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Hi all, first post, first Kia, Have a 05 Sedona CRDi, had it for 2 weeks now and am very impressed with it. Had loads of good feedback from peeps to.
Anyway, I want to fit an aftermarket alarm and interface it to the central locking - so where do i connect the 2 wires [lock / unlock] from my alarm to - The last car I did this with i took the door panel off and went onto the lock motor itself, but I'l rather not do this.
Is there an easy point where i can find the right wires that control the door locks inside the car ?
Under the dash, there is an orange connector mixed in with 6 other connectors; you can't miss it. Try tapping into the red/green wire for unlock and blue wire for lock. There are actually several wires that are the same color in that connector, so you can choose any of them. This particular set of connectors are short connectors, and each wire color in each connector is shorted together.
OK, finally got around to doing this, took the door panel off and checked wire colours - Red/green gives a 12v pulse on unlock and blue +12 pulse on lock.
So I traced the wires to under the dash and spliced, however when i appy 12v to either of these, nothing happens except the fuse I had in the wire between 12v and the spliced wire just pops.
There are no shorts, I checked, and I've gone upto a 30A fuse, any ideas ?, I'm stumped, so any idea's appreciated.
If they are -ve pulsed to trigger then how come I measureed a +12v pulse when the locks are operated ?
I incedentally did ground both of these but to no effect - Are you saying that these should have +12v on them all the time and be grounded to operate, because this would just blow fuses [ as per the case of touching 12v onto them]
You're not tapping into the right wires. You could use those wires if you wanted to use relays, but that's a pain.
Try looking for a connector to the left of the steering column. There should be red/green and a white/black wires in this connector. It may be easier to find than the last ones I told you about.
You're right in noticing the 12V when you press the switch. Those wires rest at ground, so when you try to hook up 12V to it, the fuse will pop. When you press the button, one of the wires changes from ground to 12V.
Be aware that this is a UK model, the steering wheel is on the opposite side to a USA version, therefore the colour codes and placement of connectors could be different.
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