Hey all,

I am trying to get the wiring info for the retained acc power and reverse wire on my 2007 expedition. I have been told that retained acc power is in the pass kick panel on fuse 41, but I can't get behind the fuse box to find which wire goes to fuse 41.

Thanks in advance,

Russell

accesory is brown/yellow @ignition harness

reverse is green/brown @pass kick, rear harness

Thanks Sean! Is this accessory wire the delayed accessory, or will it turn off as soon as the key is removed?

Thanks again,

Russell

Turns off as soon as key is turned off. To my knowledge you can still get accessory in the radio harness in fords. Now the 08's on the other those may be completely different.

07 expo has no acc. in radio harness..........metra is still workin on part.....for now you gotta use the acc at ignition harness

Eww that sucks. Fuckin Ford, GM and chrysler now.....

what i have done at the request of a customer was to catch the green/ bl wire that powers up the window control mod (switch) which stays hot thru the r.a.p. cycle, this can also be reached at the sjb but is a little more fuss that the window power harness at the jamb.

That sounds perfect!

Is that color green/blue or green/black, and can I catch it at either side (driver/passenger)?

Thanks

Sean,

Metra has part XSVI-5522 that includes delayed acc power and sub hookup, however it is $80. I figured I could tap into accessory power somewhere and run a wire for the $60 difference in harness price

Anyone know if this is green / blue or green / black? Also a bit more description of the location? Is it in a bundle of wires or on a plastic connector?

I tried to find a green wire in the grommet that runs between the passenger door and the passenger kick panel but couldn't find anything that was green / blue or green / black.

I really need help ASAP as I'm trying to get this done by tomorrow morning at 10am.

Thanks again for all the help so far!!!!

Russell

Grab a meter and test.

well,

I removed the passenger door panel and tested every wire that runs in the passenger door grommet and found none that had 12V hot. So then I moved into the passenger kick panel and tested every wire in the connectors that I could reach and again found none that had 12V hot while the vehicle was turned on.

So I ended up just taping into Fuse 41(retained acc power) in the passenger kickpanel. I couldn't get to the back of the fuse panel to see the color of the wire on fuse 41, so I just removed the fuse and soldered a wire to the circuit side of the fuse.

I'm going to buy one of http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=071-585and use it to properly tap into the circuit.

I still need to identify the reverse wire, just didn't have time today.

Russell

As a follow up,

I caught the reverse wire by removing the passenger door sill to expose the large bundle of wires running there and tapped into 1 of the 2 green / brown wires. I got lucky and the first one I tried was the reverse wire, I'm assuming the other was the reverse wire for the other backup light but I didn't test so I'm not sure.

Russell

Can anyone advise where I can find the illumination wire for the 2007 Expedition XLT? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

That's a good question, because the wire in the Metra harness was definitely not correct. I don't know what it ties into, but the dimmer does not work for me.

Try this

Parking Lights+ purple/white + pass kick or SJB, conn. E, pin 20

Notes: The SJB (Smart Junction Box) is in the passenger kick panel.