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1998 Ford Explorer Keyless entry

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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
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Printed Date: July 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM


Topic: 1998 Ford Explorer Keyless entry

Posted By: myarkin
Subject: 1998 Ford Explorer Keyless entry
Date Posted: March 10, 2003 at 11:25 AM

I own a 1998 For5d Explorer. I want to install keyless entry system. Wiring diagram is needed. Thx

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arkin



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Posted By: BNLUIS
Date Posted: March 10, 2003 at 1:00 PM

|       ITEM      |     WIRE COLOR     |POL|       WIRE LOCATION        |
|              12V|yellow              |+  |ignition harness            |
|          STARTER|RED / lt. blue        |+  |ignition harness            |
|         IGNITION|GREEN/ purple *1     |+  |ignition harness            |
|        ACCESSORY|gray / YELLOW *1      |+  |ignition harness            |
| SECOND ACCESSORY|BLACK/ green         |+  |ignition harness            |
|       POWER LOCK|pink / YELLOW         |-  |driver's kick panel         |
|     POWER UNLOCK|pink/green          |-  |driver's kick panel         |
|       LOCK MOTOR|pink/black          |   |driver's kick panel         |
|     UNLOCK MOTOR|RED / orange          |   |driver's kick panel         |
|    DISARM DEFEAT|pink/orange *2      |   |driver's kick panel         |
| PARKING LIGHTS +|PURPLE / white *3     |   |driver's kick panel         |
| PARKING LIGHTS -|WHITE/ purple        |   |driver's kick panel         |
|       HEADLIGHTS|RED / yellow          |+  |light switch                |
|     DOOR TRIGGER|BLACK/ lt. blue *4   |+  |driver's kick panel         |
| DOME SUPERVISION|BLACK/ lt.blue       |+  |driver's kick panel         |
|  TRUNK/HATCH PIN|common with doors   |   |                            |
|         HOOD PIN|tan/lt.green        |-  |driver's kick panel         |
|  FCTRY ALARM ARM|arms on lock *5     |   |                            |
|FCTRY ALRM DISARM|dk. GREEN/ purple    |-  |driver's kick panel         |
|       TACHOMETER|tan / YELLOW          |   |PCM *6                      |
|      SPEED SENSE|gray/black          |8  |PCM *6                      |
|       BRAKE WIRE|lt.green            |+  |driver's kick, brake switch |
|     HORN TRIGGER|yellow/lt. green    |-  |steering column             |
|           WIPERS|wht & dk.blu/org *7 |+  |wiper motor or relay        |
|  LF WINDOW UP/DN|wht/blk - red       |A  |at motor in dr door         |
|  RF WINDOW UP/DN|wht/yel - tan/lt.blu|A  |sw dr door or dr kick       |
|  LR WINDOW UP/DN|gry/org - yel/lt.blu|A  |sw dr door or dr kick       |
|  RR WINDOW UP/DN|yel/blk - RED / blk   |A  |sw dr door or dr kick       |
|    POWER ANTENNA|lt GREEN/ purple     |+  |radio                       |

Notes:
NOTE: Some models of this vehicle are equipped with PATS (Passive Anti Theft System). Use DEI module 555F to over-ride during remote start.  *1 Two wires each at switch, both are common, only need to power 1 each      during remote start.  *2 You may also use the pink/green power unlock wire.  *3 Also found to be WHITE/ black at the rear of the switch.  *4 To avoid the dome light delay and dome light time-out use the separate door triggers. In the drivers kick panel find yellow/black for the drivers door, lt. GREEN/ YELLOW for the drivers rear door, and WHITE/ purple for the rear hatch. In the passengers kick panel find gray/red for the passenger front door, and pink/lt. blue for the passengers rear door. All five wires are negative trigger and must be diode isolated together.  *5 Arms on lock only with door open. It is necessary to send a signal to door trigger as well as lock to arm factory alarm.   *6 The PCM is located at the top of the firewall towards the passenger side, the tan / YELLOW tach wire is also found at the back of the instrument cluster.  *7 Also found yellow/white (-) at the firewall connector.



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Luis
Sound Waves
Is up to the installer to test all wires with a DMM whenever possible.





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