A writeup? What are those? It's so much quicker and easier to twist-n-tape! Someone did that (plus scotchlock connectors

) on a remote start system, car was towed in plus an hour diagnostic and an hour repair... $195 + parts DIY project

Maybe we need a sticky electrical how-to. I see this kind of stuff
all the time, even an electrician who thought that solid wire and wire-nuts would be fine in a car... works fine in a building!

I'm about to go out for the night, but I may write one tomorrow if nobody beats me to it.
Although at this point, a bad unit is possible, until we know that my assumption was correct. Probably one of those things we'll never hear.