Can you explain the wiring of the Ignition?

Netuddki · 03-19-2022, 12:23 PM

I don't know if this is the right place to ask and I don't know if anybody can help, but I need to understand the wiring of the ignition module.

There is a white and a black connector at the back of the ICM.

There are pink, red, green, orange etc cables in those connectors.

Can somebody tell me, what those cables do exactly?

I don't find real explanations on the web.

I find some wiring diagrams, which I don't comprehend and which are also not really answering my question, so maybe somebody can simply list them here.

dbral · 03-19-2022, 06:33 PM

Not sure of the year of your car... This is from the 2001 Alero factory service manual. Hope this helps some

Netuddki · 03-19-2022, 07:42 PM

@dbral Wow! Thanks mate! That's exactly what I need.

I also have my manual somewhere, but I didn't even think of looking into it, not to speak of searching for it. It can be anywhere in the house :-D

It's a 2001 Alero, but it was made street legal in 2004. It stood around for 3 years on the GM lot. Insane, right?

dbral · 03-19-2022, 10:05 PM

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@dbral Wow! Thanks mate! That's exactly what I need.

No problem! Happy to help someone for once as it usually me asking for help here

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I also have my manual somewhere, but I didn't even think of looking into it, not to speak of searching for it. It can be anywhere in the house :-D

Yes. I wish that was the case with ours but the GM vehicles here in the U.S. are constantly requiring some attention so have to keep the manuals handy lol.

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It's a 2001 Alero, but it was made street legal in 2004. It stood around for 3 years on the GM lot. Insane, right?

Sheesh!!! Alero's were not big sellers over there for sure, but I guess that dealers maintain their stock over there quite differently than we do here. If a car sat that long on a lot over here I would bet that the gas would be stale, the battery would be dead, and there would be homeless people living in it...

Netuddki · 03-25-2022, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dbral

Sheesh!!! Alero's were not big sellers over there for sure, but I guess that dealers maintain their stock over there quite differently than we do here. If a car sat that long on a lot over here I would bet that the gas would be stale, the battery would be dead, and there would be homeless people living in it...

Hahaha

I don't know what they did, but the car was in a perfect shape when I got it in 2014. Even the paint was spotless. The one owner before me did love the car for sure.

Unfortunately I have no garage, so it's not that spotless anymore.