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Is it possible to automatically lock the doors when my Santa Fe is shifted from park?
I'm working on a 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe. I'd like to get the doors to lock when the vehicle is shifted from park, and unlock when the vehicle is shifted to park. There is an indicator on the dash that ...
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Amp Install Question. Splice in pre or post factory amp?
I am planning on installing an amplifier in my 2008 Mustang and hoping to keep the factory head unit for now. My amplifier supports high level input through the RCAs.
My question is should I ...
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Upgrading starter wire?
I did an alternator upgrade recently, and I have 3 feet of 1/0awg wire left over. Would it make any difference if I were to use this remaining wire to replace my starter's current 6awg wire?
I have ...
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Is it necessary to have two ground wires (1 to engine and 1 to car-frame)?
My jeep's stock wiring has two ground cabled coming from the negative terminal. I recently upgraded all of my positive cables, and now I'm on to the negative. Is it necessary to have one cable going ...
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1997 Dodge Grand Caravan not starting, mystery wires?
1997 Dodge GC with 180k miles, has been sitting for maybe 6 months after being driven a little, and now it won't start. cranks fine, all electronics work, but doesn't fire. I checked there is fuel ...
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What is this? Hanging out of my wiring, with yellow wrapping - a testing port maybe?
Can you explain what this yellow thing is?
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Help setting up Bi-Xenon lights with h4 wiring
I am doing one of the oh-so controversial HID retrofits - I got myself I nice pair of projectors and bulbs (I am using cheep ballasts until I have the money for some nice OEM ones). The projectors I ...
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How to amplify car speakers without stereo?
I have a 1980 VW Dasher with its original speakers but no radio. It has an unusual (erroneous?) electrical configuration where most accessories (e.g. lights, cabin fan, etc) still run even with the ...
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How do I diagnose opened door indicator problem on a Honda Civic 1.8Vti Aerodeck
The opened door light indicator flashes at random rate when I drive.
This also randomly triggers the alarm system that I had to disconnect.
I have removed every door switches. No differences.
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Headlights turning off randomly
I have a 95 Chevy S10.
When I drive my truck around at night I notice that occasionally my headlights turn off for about 3 seconds and then come back on by themselves. There doesn't seem to be any ...
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How can I identify which wire should hook to my headlight switch in my Mazda Protoge (91)?
The headlight switch in my dash is not connected to anything (I noticed this after the headlights quit working!), so I took the dash panel off in an attempt to find the plug. The only plug I could ...
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Peugeot 206 LX (2002), I have installed a cd player which works but it doesn't remember volume/clock settings
I have installed a new CD player Philips CEM2100 it works but when I turn the car on and off it loses several settings such as:
Volume, eu region for radio (this may be because I haven't fitted the ...
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Honda Accord Coupe 1999 Overhead Lighting Keeps Blowing Out
The overhead lighting keeps blowing out and the fuses blow out about every day. I have used 4 so I don't know where to start looking. All of the inside lights Any ideas?
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How can I route power cables from my 2012 Kia Forte eco from the battery to the cabin?
I have a 2012 Kia Forte sedan with "eco" package. I'd like to mount my mobile amateur radio into the vehicle, however I'm having a hard time locating a grommet for passing power leads from the cabin ...
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Wire attachments for KnuKonceptz Wiring Kit
I just got a KnuKoncepts 4AWG kit and it came with the wires etc. and then a baggie with a bunch of gold tips (circle things)... I was wondering how you attach the wires to these things? Should I ...
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Horn / hooter works when car is off, not when car is on?
I have a (South African) Opel (Chev? Vauxhall?) Corsa bakkie (ute?). But I think this is more a general question than specific to this type of car. However, this model I own does not have many onboard ...
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Car Stereo Forgetting Settings Upon Restart
I installed a car stereo a few months ago and it seems to forget all of its settings whenever it loses power. The stereo the car came with didn't have this issue. I am familiar with electronics so I ...
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Radio Wiring diagrams and/or color codes?
I've got an older Nissan truck (1994) that did NOT come with a factory radio.
A previous owner had an aftermarket style radio installed, and the installers used one of these universal radio ...
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Manual horn switch
what are the pitfalls or things to look out for when manually wiring a switch from the battery to the horn?
Some background:
I just moved to texas where they require vehicle inspections. My horn ...
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Trailer wiring corrosion
Every couple of years I find that the trailer wiring connector (7 pin) on the back of my truck doesn't work properly, causing the brake or turn signals on the trailer to not function. This is caused ...
