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J10898 
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Posted: October 21, 2002 at 10:33 PM / IP Logged  
I'm new here and hoping I can find some help. I'm attempting to install a remote car starter in a 2000 Dodge Caravan and it doesn't seem to work. It's a Valet 552T unit. The starter bypass is working along with the lights flashing before starting, and I hear the control unit click but the car won't start, the starter is not engaging at all.
The questions are, where does the large gauge black wire (taped to the purple wire) go? where does the large gauge blue wire (taped to the pink wire) go? I assume these should be grounded and the instructions don't even mention these wires. Their is also a small orange wire off of the satellite relay pack which has no home also.
I'm pretty sure my problem lies in these wires. All help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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  • BLACK wire I believe is the GROUND ( ??? )
  • BLUE wire depends on which harness it's on ( 6 pin or 12 pin harness )
  • ORANGE wire id for the starter disable relay
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 the black wire you are talking about is conected to the starter kill relay this goes to the motor side of the cut starter wire in the vehicle.there is also a green wire that should be around there too this wire goes to the ignition side of the same cut starter wire.Now  the purple wire is a starter output from the remote start this goes on the starter wire in the vehicle you have to put this on the motor side of that cut starter wire that is why it is conected with the black both wires(black,purple) go to the same wire.. now im not completly sure why there is a blue wire conected to the pink but the pink is  the ignition output from remote starter it goes to switched ignition of vehicle.as for the blue wire i dont know why it is  on the pink. the small orange does not have to be hooked up just tape up and leave that one alone.
J10898 
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Posted: October 22, 2002 at 8:53 AM / IP Logged  
The large blue and large black wires are part of the relay satellite, blue paired with the large pink wire and black paired with the large purple wire. I'm not refering to the blue wires on either 6 or 12 pin harness (it's confusing to describe which wire I'm referring too, sorry). The small orage wire is also on the relay satellite (not the orange wire on the 12 pin primary harness).
mobiletoys I have the black and green wires from the starter kill relay connected as you say. The other large black wire is from the satellite relays (Not the standalone starter kill relay). But I think I didn't have the purple connected correctly (I'm hoping that's the problem!). I'll check it tonight and see how it works.
Thanks again for your help.
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if the purple is not connected to the motor side of the starter wire the car will not try to crank while being  remote started at all because the starter will never get voltage. the corect way is to put the purple from the remote start satelite  and the black wire off the starter kill relay together and then put both wires on the cut side of the starter wire(the side that is not facing the ignition switch)the green wire from teh starter kill relay will go by itself to the ignition switch side of that cut starter wire. Im sorry but dont know of any large guage blue wires on  a viper sounds like it is a wire that someone added to it! But the starting problem should be solved if wired as i decribed above by the way again the pink wire goes to primary ignition and if your car has 2 ignition wires then the pink/white will go to the second. The thick orange wire  is an accesory wire and the 2 reds are constant power that covers all remote start sattelite wires hope this helps good luck.
J10898 
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Posted: October 22, 2002 at 11:30 PM / IP Logged  
mobiletoys2002... the purple and black wires were connected correctly. I think I had a couple of problems. First was the ground I picked wasn't good. I tried grounding it to where the brake switch assembly is bolted down and I didn't look up to see some vibration material, aka bad ground. I changed the ground I got further but still no luck. The blue wire I mentioned in the previous post is the secondary ignition switch wire. And lastly to top it off I had a bad relay for the starter (that's why it wouldn't start). I had to take the satellite relay mix apart and figure out how it worked to troubleshoot it.
So now I'm to the point where the car starts but then shuts down after running only 15 seconds or so. I'm pretty sure I have the tach wire connected to the wrong wire. I used the database on the site and it says grey/red for the tach on the PCM. I connected to that one and no luck. So now I need to figure out which wire on the coil pack is the tach and I think that will fix that. My next issue is the neutral safety switch. Again I used the wiring information on the site and it says a BLACK/ white wire on the PCM. I didn't see a black / white wire on the PCM. (I was just grounding the neutral safety for testing purposes before).
Any suggestions what the neutral safety switch and tach wire color / location are?
Thanks for all your help.
J10898 
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Posted: October 23, 2002 at 11:53 AM / IP Logged  
I just checked the wiring information on the site for the 2000 Caravan again and it has changed since I printed it out a while back. The changes are the Tach and no listing for the neutral safety switch.
The Tach is listed as WHITE/ black 40 Pin Connector, engine compartment. Is this the PCM? The PCM also has two 40 pin connectors, if memory serves me both connectors have a white /black wire. Does anybody know which one?
Any thoughts on the neutral safety switch connection?
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Posted: October 23, 2002 at 12:11 PM / IP Logged  

Hey J10898

My experience with Caravans tells me that tach is either a GRAY or a GRAY/RED at the ignition coil.   You don't need to plug the neutral switch.  Simply connect the neutral wire from the brain to a switch whose other lead goes to ground thus creating a r-start disable switch.  Valet 552T Install Problems -- posted image.

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