whats this wire for?

[exosteve]

After taking the spare wheel off and thinking shit that wheel carrier is in bad shape I decided to take it off for a bit of tlc.
there is a wire sticking out of the back door that goes to nowhere inside the carrier.What does it do?
it looks like some kind of sensor but for what?
the carrier itself is very rusty and one of the bottom pins has been welded to the plate.
so I had to remove the rear door card to undo the last bolt.
on the plus side the door hasnt been affected by corrosion at all and is like new inside and out:clap
so now ive started to do a few jobs on it (it needs a name) Ive decided to leave finishing my unfinished kitchen and spend any spare cash and all my free time on my truck.
steve

 

[Terranical]

High level brake light connection?

 

[Spanielchris]

Outside temp gauge I think

 

[briggie]

could even be a wire connected to the alarm ( aftermarket ) so alarm goes off if wheel is knicked :nenau

 

[exosteve]

High level brake light connection?

brake light already fitted

 

[96terrano]

Outside temp gauge I think

Weird place for it to be:nenau

 

[exosteve]

could even be a wire connected to the alarm ( aftermarket ) so alarm goes off if wheel is knicked :nenau

nope.no switch on it in fact i dont think i have an alarm

 

[96terrano]

Have you got a pic of it? I remember someone else had this dilemma ages ago

 

[exosteve]

Outside temp gauge I think

maybe i will test it with a lighter tomoz

 

[briggie]

rear machine gun activation wire ? :augie

 

[exosteve]

Weird place for it to be:nenau

has yours not got one mate? the amount of stripping down youve done I thought you may know. I will have to take some pics maybe
steve

 

[96terrano]

rear machine gun activation wire ? :augie

Was optional extra on the primera, possible the terrano too

 

[Terranical]

Someone fitted an extra reversing light?

 

[exosteve]

rear machine gun activation wire ? :augie

wicked ill get one lol

 

[zippy656]

Need a pic or two

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

I recently took my spare wheel carrier off, and there was no wire there until I fitted one for the new number plate lights.

Does it have any form of terminal on the end, or is it just a cut off wire?

Picture?

 

[exosteve]

ok heres a pic of wire but not in situ

 

[exosteve]

this fits through the door and sits behind the spare apparently doing nothing
ste

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

ok heres a pic of wire but not in situ

Wow... that is a lot more of a wire than I thought...

How does the cable that size get from the car to the door?

 

[exosteve]

Wow... that is a lot more of a wire than I thought...

How does the cable that size get from the car to the door?

scale may be off a bit as thats my 5 year olds hands holding the wire. shes always wanting help.not a bad thing!