If you add the new antenna by the tailgate, and connect it to the center rear antenna in the cab, that won’t work for a proximity tailgate handle. The antenna at rear center in the cab is for detecting the fob inside the vehicle to be able to start it. If your tailgate antenna is tied to that one, and you are near the tailgate with the fob, there will be no response from the tailgate handle switch (lock/unlock) because the hub will think the fob is inside the vehicle and go into fobik safe mode. You must tie into one of the door antennas. Or, you could try using the dedicated rear liftgate/bumper antenna circuits on the C2 RF Hub connector, which would be pin 8 for the antenna signal, and pin 20 for the antenna return.
Both front and rear antennas inside the vehicle are for starting and fobik safe, and won’t pick up for proximity handles. The ones in the doors are for outside proximity.
what's the location of the RF Hub?
TE connectivity 5-963715-1
Not dangerous at all if the clutch is depressed. I would hope it would be the same for an auto that it doesn’t work if it is not in park or neutral. My MT Mazda 3 seems to have this feature. A short tap and it cranked until it started. I was disappointed that the same short tap of the JT start button stopped cranking when you let go of the button.
Referring only to vehicles with TIP start. I never said yours would have it. The topic was TIP START. You don't have TIP so of course it won't work that way.
There ya go. That explains it.
We've come to the point we don't allow Darwin's rules to apply. It is weakening the human race.Under normal operation it would be ok, but in the current litigious times a leak in the Hydro clutch would let you try to start the vehicle while in gear and run someone over. Remember we have a Jeep that won’t let you open the driver door with it in gear, too many things to go wrong. How did grandpa live long enough to have children? SMH
Gregj
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