power windows, wipers, radio not working

m.mclinden · Mar 17, 2015

i was putting in an aftermarket double din radio, got the wiring harness all wired up, hooked up, radio would not work, tried pluggin antena in and it had power, i was about to button it up when somehow my power wires came undone, the wire coming from the truck headed into the radio touched the back of the head unit, head a small pop or crakle sound, tiny tiny sparks, now radio wont work at all, driver side window wont roll up, and wipers will not work... and its going to rain in the next few days, i checked fuses, replaced one blown one, didnt fix it, not sure what direction to head now.. please help

Spott · Mar 17, 2015

You need to get a multimeter for $10-15, and start troubleshooting the electrical system. It sounds like the radio was hooked up incorrectly the first time around, likely with a bad ground. Then you blew a fuse, at least, and there's a distant possibility that you fried some wires or equipment (including your radio).

Finally, you need a much more secure connection method for your radio install. I have used crimp-on butt splices, but my preferred method is to wrap and solder each wire, and insulate them with heat-shrink tubing.

black_demon69 · Mar 17, 2015

Spott said:
You need to get a multimeter for $10-15, and start troubleshooting the electrical system. It sounds like the radio was hooked up incorrectly the first time around, likely with a bad ground. Then you blew a fuse, at least, and there's a distant possibility that you fried some wires or equipment (including your radio).

Finally, you need a much more secure connection method for your radio install. I have used crimp-on butt splices, but my preferred method is to wrap and solder each wire, and insulate them with heat-shrink tubing.

what he said :icon_thumby:

killj0y · Mar 23, 2015

Yea no easy way to find the problem short of finding blown fuses, but if that didn't fix it then you need to use a multimeter and start tracing back the wires and such. you cna check the tech section for wiring diagrams. I would start with the windows as they are priority.

In the future your wires should not come undone that easily. Regardless of what you use to splice your wires make sure it is strong enough to where you can lightly tug on them and not have them come undone.

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