Viper 791XV, 2000 grand am

Ok this may be a basic question but i cant find the answer,,,, ive got a 2000 grand am GT and two years ago i had Best Buy install this alarm for me. Huge Mistake... anyways they didnt hook up the trunk sensor that i bought. well they hooked it up to the hood pin.  i want to hook the trunk up to the correct trigger. ive looked through the install guide a few times with no luck... also i want to hook the release up to my remote and am having trouble with that. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks, BrianBrian

Trunk/Hatch Release      BLACK/ white       -       trunk release switch Trunk/Hatch Pin      ORANGE / black       -       trunk light the trunk pin will go to the blue wire in the main harness of the viper brain. trunk release will go to the RED / white in the main harness of the viper brain. trunk sensor that you bought? such as . . . posted by a best buy installer

Don't forget, I think you need to hook up the RED / white wire of the alarm to a relay, and not directly to the trunk release wire of the car (as per the viper manual).

i have a mercury switch in the trunk... and would it be ok to hook it to the trunk pop button thats in my driver door??Brian

i also forgot to mention that ive had problems in the last month or two with the remote start.. in the middle of the every so often ill hear my remote beep and my car start... any ideas or am i possibly doing something wrong?Brian

Its in timer mode, page 51 in the installation manual will show u how to get out of it.

cool thanksBrian

cpgoose wrote: Don't forget, I think you need to hook up the RED / white wire of the alarm to a relay, and not directly to the trunk release wire of the car (as per the viper manual).

would it be ok to hook it to the trunk pop button thats in my driver door??

Brian

Yea, I don't see why not. Still use a relay, though. I would assume the wire is in the driver's kick panel, too, which is probably a lot easier to get to than going through to the door.

Are you saying that when the trunk is popped with the alarm set that the remote shows that the hood has opened? If so that is a programmable feature on the remote itself. It can be changed from hood to trunk or both if they are on the same wire.