NEED SOME HELP WITH ALARM WIRING - Toyota Yaris Forums

blacks · 10-10-2010, 06:42 PM

Hi
I just installed THE PYLE PWD250 car alarm everything works good but i would like to hook up the hood and the trunk to it but on the manual it is telling me

this for the trunk

• ORANGE/WHITE WIRE - Trunk trigger (-).
Connect to an optional trunk pin switch that
shows ground when the trunk is open.
And this for the hood

• ORANGE/GRAY WIRE - Hood trigger (-).
Connect to an optional hood pin switch that
shows ground when the hood is open.

Does anybody have a idea of how i can hook them up to the alarm because there i'm lost ?

Palmer812 · 10-10-2010, 07:00 PM

the wire for the trunk trigger is light blue. It is pin #7 in a white 30 pin plug at the fuse box under the driver's side dash. The wire for the hood is white and can be found 3 different places. #1 is at the hood switch. #2 is at the theft warning ecu which is behind the passenger's side glove box pin #4 in a white 36 pin plug. #3 is high behind the fuse box under the driver's side dash pin #16 in a 17 pin blue plug.

blacks · 10-10-2010, 07:56 PM

@Palmer812
I tried today hooking up the light blue on the alarm but it was not working so i was wondering if i did something wrong
Is there another way of hooking it up to the trunk ?
For the hood i'll check it tomorrow

blacks · 10-10-2010, 07:58 PM

Where is the hood switch located

CTScott · 10-10-2010, 08:12 PM

Unless a Yaris has a factory alarm, it doesn't have a hood switch.

blacks · 10-10-2010, 08:16 PM

@CTScott
So what should i do for the hood
and is what @Palmer812 saying about the trunk can
it work ?

CTScott · 10-10-2010, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacks

@CTScott
So what should i do for the hood
and is what @Palmer812 saying about the trunk can
it work ?

You will have to add your own hood switch (like the kind that comes with remote starters).

For the trunk, the wire is a sky blue wire in pin 7 of connector 4A in the under dash fuse panel area:

Conn 4A 4B.jpg

blacks · 10-10-2010, 08:26 PM

So for the trunk i should just connect the orange and white wire with the sky blue that you mentioned and it should work right ?

And do you have a name or a reference of a switch that can be bought to add on the hood ?

CTScott · 10-10-2010, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacks

So for the trunk i should just connect the orange and white wire with the sky blue that you mentioned and it should work right ?

And do you have a name or a reference of a switch that can be bought to add on the hood ?

If it's looking for a signal that goes to ground when the trunk in open then yes.

"Hood pin switch"

Palmer812 · 10-10-2010, 08:47 PM

blacks where do you live? I have a drawer full of hood switches. I can send you one for free.
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...#windowcontent
this is what they look like. It is small enough I should be able to mail one in a normal envelope depending on where you live.

blacks · 10-10-2010, 08:49 PM

well i'm in miami 33166

Palmer812 · 10-10-2010, 08:52 PM

PM me your address and I will get one out to you. I can mail it tomorrow afternoon.

blacks · 10-10-2010, 08:56 PM

I HAVE ONE OF THESES BUT I AM NOT SURE WHERE TO INSTALL IT CAN ONE OF YOU GUYS INDICATE ME WHERE TO INSTALL IT ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hood-Pin-Trigger...#ht_603wt_1139

Palmer812 · 10-10-2010, 09:08 PM

That is what you need. I just went and looked under my hood. 2 options popped into my head right away. Where the back bolt holding the headlight in is on either side there is a hole in the metal. You could mount it there or at the front beside the rubber hood stops there are plastic thingies that mount the front bumper. You could remove one of those and mount it there. Either way you do it it needs to be mounted to metal. When the hood is closed the switch is open. When you open the hood the switch closes and touches the metal of the car sending a negative to your alarm.

CTScott · 10-10-2010, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacks

I HAVE ONE OF THESES BUT I AM NOT SURE WHERE TO INSTALL IT CAN ONE OF YOU GUYS INDICATE ME WHERE TO INSTALL IT ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hood-Pin-Trigger...#ht_603wt_1139

Some place where it gets pressed when you close the hood. You typically have to drill a hole somewhere in metal to mount it (unless you can find an existing hole that it will fit in. The body of it has to be grounded, so it needs to be mounted to a hole without paint, or you can mount it and use a ring terminal and a piece of wire to ground it somewhere else.

blacks · 10-10-2010, 09:13 PM

So if i understand what you trying to explain me it should be mounted where it can be ground then i plug a wire on it and send it to the alarm connector

CTScott · 10-10-2010, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacks

So if i understand what you trying to explain me it should be mounted where it can be ground then i plug a wire on it and send it to the alarm connector

correct

blacks · 10-11-2010, 06:24 PM

Thanks for all your help guys works like a charm

@CTScott
@Palmer812

But now i would like a remote start and keyless entry to go with it
are there any accessories that comes with this alarm that i can purchase to do so ?

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10-10-2010, 06:42 PM	#1
blacks Drives: toyota yaris sedan Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SXM Posts: 93	NEED SOME HELP WITH ALARM WIRING Hi I just installed THE PYLE PWD250 car alarm everything works good but i would like to hook up the hood and the trunk to it but on the manual it is telling me this for the trunk • ORANGE/WHITE WIRE - Trunk trigger (-). Connect to an optional trunk pin switch that shows ground when the trunk is open. And this for the hood • ORANGE/GRAY WIRE - Hood trigger (-). Connect to an optional hood pin switch that shows ground when the hood is open. Does anybody have a idea of how i can hook them up to the alarm because there i'm lost ?

10-10-2010, 07:00 PM	#2
Palmer812 Drives: 2010 Meteorite Metallic LB Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 251	the wire for the trunk trigger is light blue. It is pin #7 in a white 30 pin plug at the fuse box under the driver's side dash. The wire for the hood is white and can be found 3 different places. #1 is at the hood switch. #2 is at the theft warning ecu which is behind the passenger's side glove box pin #4 in a white 36 pin plug. #3 is high behind the fuse box under the driver's side dash pin #16 in a 17 pin blue plug.

10-10-2010, 07:56 PM	#3
blacks Drives: toyota yaris sedan Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SXM Posts: 93	@Palmer812 I tried today hooking up the light blue on the alarm but it was not working so i was wondering if i did something wrong Is there another way of hooking it up to the trunk ? For the hood i'll check it tomorrow

10-10-2010, 07:58 PM	#4
blacks Drives: toyota yaris sedan Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SXM Posts: 93	Where is the hood switch located

10-10-2010, 08:12 PM	#5
CTScott ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 09 5dr LB, 2x 08 3dr LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: USA, CT Posts: 13,460	Unless a Yaris has a factory alarm, it doesn't have a hood switch.

10-10-2010, 08:16 PM	#6
blacks Drives: toyota yaris sedan Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SXM Posts: 93	@CTScott So what should i do for the hood and is what @Palmer812 saying about the trunk can it work ?

10-10-2010, 08:26 PM	#8
blacks Drives: toyota yaris sedan Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SXM Posts: 93	So for the trunk i should just connect the orange and white wire with the sky blue that you mentioned and it should work right ? And do you have a name or a reference of a switch that can be bought to add on the hood ?

10-10-2010, 08:47 PM	#10
Palmer812 Drives: 2010 Meteorite Metallic LB Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 251	blacks where do you live? I have a drawer full of hood switches. I can send you one for free. http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...#windowcontent this is what they look like. It is small enough I should be able to mail one in a normal envelope depending on where you live.

10-10-2010, 08:49 PM	#11
blacks Drives: toyota yaris sedan Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SXM Posts: 93	well i'm in miami 33166

10-10-2010, 08:52 PM	#12
Palmer812 Drives: 2010 Meteorite Metallic LB Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 251	PM me your address and I will get one out to you. I can mail it tomorrow afternoon.

10-10-2010, 08:56 PM	#13
blacks Drives: toyota yaris sedan Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SXM Posts: 93	I HAVE ONE OF THESES BUT I AM NOT SURE WHERE TO INSTALL IT CAN ONE OF YOU GUYS INDICATE ME WHERE TO INSTALL IT ? http://cgi.ebay.com/Hood-Pin-Trigger...#ht_603wt_1139

10-10-2010, 09:08 PM	#14
Palmer812 Drives: 2010 Meteorite Metallic LB Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 251	That is what you need. I just went and looked under my hood. 2 options popped into my head right away. Where the back bolt holding the headlight in is on either side there is a hole in the metal. You could mount it there or at the front beside the rubber hood stops there are plastic thingies that mount the front bumper. You could remove one of those and mount it there. Either way you do it it needs to be mounted to metal. When the hood is closed the switch is open. When you open the hood the switch closes and touches the metal of the car sending a negative to your alarm.

10-10-2010, 09:13 PM	#16
blacks Drives: toyota yaris sedan Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SXM Posts: 93	So if i understand what you trying to explain me it should be mounted where it can be ground then i plug a wire on it and send it to the alarm connector

10-11-2010, 06:24 PM	#18
blacks Drives: toyota yaris sedan Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SXM Posts: 93	Thanks for all your help guys works like a charm @CTScott @Palmer812 But now i would like a remote start and keyless entry to go with it are there any accessories that comes with this alarm that i can purchase to do so ?