Viper 791XV, 2000 grand am
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Printed Date: May 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Topic: Viper 791XV, 2000 grand am
Posted By: Blackgagt
Subject: Viper 791XV, 2000 grand am
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 10:25 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, Brian
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Brian
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Posted By: another-kelly
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 10:46 AM
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
Posted By: cpgoose
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 10:52 AM
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).
Posted By: Blackgagt
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 11:29 AM
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??
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Brian
Posted By: Blackgagt
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 11:51 AM
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?
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Brian
Posted By: jayno20
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 12:57 PM
Its in timer mode, page 51 in the installation manual will show u how to get out of it.
Posted By: Blackgagt
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 1:06 PM
cool thanks
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Brian
Posted By: Blackgagt
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 1:49 PM
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
Posted By: cpgoose
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 8:11 PM
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.
Posted By: f150fan
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 9:14 PM
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.
Posted By: Blackgagt
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 10:42 PM
ive gotta double check on the wiring, but when the trunk is opened it shows the hood as triggered... the best buy people told me it had to be like that and tried to get me to buy a kit to fix it...ive had this alarm for bout 2.5 years, been through two brains and always had little probs with the alarm... not to mention it took two 9 hour days for the installers to get it right..
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Brian
Posted By: another-kelly
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 11:45 PM
don't need a relay for trunk pop. the negative trigger triggers the factory relay. not all best buys suck, but the one you went to did/does. two 9 hour days? that's ridiculous.
Posted By: Blackgagt
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 11:52 PM
sounds good thanks, ill try this stuff this weekend
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Brian
Posted By: Blackgagt
Date Posted: January 05, 2007 at 5:19 PM
alright, its done works perfect, thanks for all the help
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Brian
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