You are surprised at my confusion?
I give up trying to explain it to you.
What I said is I did not think the control wire came to the connector in the back of the switch panel.
This is what you said:
>>>The VESS defeat wire does not make it to the panel where the switch would be..<<
and
>>Those 2 wires for the VESS do NOT come to the dashboard.<<
pretty declarative, not 'I did not think'
You said I was wrong, and that you tested it, now you are saying something else, looks like some other connector that you won't identify or something on the fuzzy pictures you posted.
You were wrong. I said:
>>>>
The wires do in fact go into the car, to the connector you pictured
Grounding the blue/black wire does in fact shut the VESS off.
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I will post some details, but in the end it takes some trim tools and one [1] Philips head screw to access the back of the switch panel, and however you chose to do it[ I stuck a wire into the back of the connector and grounded to a nearby screw as a test]<<<<
I mentioned the connector you pictured, and taking the trim off, to anyone who is not trying to misread I think that is pretty clear.
It's easy to pull the panel out and then disconnect the connector. Please check the connector I have been talking about the whole time.
Which is what I described doing
Alternatively, instead of me having to guess what connector you used and then you tell me that's the wrong connector, identify where the connector is that you actually tested.
It is hard to imagine why you have to guess, I stated 'the connector you pictured' I could have said M26 but that is not what you called it and you seem to have difficulty reading schematics so I am not sure that would have mattered either. You seem to be confusing EM11 with the connector on the back of the switch, but there are clearly wires coming out of connector EM11 per the schematic
Sorry you cannot read the images I posted, on my computer the connectors and wire sizes and colors are clear enough
The path for the Blue/Black VESS wire is
E87[connector on unit behind grill]
EE01
EM11
M26[connector on back of switch panel]
I just read these from the image on this website, not from my original, so it is clear enough