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 Posted: 07-17-2005 04:33 pm
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Mark Rosenbaum



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 Perhaps I caused some confusion by using the term 'switch' in two different ways.  I'll try to clarify things below, using switch solely to describe an electrical function and unit for a mechanical object which contains one or more switches.  

There are two separate switches within the driver's side unit, and only one within the passenger's side unit.  Attached is a photo of a (broken) driver's side unit, and a passenger's side unit.  Note that the driver's unit has three terminals on the back and a ground connection under the head (broken off in the photo), while the passenger's unit has one terminal on the back and a ground connection under the head.  Also note that you can use a (more expensive) driver's side unit on the passenger's side, in which case two of the terminals there will not be hooked up to anything.

For the driver's side unit, what I would expect to see, when the unit's button is NOT pressed, is:
     (1) Continuity between two of the terminals with no continuity the ground connection.  Probably these are the two male blade terminals.
     (2) Continuity between the remaining terminal and the ground connection.  Probably this is the female bullet terminal.

You will need to verify things for yourself, then hook up the wiring as appropriate.  This means:
     (a) The wires from the Infamous Seat Belt Warning Module (ISBWM) and the key-in-ignition detection thing go to whichever two terminals behave as in (1) above.  It makes no difference which wire connects to which terminal.  Normally these wires are both Purple-Pink.  The Purple wire with +12V on it that you mentioned previously is not correct;  perhaps there is a fault in the connector that goes to the ignition switch, or perhaps a PO did something perverted with the wiring.
     (b) The wire to the passenger's unit and the courtesy light goes to whichever terminal behaves as in (2) above.  Normally this wire is Purple-Black.

The ISBWM is located on the driver's side kick panel, above the footwell and forward of the dash.  The turn signal and hazard flashers, and the start relay, are in the same area.

Good luck, and please keep us posted on how things turn out.

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