Installing power steps HELP needed

From : steve lusardi

Q: i am in the process of installing the factory option power steps. the problem is that the wiring color code doesnt jive with the recommendation in the directions. i have the factory cd documentation for both the 03 trucks and the 04 trucks. my truck in an early 04. i assume the connection for the step motors is the door ajar driver connection on page 8w-44-3. am i correct or should i connect them to the door sense switch i am installing steps on the front doors only. there is one wire from each step. the directions are to splice them to different wires on the same connector but the colors do not match. any help would be appreciated. steve .

Replies:

From : tom lawrence

trucks and the 04 trucks. my truck in an early 04. i assume the connection for the step motors is the door ajar driver connection on page 8w-44-3. am i correct im assuming you have either an slt or a laramie which means you need to follow the except base portion which is shown in better detail on 8w-40-7 which shows that you want to connect to the purple wire coming off pin #1 of the lock motor connector. this is a ground sense so make sure your wiring from your powersteps expects to see ground on its signal wire and not +12v. the passenger side wiring is shown on 8w-40-6 and here you want the purple/white wire. these pages are from the 04 fsm. .

From : steve lusardi

tom you were spot on. the confusion was the result of the directions that were included. they were for a 2001 truck your directions brought me directly to the c3 connector. the only determination i had to make was which sense wire was for what side. the drawing is well marked. the steps were not. in fact the steps required sensing of voltage and earth as the motor has to run in both directions. they actually work very well. thanks again. steve trucks and the 04 trucks. my truck in an early 04. i assume the connection for the step motors is the door ajar driver connection on page 8w-44-3. am i correct im assuming you have either an slt or a laramie which means you need to follow the except base portion which is shown in better detail on 8w-40-7 which shows that you want to connect to the purple wire coming off pin #1 of the lock motor connector. this is a ground sense so make sure your wiring from your powersteps expects to see ground on its signal wire and not +12v. the passenger side wiring is shown on 8w-40-6 and here you want the purple/white wire. these pages are from the 04 fsm. .