My ideal setup would require a lot of wire, but I would route a switch to the
center console in the empty spot below the seat heater and window lockout
switches. My idea was to get another push-button switch (from a junkyard),
like those of the bun warmers, paint it black, and place it in the hole so
that I could more conveniently control the trunk lock from the inside. Being
black, it would blend in quite nicely--invisibly.
-Trygve Oye
Seattle, WA
C1lifford M Poulin wrote:
> I know there was a discussion a while ago about the fact that the '89
> (maybe '91?) 405 trunk lock does not open when you unlock the doors. I
> just fixed mine on my 1989 Mi16 so that it opens when I unlock the doors
> with either the key or the remote. It took me about an hour to figure it
> out and actually wire it, so if you read how to do it below it should take
> 15 minutes. You can make it so it always opens with the doors, or you can
> put a switch in the trunk so you can choose when you want it to open.
>
> You will need one wire about 4 feet long to do the job. Basically this is
> all you have to do: Remove the panel covering the motor to the trunk lock
> (it pulls off after you pull the weather seal off). Find wire 201A going
> to the set of ground wires near the left taillight (7 wires all to one
> ground). Remove 201A from this group (just cut it).
>
> Now find the motor to the gas filler door lock and pull the plug on it (it
> is behind the panel on the right side of the car). Take your new wire and
> connect it from 201A to wire 201 on the gas filler door plug (Do not alter
> the wiring to the plug, just add your new wire to 201). Plug it back into
> the gas lock. Route the wire so it doesn't interfere with anything and
> you're done. If you want the ability to have the trunk require the round
> Peugeot key, you can easily install a switch inline with your new wire in
> the trunk that has the ability to put wire 201A to ground (!)WITHOUT(!)
> putting wire 201 to ground.
>
> All you're doing with the above procedure is allowing 201A to have both
> positive and negative current. The way it is now, it can only have
> negative which only allows the trunk lock to lock.
>
> Cliff