Im still pulling power off VCLeft using a relay off the console light and agree that its seems weird using that for trigger but i think part of that was prior people using the console light like a switch
I got tired of waiting for a better fix and my son offered to help me yesterday, so we did this brown wire hack as well. We used this
ASH-100DD solid state relay that I got on Amazon for $12 bucks and it worked great.
- Bottom-Left: Ground
- Bottom-Right: Brown wire from center console
- Top-Right: Blue accessory wire or VC_LEFT
- Top-Left: Your equipment
Now your equipment will turn on when you open the door and turn off when you get out and close the door, like before 16.2.1.
the brown wire is basically accessory power.
Yes, but with the very important difference that it switches based on whether the door is open or the vehicle is occupied. Thank you
@Idkorcare for finding this.
Just toss a 1 amp fuse on it if you are worried about it messing with something.
This really shouldn't be necessary. You may trip the e-fuse, but it should reset when the car goes into deep sleep. Or you can reset it immediately with a
hard reset.
for your #3 problem how are you triggering the amp relay/solenoid and turning your amps on?
I never did use the GTO. Right now my amps turn on when the door opens. This always worked for me before and is still working for me now. If I have problems going forward, I can switch to using GTO.
The brown center console led switch circuit wire can be accessed in the VCLEFT footwell area. It’s a thin gauge brown wire in a large bundle. There is identical brown wire in the bundle so you’ll need to use a multimeter to test.
Oh man. If I'd known this before yesterday it could have saved me running a wire to the center console. But there are so many wires in that bundle and they're pretty thin. I get nervous pulling that bundle apart and splicing into things just to test I have the right wire. I wish there was an easier way to identify them. But thank you for sharing
@todd2fst4u. Hopefully that will save someone else having to run the wire.
you can get 12 V accessory source from the ODB2 plug (Pin 4 & 5 Ground, Pin 16 Power + 12 V)
From what I've read, it's been verified that the ODB2 accessory line stays powered until the vehicle goes to sleep. While this may be what the OP asked for, people later in this thread have been searching for more of an "occupancy aware" accessory line. The car can take many hours to go to sleep. Many times mine doesn't sleep until around 1 AM, and I don't want my amplifier, radar detector, etc. left on that whole time. The brown wire we've been discussing above is only powered when someone is entering or actually
in the car, which is ideal for these kinds of accessories.