Vehicle-Specific Installation Notes

Rain Tracker Model: RT-50A
Vehicle-Specific Installation Instructions
The instructions included with the product tell you how to install a Rain Tracker. This page gives special vehicle-specific information. Print this page using your browser's print function.

Application Vehicles
These instructions apply to these vehicles, which all have similar wiper systems:

CHRYSLER IMPERIAL 90 - 93
CHRYSLER FIFTH AVENUE 90 - 93
CHRYSLER NEW YORKER 90 - 96
DODGE-TRUCK DAKOTA 93 - 96
DODGE-TRUCK PICKUPS w/ Intermittent 83 - 93
DODGE-TRUCK RAM PICKUPS 93 - 01
DODGE-TRUCK RAM-VAN 95 - 97
DODGE-TRUCK VANS w/ Intermittent 83 - 94
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 93 - 98

Wiring Diagrams and Drawings:

1997 Dodge Ram Fullsize Van- Drawing applies to all application vehicles listed above. Print this.
RT-50A - HSS (Hot Side Switching)- Included with product, so print only if needed.
Troubleshooting procedure- Print out if needed.

Wire colors used in this vehicle:

+12V - DK-BLU
GROUND - CHASSIS
FAST - RED/GRY or RED/YEL
SLOW - BRN/WHT

Special Rain Tracker Installation Notes for this vehicle:

Write the wire colors of the vehicle on the HSS drawing, and follow that
when you wire up the Rain Tracker. Use the factory drawing as a reference
to help you find the wires. Some models and years may vary slightly in wire colors.
Factory drawings can be wrong, so, confirm wire colors with a multimeter.

All wiper system wires, except ground, are available at the wiper switch. They
can usually be accessed by removing one or two access panels (Kick Panels) and,
possibly, the shrouds surrounding the steering column.

FIND CHASSIS GROUND
Find a suitable screw or bolt on the metal chassis of the vehicle to use as the
Rain Tracker ground. Scrape away paint as needed for a good connection.
Use a multi-meter to verify that the ground connection is at most a few ohms.
The cigarette lighter can also be a good alternate for ground and/or power.

Note for the Imperial: same diagram used however the wire colors for the
+12V is DK-BLU
SLOW is BRN
FAST is RED/YEL

SLOW wire connection:
Two wires come off the the switch, and come together to
a splice. (Joint connector) Make sure the Rain Tracker
installation comes is between that splice and the motor.
If the Rain Tracker is between the splice and the switch,
it will not work and you could damage the vehicle.

94 and earlier, New Yorker, Fifth Avenue
Grand Cherokee uses wiper control module, but switch is similar
to drawing. +12V is LT-GRN-RED or LT-GRN-BLK or BLU--
Check with meter.

The Rain Tracker wiper control system works in parallel with the existing wiper system, so the existing manual control modes are not affected. This page generated by vehicle data file name: chrysler_hs250k_class+.veh