trunk pin for 94 mustang

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Topic: trunk pin for 94 mustang

Posted By: juicedsaleen
Subject: trunk pin for 94 mustang
Date Posted: February 18, 2009 at 11:22 PM

I have a 94 mustang gt. I have everything hooked up on my alarm except this blue wire (for the trunk/hood pin)it's supposed to be a negative trigger that goes to ground when the trunk is open. I've been looked all over to find out what color the negative trunk trigger on this car is but can't find it. The only one I can find is BLACK/ Pink (+) Light in Trunk but that's a positive trigger (at least I think it is). Anyone help me out? W/o this I can't use the remote trunk release and that sucks.

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: February 19, 2009 at 12:33 AM

The Blue Hood/Trunk pin wire has nothing to do with the trunk release wire. Audiovox has the following info for the security wiring.

Battery	YELLOW	(+)	IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
Ignition 1	TAN/WHITE	(+)	IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
Starter 1	WHITE/ PINK	(+)	IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
All Door Trigger	BLACK/ BLUE	(+)	OR GRY BEHIND GLOVEBOX "GRY PLUG"
Trunk Trigger	BLACK/ PINK	(-)	AT TRUNK SWITCH
Hood Trigger	N/A
Alarm Disarm	N/A
Parking Lights	BROWN	(+)	DRIVER'S KICK PANEL

They have the following for the trunk release wire.

Trnk Release

VIOLET / YELLOW

(+)

TRUNK RELEASE SWITCH ON DASH

Chances are your alarm system has a negative output for trunk release, you will have to use a relay to convert the negative out of the alarm to a positive pulse that will release the trunk.

Convert a Negative Output to a Positive Output

If you have a switch or an alarm or keyless entry that has a negative output that you wish to use to switch a device that requires 12V+ such as a horn, dome light, parking lights, head lights, hatch release, etc., wire a relay as shown below to convert the negative output (trigger) to a positive output. posted_image

The aux output of your alarm connects to the wire labeled trigger. The wire labeled +12 V output connects to the Violet / YELLOW wire on the trunk release button.

The blue wire of the alarm can be connected to the BLACK/ Pink wire at the trunk switch. The wire should be the same color on the trunk light also.

Posted By: loneranger
Date Posted: February 19, 2009 at 5:20 AM

Ya, I was following along, until his last sentence. Now I'm not sure if he's looking for trunk ajar or release.

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Posted By: juicedsaleen
Date Posted: February 19, 2009 at 8:18 PM

thanks! I wired it like you said and the trunk finally pops like it should. The only thing I didn't do was hook up the hood/trunk pin. What's the purpose of that? Sorry for the newbie questions and thanks for all your help.

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: February 19, 2009 at 8:34 PM

Makes your alarm go off if the trunk is opened.