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Well im trying figure out why the power door locks will not work, ok that being said the car does have a viper alarm system installed and it does have the power door lock function. just wanted to mention that in case it might be relevant.

so I was able to get the locks to work by removing the black/wht wire that goes to the circuit breaker on the starter solenoid and running it directly to the battery however they work backwards in that lock is unlock and vice versa.
so does it sound like that the actual power supply to the door locks is somehow disconnected ? anyone know where that connector is. The pink wires with the 2 different color stripes should be the power/gnd wires right ?
I was looking at the connectors by the drivers side kick panel but I did not see those particular wires. my wiring diagrams say drivers L/H cowl area ,where the heck is that ?
 
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Evidently whoever the individual was that installed the viper cut the connector for the power locks out and wired the wires in to a set of relays so
I was able to get the power locks working by the viper remote with the black white wire put back on the circuit breaker at the starter solenoid but that really doesnt matter wether it (black/wht wire) is hooked up or not from a standpoint of working the locks by the viper alarm key fob but if I leave that wire hooked directly to the battery the locks work both by the remote and the switches inside the car. The fact that the switches in the car will not work with the black/wht wire hooked the the CB (where it belongs) must have something to do with the way they wired in those relays however I cant even ascertain exactly how they are wired in as that part of the viper install instruction cannot be located anywhere and the instruction manual I was able to download makes reference to a sub manual for that function (1041) that must be purchased and is only available to certified professional installers. real professional that they cut out whole connectors.

so in thinking about leaving the blk/wht wire hooked to the battery but installing a fuse holder for safety.
 
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