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Question: you explicitly mention the yellow and orange wire. What did you tie the other wires to? It certainly sounds like a grounding or shorting issue.


Yes, I am beginning to think that way also. There's just not enough movement going on to tug on the connections themsevles. It's only when the metal sled come into full contact with the metal overhead console (to which the sled is mounted) that the problem happens.

Like I said before, I connected the yellow wire (live 12V) basically to an accessory port from the switchbox (this is also feeding my receiver). I connected the orange wire to the ignition switch (which is also connected to my receiver). Both of these are Y-splits... one half going to my receiver, the other half to the riocar.

I did not do anything to any other wires what-so-ever. Is that necessary? Maybe there is a short somewhere, like you said.