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98 Chrysler Sebring Conv Wiring Request

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Forum Discription: Request Car Alarm, Car Stereo, Cruise Control, Remote Starter, Navigation, Mobile Video, and Other Vehicle Specific Wiring Info, Manuals, Tech Tips
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Topic: 98 Chrysler Sebring Conv Wiring Request

Posted By: scatman
Subject: 98 Chrysler Sebring Conv Wiring Request
Date Posted: July 05, 2002 at 2:10 PM

Requesting wiring info for alarm/remote starter. 

This site has info on 200 Sebring Conv, and info is looks similar.  Is it the same? 

Car starts however shuts down after a few seconds.  I thought I had a bad tach wire selected.  The wire I have as tach is a BLACK/ grey (or grey black) and it has .8 V AC in idle, and increasing throttle does increase voltage.  Should I use the injector instead?

Thanks to all who read and respond!!! 




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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: July 05, 2002 at 8:52 PM

Chrysler

Sebring Convertible

1996-2000

Remote Starter  Wiring Colors and Notes

Function

 

Vehicle  Color

Location

Start:

 

 

YELLOW

IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS *

Ignition  #1:

 

D BLUE

IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS

Ignition #2:

 

 

BLACK/ ORANGE

IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS (HEAT/AC)

Ignition  #3:

 

N/A

Accessory:

 

 

BLACK/ WHITE

IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS

Brake  Light:

 

 

WHITE/ TAN (+)

AT SWITCH ABOVE BRAKE PEDAL

Tach  Signal:

 

 

BLACK/ GRAY

AT DISTRIBUTOR (6 CYLINDER)

Parking Lights:

 

 

BLACK / YELLOW (+)

GRAY 16 PIN CONN. AT FUSE BLOCK

Headlights:

 

 

VIOLET/WHITE (LO) &

RED / ORG (HI) (+) AT HEADLIGHT SWITCH

OEM Alarm  Disarm:

 

LT. GREEN/ ORANGE

20 PIN BLACK CONNECTOR

OEM Alarm  Arm:

 

LT. GREEN/ ORANGE

IN DRIVER'S KICK PANEL ***

Diesel  Glow Plug:

 

Clutch  Bypass Wire:

 

Notes:

 * If This Vehicle Has A Gray Ignition Key, Then It Is Equipped Wiith Chrysler's Smart Key Engine Immobilizer. See Installation Note #144 - Bypassing Transponder Passive Theft System Diagram.

Chrysler

Sebring Convertible

1996-2000

Alarm and Keyless  Entry Wiring Colors and Notes

Function

 

Vehicle  Color

Location

Constant  +12 Volts:

 

 

RED (2) & BLACK

IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS

Starter  Kill:

 

YELLOW

IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS *

Ignition  +12 Volts:

 

 

D BLUE

IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS

Dome  Lights/Superv:

 

 

YELLOW (-)

BLACK 3 PIN CONN. IN DR. KICK PANEL

OEM Horn:

 

 

BLACK/ RED (-)

STEERING COLUMN HARNESS

Power  Lock:

 

SINGLE WIRE SYSTEM

20 PIN CONNECTOR AT BODY CONTROL

Power  Unlock:

 

WHITE/ LT. GREEN

MODULE IN DRIVER KICK PANEL **

Trunk  Release:

 

L GREEN/ BLACK (+)

AT RELEASE SWITCH

Alarm  Input Wire:

 

YELLOW (-)

BLACK 3 PIN CONN. IN DR. KICK PANEL

Notes:

** Cirrus/Sebring/Stratus/Breeze Single Wire Single Wire Door Lock . A Positive Pulse Through A 2.7 K-Ohm Resistor for Unlock, A Positive Pulse Through A 620 Ohm Resistor for Lock. *** Single Wire System, A Positive Pulse Through A 940 Ohm for Arming Alarm, A Positive Pulse Through A 270 Ohm for Disarming Alarm).


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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA




Posted By: scatman
Date Posted: July 05, 2002 at 10:38 PM

Thanks Jeff.  I have done a lot of searching on this site, and your name pops up quite a bit!

I could not get that BLACK/ grey wire to work properly.  Here is what I found in an remote starter manual on Clifford's website. 

Digital Tach Filter On/Off

In most cases, this jumper can be left in the OFF position.  Some new vehicles use less than 12 volts in their ignition systems.  The unit may have trouble learning the tach signal in these vehicles.  Changing the jumper to the ON setting changes the trigger threshold of the digital tach circuit so it will work properly with these vehicles.  The vehicles affected include many newer Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth vehicles, such as the Neon, Cirrus, Stratus, Breeze and LH-based vehicles.

After reading this (and another post from you on another thread about an expedition on this forum, ha) I connected the tach to the injector.   Before the starter (avistart 6500) would not learn.  After moving this one wire the remote start worked great. 

Now am working on the locks.  Is there no other way than the https://www.bulldogsecurity.com/wires/images/chrysler1wirecars.htm

to handle the door locks?  (Guess who posted that url...  Jeff! ;-)

Can I not just use the positive pulse for the door locks directly from the remote starter?

If the above question is of topic, I can move it to another thread...

Thanks again to everybody who uses this site.  I can't believe I got a reply the day after the 4th! 

scatman





Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: July 06, 2002 at 9:35 AM

Unfortunately you can't just use a positive pulse because the door lock/unlock wires do not use the full 12 volts. That's why you need the resistors inline of the wire to match the proper resistance of the locl/unlock wires. There is no other way of wiring a relay for this type of system except the way the diagram lists it on the Bulldog site. Just remember to match the resistance of the wire you must place enough resistors in series to accomplish this.

PS: In Canada we had our party on July, 1 so I had ebough recovery time by July 5th posted_image



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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA





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