5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Marginally functional,
May 17, 2007 This review is from: Install Essentials 522T Trunk Release Solendo Kit (Automotive)
For being an aftermarket trunk release solenoid, Viper should have considered that not all trunk latches are as friendly with these solenoids. The solenoid is not powerful enough to pull open the spring-ed latch on the trunk release of my 94 honda accord. No matter how you position the pull-line of the solenoid you cannot remotely open your trunk with the kind of power this solenoid puts out. I wound up breaking the spring on my latch. Although the remote trunk release works now, the trunk only latches shut 10% of the time. The only way you can get this to work on a latch like this is to reduce the spring tension to where it is just enough for the solenoid to pull open and enough that the latch will work properly when the trunk is closed. Another possibility is to lengthen the arm you want your solenoid to pull thereby increasing the torque that the solenoid can work with.
Updating my reviews...I just wish I can drop another star from this item.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Provided green wire is way too short,
August 6, 2009 This review is from: Install Essentials 522T Trunk Release Solendo Kit (Automotive)
I managed to make it work with my 99 Camry LE yesterday.
The installation is tricky and I was lucky I found a magic place in the locking mechanism to hook the steel wire.
The provided green wire is way too short. I ended up buying additional wire. The trunk release switch is crappy. It doesn't work most of the time. Fortunately, I hook it up with a relay from my bulldog ke1702 keyless entry. And that works all the time.
Also, grounding is important. If the grounding on the trunk lid is not good, route another wire to a factory grounding point on the body.
The most difficult part is not electrical but mechanical. There's no standard way to hook the steel wire. I took the locking mechanism out and studied a bit. I found a spot where only a little force and moving distance needed to open it. The spot is on the actual movement which locks the latch and it doesn't interface with the manual trunk release cable and the arm operated by the trunk key.
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August 18, 2011 This review is from: Install Essentials 522T Trunk Release Solendo Kit (Automotive)
Despite the reviews I purchased anyway. Installation was easy, diagrams were easy to follow. Solenoid pulls the lock fine when testing with a screw driver, but when my trunk latches it, the solenoid does not have enough power to pop the trunk. Would have loved to give this 5 stars, but unfortunately I now need to buy a different solenoid and throw this one in the trash.
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