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whats this wire for?

okay on my 2002 edge ranger, i have a green wire behind the emergency brake, i followed the wire and it leads to nothing, does anyone have an idea what this goes to?

i can get a picture later if anyone has any help
 
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it might be the wire that lights up the e-brake indicator light in the dash. I could be wrong but I remember having to tap into a green wire behind my ebrake pedal when I was installing my navigation head unit
 

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Yeah thats probably the wire that grounds out when your emergency brake is engaged, making the light come on
 
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where does it connect to? because mine is disconnected for some reason
 
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The body be sure to clean the paint off for a good ground.
 
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theres a female style terminal on both ends of the wire, should i just snip that off and ground it or is there a place to plug that female end in?
 
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I also have 02 ranger edge just looked the green wire is for the e brake light there should be a switch at the back of the e brake hardware that it plugs into as for the other end not sure i would recommend finding a wiring diagram hope this helps
 
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