My new JCWhitney (2RTA) keyless remote is different!

[knunger]

It has a 10 wire connector instead of those described in previous (I did my due diligence searches!) threads.

Has anyone installed one of these?

I am an electrical novice and need instructions similiar to those I found in my searches for the previous model which were crystal clear and un-ambiguous.

Can I simply 'follow the colors' and be OK?

TIA

[WVe28]

It's the same. Use the wire colors described in the how-to, test it out, and cut off the rest. You don't need them.

[M5BB]

FYI- I had the same situation recently.
Could not get mine to work.
I followed the same diagram that is available here on myE28.
I sent my unit back as I think it was defective.
Haven't gotten the new one yet.

[DMNaskale]

What does the new remote look like? Is it an improvement over the old one? Smaller maybe?

[M5BB]

It's the same size just has two more wires as I remember.

[Karl Grau]

I bought a couple of these a few weeks ago when they were on sale to put in the e30 and M5. I just finished installing the M5 unit with no problems.
I already had one in the 533 so I just duplicated the wiring.



You didn’t mention where you were trying to install yours but I used the trunk just to the left (driver’s side) of the latch.

I only used 5 of the 10 wires and this is how it went on mine:

White, fused wire to brown wire on left tail light plug

Red , fused wire to positive wire for trunk light (you need to extend the 2RTA wire a little to reach)

Brown unused

Black to brown wire on left tail light plug

Orange unused

Grey unused

Green to the yellow/black wire in the smaller of the 2 bundles that run along the bottom rear of the trunk.

Blue unused

Purple unused

Yellow to the green/black wire in the smaller of the 2 bundles that run along the bottom rear of the trunk

[knunger]

Thank You Charles Gray!!!

With your excellent description I installed my remote in 25 minutes.

(The only difference: I ran the red wire across tha back of the trunk to the red antenna wire).

Thanks again!

[RonW]

Thank You Charles Gray!!!

With your excellent description I installed my remote in 25 minutes.

(The only difference: I ran the red wire across tha back of the trunk to the red antenna wire).

Thanks again!

I'd test that if I were you- the voltage hiccup when the power antenna activates might confuse the keyless controller.

[Ety]

Did you connect the ground somewhere? I just read the instructions I found without think about it and forgot to put the ground anywhere,once I connected it worked fine.

[mogie]

Black to brown wire on left tail light plug

I assume thats the ground Ety



Does anyone know if there is a FAQ for an install like this? Seems like it would be handy for others who dont stumble on this thread

[M5BB]

Yes, brown is the ground.
Make sure it is making contact.
A better pu for +12v is the trunk light.
It's always got voltage.
On the drivers side above the wheel hump.

[Karl Grau]

Thank You Charles Gray!!!

With your excellent description I installed my remote in 25 minutes.

(The only difference: I ran the red wire across tha back of the trunk to the red antenna wire).

Thanks again!

No problemo. Glad I could help.