How to add a parking brake alarm to your Kawasaki Teryx

I’ve had a few requests how to wire a warning buzzer that alerts only when the brake is applied & shifted into gear. This will not alert when the neutral light is on.

I have an ’09 with the digital dash, so I’m not positive if this will apply to a non digital dash, as far as the wire color goes. If I had to guess I would say it’s the same.

Parts needed, “bosch” style relay (radio shack #275-226) & piezo buzzer (radio shack #273-068).

Access to the harness is under hood & behind the dash, so removal of hood is a necessary first step.

Locate the wires that come out the rear of the digital dash & follow them to the grey plug. I soldered my connection (87) on the dash “side” of the harness (lime/silver wire). You can use t-taps or whatever else, but I like the positive connection of soldering.

I made a “Y” that simply plugs into the green/brown wire with male & female butt connectors. The other end goes to post 86 on the relay.

I can’t remember where I tapped into for the 12v to the relay. I added several electrical items at the same time I did this so it probably comes straight from the battery, which I recommend. I wouldn’t tap into a factory 12v wire, but that’s me.

Wiring the relay:
30: to buzzer
85: 12v
86: to green/brown (parking brake)
87: to lime/silver (shift indicator)
87a: not used

The relay is needed because the neutral light wire has power only when the light is off (something I don’t quite understand, but that’s how it works). So the relay simply gives the buzzer 12v power when the light is on.

Some interesting read on how a bosch relay works if interested http://www.bcae1.com/relays.htm. Which may come in handy if you’re going to add some lights or other accessories.

Hope this all makes sense. I’ve had it wired up this way for a little over a year & it works great.