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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by pizzajon555
i purchases a wiring harness from the stereo shop here in rochester, they told me it would be a plug in and go situation. that has not been the case. BUT the harness does not continue the ground, red, or yellow wires! which from what I can tell yellow needs a direct connection always with power, red needs to switch on with the key turned, and then ground obviously grounded.

I am about to try to run the red through the fuse box and through firewall i think, and now that i'm thinking i could connect the yellow directly to battery if it was not in the trunk. so i will have to find a wire that is constant power and splice the yellow into that?

does that make sense?
I really appreciate you taking the time to help me and not just sending me off to another website. THANK YOU!
How much did you spend on the wiring harness...I don't think you got the one that integrates with the CAN
Old Dec 8, 2013 | 09:15 PM
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Do you have access to a test light and or a volt meter?
Old Dec 8, 2013 | 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by thunder94
No No No, not the one under the hood, under the front of the center console like I first said. From the pass side, remove the fuse panel cover, should see all of the fuses and a couple of wiring harnesses.


Green wire should be hot when key is on only, tap into that.
got it thank you !!!! its all set, in the process found another issue. my rear parking lights are not working but too cold and tired to tackle that tonight. hoping its just a fuse.

thanks again!!!!

the Pic was perfect
Old Dec 8, 2013 | 11:55 PM
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make sure you didn't ground out the parking light wire at the radio harness. would be an orange or orange with a white stripe. Tape them off.
Old Dec 9, 2013 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by jczboy
do you have access to a test light and or a volt meter?
do not use a test light on a bcm! Only use a dvom
Old Dec 9, 2013 | 09:38 AM
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When I was having problems with my radio {turned out to be the speakers} I bought a wiring adapter from eBay that was just plug and play.

I didn't have the chimes but I decided I could live without them while I had the cheap Clarion stereo in the dash.

I ended up putting the original radio back in and replacing the speakers and all is fine now.
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