VSS Kia Sorento

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Topic: VSS Kia Sorento

Posted By: cgroftm
Subject: VSS Kia Sorento
Date Posted: December 29, 2004 at 7:08 PM

Looking for a good place to tap into the VSS for a Kenwood navigation unit. Any help would be great. Thanks!!!!

Craig

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Posted By: cgroftm
Date Posted: December 29, 2004 at 7:11 PM

Do navigation units use the VSS to determine wheather the car is in motion or stopped, or do they use the VSS to determine actual vehicle speed? Thanks.

Craig

Posted By: auex
Date Posted: December 30, 2004 at 3:05 PM

They use VSS to determine actual vehicle speed. Once the nav has been initiated and has acquired its position the nav switches over to a system called dead reckoning. Basically it uses the VSS, reverse sense, and a gyro to tell you were you are going.

If you look to the left you will see a link "VSS and Tach Info". If you click there you will see another link to a site that has a ton of info for vss wire colors and location. At any rate you didn't include a year so you will have to use the link on your own.

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Posted By: cgroftm
Date Posted: December 30, 2004 at 7:35 PM

Thanks for the response. I looked at that link before I posted. My 2004 was not listed. I think that I found the location of the VSs using the wiring diagrams. Thanks for the help.

Craig

Posted By: auex
Date Posted: December 30, 2004 at 8:07 PM

Well all I could find is the info for 2003 and 2005. It could be the same so give it a shot.

2003
Speed Sense-brown-instrument cluster

2005
Speed Sense-brown-cluster or ETACS, 15 pin plg, pin 10
Notes: The ETACS (Electronic Time and Alarm Control System) module is behind the radio.

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Posted By: cgroftm
Date Posted: December 31, 2004 at 4:02 AM

Thanks for the info. Where did you find that?

Craig

Posted By: auex
Date Posted: December 31, 2004 at 11:53 AM

That info was found through DEI's directwire.

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Always check info with a digital multimeter.
I promise to be good.
Tell Darwin I sent you.

I've been sick lately, sorry I won't be on much.

Posted By: cgroftm
Date Posted: December 31, 2004 at 1:01 PM

Thanks for looking that up. One more quick question. Was there a difference for the EX and LX models? I have an EX. Thanks again.

Craig

Posted By: nclong
Date Posted: January 02, 2005 at 11:34 AM

Craig, I sent you a PM. If possible, could you post the location that you found for the VSS wires? I am having the same trouble finding the wires.

Thanks for your help!

Nathan

Posted By: cgroftm
Date Posted: January 03, 2005 at 7:19 AM

Did the spot that aues posted not work? I was goining to use that spot myself. Let me know.

Craig

Posted By: nclong
Date Posted: January 03, 2005 at 10:40 PM

I didn't try the info for the 2003 or 2005 , I have a 2004 also- I found info on the web that it was behind the glove box, but no luck there. Any luck on your end?

Nathan

Posted By: benjamin770
Date Posted: March 06, 2005 at 9:08 PM

auex]W wrote:

ll all I could find is the info for 2003 and 2005. It could be the same so give it a shot.

2003
Speed Sense-brown-instrument cluster

2005
Speed Sense-brown-cluster or ETACS, 15 pin plg, pin 10
Notes: The ETACS (Electronic Time and Alarm Control System) module is behind the radio.

I have an 05 and i pulled apart the cluster and found 2 brown wires ?

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Ben