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:

HONDA ACCORD 03 - 07

Wiring Diagrams and Drawings:

2004 Honda Accord- Drawing applies to all application vehicles listed above. Print this.
RT-50A - GSS (Ground Side Switching)- Included with product, so print only if needed.
Troubleshooting procedure- Print out if needed.

Wire colors used in this vehicle:

+12V - YEL
GROUND - BLK
FAST - YEL
SLOW - BLU

Special Rain Tracker Installation Notes for this vehicle:

Write the wire colors of the vehicle on the GSS 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.

The wiper motor wires (FAST and SLOW) are not available coming from the
wiper switch, the connections must be made at the wiper motor.

Mount the Rain Tracker control module in the passenger compartment under
inst. panel. Find suitable power and ground. Extend the FAST and SLOW
connections to the Rain Tracker through the firewall to reach the wiper motor.

FIND +12V
For Rain Tracker power (+12V), locate a source of power hot in accessory
or run. Power source should be min. 12-16ga. wire on a 15-25A circuit. This
can be one of the +12V sources as shown on the diagram, or some other accessory
source. The cigarette lighter is often a good +12V source.

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.

DETAILED NOTES
Access the lower driver knee bolster by taking out (1)Philips screw at the
lower outside bottom edge of the panel, then unsnap the panel. Unsnap lower
knee bolster foot panel. Plenty of room to mount the Rain Tracker above the
fuse/plug panels. Ignition is a 12 gauge White/Red wire accessible above
the fuse panel. Extend RT-50 wires and fish through the main body harness
to the left of the steering column. The wiper wires are 14/16 gauge blue
and 14/16 gauge yellow and are easily obtained where they enter the cowl
panel behind the driver side shock tower.

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: honda_accord_03-06.veh