car though. Oh and I also need to hook up the rear defogger.