Anyone run into electrical problems after removing the stereo system?
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Anyone run into electrical problems after removing the stereo system?
I wanted to save some weight so I removed 2 amps, sub, speakers, head unit and all wires attached. Now I don't understand what happened. My car won't start and something is messed up with my electrical system. When I turn the key it has a nice crank but won't stay running and doesn't respond to throttle. If I just turn the key everything powers on normal but then when I try to roll up the windows everything beaps, pops, locks, flashes and window don't move. Then when I turn the key off the guages all flash up like they are reseting. I need to get this figured out, my car is outside and I can't start it or get the windows up. Someone please help me.
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Nah, I left that alone.
I did figure it out though so if anyone runs into this problem they will know what to look for. It was a ground, which is what I thought but I didn't mess with any of the grounds today. It was actually from when I removed my a/c like a year ago. Never had any symtoms other than when I would use the power windows my stereo would get all fuzzy. It turns out I forgot to tighten the nut on the ground under the drivers side kick panel. It must have been making enough of a connection that I never had any problems. Then today when I took off the panel to pull the carpet up it must have moved it around a little. As soon as I tightened it up the car started right up, no more problems. Man a faulty ground can do some weird ****.
I did figure it out though so if anyone runs into this problem they will know what to look for. It was a ground, which is what I thought but I didn't mess with any of the grounds today. It was actually from when I removed my a/c like a year ago. Never had any symtoms other than when I would use the power windows my stereo would get all fuzzy. It turns out I forgot to tighten the nut on the ground under the drivers side kick panel. It must have been making enough of a connection that I never had any problems. Then today when I took off the panel to pull the carpet up it must have moved it around a little. As soon as I tightened it up the car started right up, no more problems. Man a faulty ground can do some weird ****.