Remote Keyless Entry Wiring Harness Question

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garybla - 08 Dec 2006 00:17 GMT

I've got a'95 F250 SC PSD with power door locks. There clearly is not
an RKE (Remote Keyless Entry) module in the truck, but there is a
curious capped harness next to the premium sound amp (the service
manuals don't give the pinout for the harness and just call it "cap for
automatic transmission with premium audio", which is just strange).

Anyway, what I'm hoping is that someone knows whether or not the RKE
hookups are usually tucked somewhere deep in the Instrument Panel off
the main wiring, or if there are just plain Power Door Lock models with
a primary cabling that completely lacks the harness for RKE (which
doesn't seem to make much sense to me, but hey, I'm no electrical
engineer).

Thanks, Gary

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Jeff Strickland - 09 Dec 2006 20:47 GMT

I'm not quite sure what yoru question is, but I think you are suggesting
that they use one wire harness for all trucks of the same model, and simply
plug in the options that apply, meaning that any optin that is not applied
can easily be installed later. I go along with this theory completely. It
costs less for the factory to churn out a million wire harnesses that are
all the same, then plug in various modules to fill a build order, than it is
to build specific harnesses that can not support th addition of dealer
installed options, such as Remote Keyless Entry.

Obviously, they would not use a wire harness on a base model that supported
electric windows, but if they built a truck with electric windows, the
harness would support the features that could be associated with that
function, even if the features were not oredred/installed at the factory.

Having said that, I do not know where the connection point would be for the
remote entry module, but I'm pretty sure you've got the connection point if
you have electric windows and doors.

> I've got a'95 F250 SC PSD with power door locks. There clearly is not
> an RKE (Remote Keyless Entry) module in the truck, but there is a
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> Thanks, Gary

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Ford Tech - 08 Jan 2007 03:11 GMT

> I've got a'95 F250 SC PSD with power door locks. There clearly is not
> an RKE (Remote Keyless Entry) module in the truck, but there is a
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> Thanks, Gary

Gary,
In years previous to 96 model your assumption is correct. The RKE wiring is
NOT there. There are models with power windows only installed. They simply
just operate from a window control located in the drivers door. Sorry to
disappoint you.

Ford Tech

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