Anyone run into electrical problems after removing the stereo system?
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.
Did you cut out the vats sensor that is in the back, the thing that picks up shock on the body? If so, I'm gonna guess that is your problem...... you'll have to have the vats stuff turned off in the computer if that it the case.
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 ****.
