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Old Aug 15, 2020 | 09:42 PM
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Hey guys, experiencing a weird issue today. I get in start my car and the radio will not turn on. I tried restarting, checked every fuse, no luck. It just seems dead. A few weeks ago I replaced my factory radio with a kenwood utilizing the special harness module to retain door chime, onstar etc. I purchased everything brand new from crutchfield and had no issues. Today, Door chime works, onstar works, just no radio power. Any ideas before I have to take console and dash apart to see what's going on behind there. Everything was working great before today . Thank you

Car is a 2005 Manual Convertible with 50k miles. Always on a battery tender and used about twice a week.

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Many aftermarket radios also have a fuse inline on the power wire.
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Thank you Pat. That will be the next thing I check. Just wanted to see if I was missing anything before I went ahead and pulled the radio out. Hope fully that's all it may be. Just wondering what may have caused the issue in the first place.
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Love the cyber grey by the way haha !
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I found the harness that plugs into the PAC module came loose, doesnt really snap in well. Just happy I was able to fix it.
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Originally Posted by need4sspeed85
Love the cyber grey by the way haha !
Originally Posted by need4sspeed85
I found the harness that plugs into the PAC module came loose, doesnt really snap in well. Just happy I was able to fix it.
Thanks ! Good to hear that it was something simple.
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