vehicle speed sensor (VSS) info needed

[aRibelin]

My stereo installer is having a great deal of difficulty getting everything to work in my new truck. My Alpine navigation unit requires a VSS hookup to sense movement and the two wires that come from the sensor on the rearend don't seem to do the trick. Anyone know of anywhere else the truck has a VSS wire to tap into?

[superdutylariat08]

iam also looking for that same wire to hook up my pioneer n3.. i know its in the radio harness, but dont know which wire.. iam also trying to find the steering wheel control wire behind the radio so i can hook up the factory controls to it..

[Tacomarunner]

Does the stock radio have the speed responding volume??
If so its the pink wire in the wiring harness.

Russell

Snap! Didnt realize it was the 6.4... Dont know if its still the same.

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Last edited by Tacomarunner : 07-05-2007 at 06:03 PM. Reason: Jumped the gun....

[aRibelin]

Ended taping into the speed sensor in the harness for the windshield wipers under the hood. My local Ford dealer gave us the wiring schematic for the speed sensors.

I can't help with the steering wheel controls, we used a device from Pac audio to interface with my Alpine unit.

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Last edited by aRibelin : 07-11-2007 at 04:11 PM.

[superdutylariat08]

got the steering wheel controls all hooked up and working.. still cant find that vss wire

[superdutylariat08]

Went to ford today and got the wiring diagram for the vss sensor.. there is 3 of them . rear, front right and left.. the wire color for the rear posititive is blue-orange, hooked up to it and the speed control in the radio still dont work. so i theres gotta be somthing else..

[aRibelin]

I believe the wire my installer used was in the harness going to the windshield wipers, i recall that it was yellow w/purple stripe.

[thompsjk]

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The VSS wire should be Yellow with Blue stripe. It can be found in several locations, ABS Control Module, PCM, Windshield Wiper, and the 4x4 Contrlol Module if your truck is a 4x4. I think that this wire can be found in the large wiring harness behind the radio but it does not go to the radio. The 4x4 Control Module should located to the right of the glove box but I am not sure.

Jeff

[superdutylariat08]

anybody find the exact vss wire ???

[superdutylariat08]

i found the yellow and blue wire under the dash in the main harness,, hooked it up and still got no single going to the radio? is there another wire of the same color ?