ok a few days ago i was drivin back home, the radio was on, lights outside since it was dark, and i had the window's down, then outta no where the car shut's off, nothin not even the hazards, next morning i check it battery's fine but one of the fuseble links is out, so it's replaced car starts right up, but then i go 2 leave i turn my radio on an there's no sound, also when i turn my radio on my clock dims.....ne suggestions on wha happend?

 

anybody?

 

Check your main grounds, make sure they are making a nice connection. Could be a voltage regulator/alternator problem also. I'm not good at electrical stuffs, somebody else can help more.

Marques

 

i think the alt's fine cuz i've been drivin it for a few day's now without the same problem arising (knock on wood)

 

Seems like something shorted/is shorting in the radio.

 

Is the radio stock or aftermarket. If it's aftermarket, did you do the install?

 

stock everything ....yea im thinkin it's a cross short with the radio and the clock since they both share the fuse or whatever

 

I dunno about the cross short idea...
But it does sound like there's a short or bad ground with the radio. (if the radio shorts, the current sink goes up, the voltage goes down, and the clock dims; if there's a bad ground, the radio comes on, the current sink increases (or tries to), the voltage decreases, and the clock dims :-))

Check ur wires. Do you have a voltmeter?
If you're not experiencing these problems with any other system, I would suggest that it's just something in the radio harness or the radio's ground.

hth,
enigma

 

yea i've got a volt meter....thnx for the input i'll check that 2morrow or saturday when i dont have nething 2 do right away

 

Since you haven't said its NOT the fuse yet, I'll bet it's the fuse. Check it

Zac

 

also, clean off your battery terminal. I was having some electrical problems and they seem to all have gone away since I scratched all the old crap off of my battery terminal (negative side only actually) with a screwdriver. Make the terminal shiney, and scratch up the thing you put on the terminal as well. i dunno if it will work for you, but it worked for me!

 

terminal's were cleaned on the battery and the post itself, i dont think it'll b a fuse since the display works fine there's just no sound at all