rockstar143

Gawd I love this site...you guys are awesome...I'm going to check my wiring but I would be shocked if it wasn't the same issue.

rockstar143

Stopped working yesterday and before wasting any time looking at fuses and the like, I got on my computer and found a few threads on the forums that I'll post in. Unclipped and unwrapped wire loom, sure enough, yellow and black wire snipped. Decided that if there was stress on THAT wire and ALL the wires are the same length, I'd be better served to just cut/solder and extend all of them. Added heatshrink, rewrapped it in the loom and wrapped it with electrical tape. You can't even tell it was touched aside from an extra 2 inches of slack in the lines to avoid this issue in the future.

Here's the exposed break...I removed the left side trunk lining.


Here's the snipped wiring


soldered and done...well worth the hour long fix


all buttoned up


Clipped back in


the extra slack now

Car Analogy

I love writeups like these. File them away mentally for future reference.

May I just state the obvious for the electrically challenged, when you get to the part where you are testing it, but haven't put the shrink wrap on yet, first make sure none of the exposed parts of the wires are touching each other nor touching anything metal.

rockstar143

^^^Yes, that is a great point, also, I was stupid and cut them all so I had to keep all the wires from touching each other the entire time, in addition to not having killed the battery. I should have disconnected the battery.

Nsxnext1

Mine stopped working yesterday. Checked it out, it was the same problem. a cut wire.

electrokillz

So I bought my S a month or two ago, and the trunk release button never worked. Fast forward to today, I got a keyless entree fob. I'm trying to get it programmed and it's not giving me any feedback (door isn't unlocking as a sign that it has been programmed). I know that one of the first steps in setting this key fob up is to make sure that you are in the car with all doors locked and trunk closed. I'm wondering if this broken trunk wire would prevent the key fob from getting programed.

Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks

rockstar143

I highly doubt it because the switch doesn't let the car know whether or not the signal to open the latch was successful or not. Pretty sure I'm right...so the brain of the car still thinks it's fine...especially true since we don't have any warnings for open doors/trunk in this car.

jetboater

It shouldn't make a difference in programming the remote unless the wire is broken and the exposed wire is touching bare metal but that's highly unlikely.

Here's the remote programming instructions in case you need them--(make sure the remote battery is ok----if you bought a used remote, I'd just replace the battery so you know its good--you can get one at Target or any drug store)

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/159...s-to-your-car/

Its in the FAQs at the top of the the S2000 Talk Forum (in post #4) ---theres a bunch of great info in the FAQs that's worth skimming through if you haven't already.

Good luck!

electrokillz

Thanks for the link! I've actually tried programming it using several different methods that i've read (doors all closed and locked, door closed/ unlocked, door open), each time I repeat the process about 10 times before giving up ( II, lock button, I, II, lock button...) and ( II, lock button, off, II, lock button, off...). I ordered this remote from a vendor on ebay and the light lights up when I click a button, so i don't think it's a battery issue. So if it isn't the trunk latch wire i'm completely lost.

Any other ideas of the culprit before I try to get a refund for this? Thanks again for the feedback

electrokillz

UPDATE:

I went and bought a new battery from Target, tried programming it a million more times with no luck. As a last resort I fixed my trunk latch. Found two cut wires back there, black and white AND black and yellow. Any idea what that Black and white cable was for? Anyway, reconnected both wires; tested trunk latch; everything worked; tried programming keyless remote again and NOTHING. WTF.