Useful Wire Colors and locations

[peter_mcc]

I looked all weekend but couldn't seem to find any wires in the engine bay that were only live with either accessories or ignition. Has anyone found one yet?

I couldn't find a wire so put a fuse tap on the rear windscreen wiper fuse - it is on with ignition. Others in there are on with accessories. It's not great - it is hard to get the wire out of the box without chopping the box edges up a lot.

[Vk3zgw]

cheers Geoff appreciate the info on the 5v, so does yours run all the time for like parking mode, thanks for the info

No, I have connected to the sunroof +ve. I have the G switch option that will start the camera via its battery if the vehicle is knocked. My camera goes to sleep 10 seconds after turning off the ignition. It's a Navman Mivue

[nanbar]

Tapping into Green wire in the DAC 4 wire plug next to the Hi Low selector can be used for switch/dash illumination. Earth wire (if required) goes to the bolt behind the triangular padded panel in the passenger foot well.

[Black 120 GX]

Hi All,
Have just purchased a 2020 GX Prado. Looking for 12 volt power IGN power in engine bay. There is an empty plug on the radiator support near the right hand head light. That’s 6 wires going to it. Can anyone tell me what this is used for on the different models.
Thanks

[GeeWhizz]

Hi All,
Have just purchased a 2020 GX Prado. Looking for 12 volt power IGN power in engine bay. There is an empty plug on the radiator support near the right hand head light. That’s 6 wires going to it. Can anyone tell me what this is used for on the different models.
Thanks

It's possibly related to the "Headlight Cleaner" (wiper control), although there are a LOT of connectors in the engine bay. Wire colours are Bk, Bk-Wh, Grn, Lt Blue, Wh, Vio? Give us some more clues.

[Memphisto]

Hi All,
Have just purchased a 2020 GX Prado. Looking for 12 volt power IGN power in engine bay. There is an empty plug on the radiator support near the right hand head light. That’s 6 wires going to it. Can anyone tell me what this is used for on the different models.
Thanks

I haven't found one and decided the easiest way is to pull one out from the inside cabin. In my case I did install a 2nd battery and then a relay to provide IGN power to various consumers.

[Black 120 GX]

Hi Gee Whizz, I will look at the plug again on the weekend and note down the colours.

Can anyone confirm that the 2020 Prado does not have a radio security code ? Don’t want to disconnect the battery then find I needs code to get the radio to work

[Black 120 GX]

Hi All,
The plug I referenced above (near right hand headlamp colours are, white, white/black, black, green and purple. Any ideas as to what the plug would be used for on other models ?

[Tiltshift83]

I haven't found one and decided the easiest way is to pull one out from the inside cabin. In my case I did install a 2nd battery and then a relay to provide IGN power to various consumers.

That is a brilliant idea!! Running 12V accessories from the 2nd battery with the IGN power set as the Relay trigger to consumers.

TO THE SHED!!!