Foot-light assembly on Yaris 2015 (Europe)

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I still can't find the "spare" connectors on neither sides... I've an Australian 2013 Gen3 Yaris albeit the YR spec (lowest). On the driver side I've taken out the small panel (two screws) beneath the knee airbag and looked under, no spare connector. On the passenger side, I've looked around and behind all the existing wires and connectors and didn't find any. Can someone that has that connector take a picture of the actual connector and location of it?

I really don't want to run a wire from the fuse box nor running a wire all the way from the existing dome light down the footwell... :) thanks a lot ppl!

[stidnam]

Originally Posted by eeeeeh

I still can't find the "spare" connectors on neither sides... I've an Australian 2013 Gen3 Yaris albeit the YR spec (lowest). On the driver side I've taken out the small panel (two screws) beneath the knee airbag and looked under, no spare connector. On the passenger side, I've looked around and behind all the existing wires and connectors and didn't find any. Can someone that has that connector take a picture of the actual connector and location of it?

I really don't want to run a wire from the fuse box nor running a wire all the way from the existing dome light down the footwell... :) thanks a lot ppl!

I think you're out of luck mate. I have an 2012 Australian ZR and I couldn't find the connectors. It's also worth noting that we don't even have the panel on the passenger side under the glove box to mount the lamp!

If you really wanted to do it, you'd probably find the necessary wiring on one of the connectors that sit behind the kick panels. You'd need to get testing with a multimeter to see if you can find the ground wire that's being switched and a power source. Good luck :)

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Originally Posted by stidnam

I think you're out of luck mate. I have an 2012 Australian ZR and I couldn't find the connectors. It's also worth noting that we don't even have the panel on the passenger side under the glove box to mount the lamp!

If you really wanted to do it, you'd probably find the necessary wiring on one of the connectors that sit behind the kick panels. You'd need to get testing with a multimeter to see if you can find the ground wire that's being switched and a power source. Good luck :)

thanks @stidnam. have looked through the GSIC wiring diagrams for Yaris and indeed there weren't mention of the footwell light.. have just taken out the front interior lighting assembly but the 3 wires (white/black, black, blue) are all live and it'll be difficult to run extra wires under the roof lining and side of a-pillar airbag. probably i'll have to locate one of the door latch switches and tap wires through there.

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Okay, finally done the wiring. End product looks like this.



1. Remove the front map reading light assembly. Solder a connector to these two locations. Of course use your multimeter or a simple lightbulb to test polarity.



2. Run wire from the assembly recess through to windshield, then under the roof lining and across to each A-pillar. Going around the airbag (do not obstruct) and through to under rubber seal. Run along and above the seal through to B-pillar.

3. Rear door rubber seal, you'd need to slit two holes to fit the flexible LED strip light through.



Something like this should suffice (the one I bought earlier no longer exist).

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Waterpro...YAAOSweNZa8V~u


Now my rear lights fade out just like the map light. (animated GIF)

https://imgur.com/jHOHeAA/


Since the hard part of wiring is done, I can now easily do the footwell light.