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Old Aug 28, 2024 | 04:31 PM
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I am working to put this car together but didn't take it apart so it is a bit of a puzzle. Anyone have a guess about these two wires? You can see the green one runs along the bottom of the door and has a fuse installed. It isn't obvious where the spade connector went and wiring guide doesn't show anything running through there. Stock radio.

The other is a small orange wire with no obvious home and seems to come to the trunk area separate from the main harness.


Right side under door

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Old Aug 31, 2024 | 04:30 PM
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Neither of those look stock, or that I can recall seeing before. Could be some sort of aftermarket alarm or stereo amp wiring attempt. Could be an attempt to solve some sort of suspected wiring or harness issue fix going back to either the ECU or the power antenna.

Given the look of the orange wire it could have been used to do some pin testing at the ECU...?

Apologies, I can't be more helpful.

 
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Old Aug 31, 2024 | 11:27 PM
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Thanks for the reply. I agree with them not being stock (especially the added on fuse part) but I was just wondering in case anyone had seen the same thing before. I think the antenna definitely has issues as I think it is draining the battery if left connected so maybe this was part of some way to address that.
 
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