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Old July 24th 05, 05:02 PM
Greg Houston
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Randy wrote:

> I have a '99 Intrepid that is serving me well but I have one nagging
> problem. I can't get the remote trunk release to work from inside the
> car, nor from the remote switch on the key fob.
> I have checked the power on both sides of the switch on the dash - OK.
> I've disconnected the plug going to the latch. It has 3 wires going to
> it. The center wire is always live, the two outside wires don't recieve
> power with the trunk release button pushed or not pushed. Does anyone
> have any ideas on what the problem may be? I did read somewhere that
> there is a trunk release solonoid that may cause problems.


Hi Randy, I had this exact same problem with my 99 Intrepid. At first
it was intermittent so I really couldn't do anything about it. Finally
one time when I was getting service the trunk release was not working at
the dealer while they were checking me in. The dealer looked at it and
eventually found the cause was a bad wire in the wiring harness to the
trunk. Unfortunately I don't know/remember where the bad spot was.

I recall that it took them a while to diagnose/fix. Apparently they
burned out the BCM in the process. (The trunk release signal comes from
the BCM). Then they obtained a "remanufactured" BCM to replace and
that was either bad or they burned it out too. Finally they obtained a
new BCM and everything worked fine with the repair, except for the alarm
which I had to return for them to activate. Fortunately for me this
was all done under warranty and I think they even paid for a rental car
as it took a few days to wait for parts and fix while the car was torn
open to get to the wires.

On my car the trunk release only works in PARK, and not in NEUTRAL. It
works with the ignition on or off.

So the best advice I can tell you is to get a wiring diagram, check for
continuity at various places, and be sure to disconnect power to
protect the BCM while you're working on the wires. I haven't seen any
TSBs on this.
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