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lorinsz

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Hey all,

I own a 2003 jeep liberty sport with manual transmission. Recently i was trying to replace the cd receiver with an after-market one (should be a easy work tho), but didn't get it done. Now the entire headunit has no power, no radio, even the dome light could turn on... The other thing is the power lock doesn't work without putting my key in.

I have replaced all the fuses but no positive result...

What else problem could be? serious electric problem? Thx guys!!
 

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Check the ground. Without a good ground the circiut will not be complete. I also just replaced my factory HU because it decided to eat my favorite Coheed & Cambria CD. I used a wiring adapter from Crutchfield, soldered it to the HU's wiring harness, plugged into the factory wiring and grounded the new headunit to the vehicle chassis.
 
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:poop: that suck's
Do you have a volt meter?
Did you use a pre-made harness?
When you say doesn't have power do you mean with a volt meter or the head unit just doesn't come on?
Is it correct to say everything works (including the dome light) except for the HU and the door locks?
If you didn't cut any wires can you plug in the old head unit for testing?
Did you check both the car fuses and the new HU's fuse's

I don't think you have a major electrical issue yet.

I think I vaguely remember something about the alarm/power lock and stereo connection I'll try to look it up.


The below is from a 2003 cherokee

AUDIO/MOBILE VIDEO

BATTERY PINK/BLACK + IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
GROUND BLACK - RADIO HARNESS
ACCESSORY 01 RED/BLACK + IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
DIMMER ORANGE + RADIO HARNESS
FRONT LEFT SPEAKER LIGHT GREEN/RED +
FRONT LEFT SPEAKER LIGHT GREEN/GREEN -
FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER LIGHT BLUE/RED +
FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER LIGHT BLUE/BLACK -
REAR LEFT SPEAKER DARK GREEN/WHITE +
REAR LEFT SPEAKER WHITE/DARK GREEN -
REAR RIGHT SPEAKER WHITE/VIOLET +
REAR RIGHT SPEAKER TAN/DARK GREEN -

This is all 2003 liberty ITEM | WIRE COLOR |POL| WIRE LOCATION |
| 12V|red & pink/black |+ |ignition harness |
| STARTER|yellow |+ |ignition harness |
| IGNITION|red/blue |+ |ignition harness |
| ACCESSORY|black/orange |+ |ignition harness |
| SECOND ACCESSORY|black/white |+ |ignition harness |
| POWER LOCK|pink/purple *1 |- |back of fusebox *2 |
| POWER UNLOCK|same wire | | |
| LOCK MOTOR|orange/black | |back of fusebox *2 |
| UNLOCK MOTOR|pink/black | |back of fusebox *2 |
| DISARM DEFEAT|orange/purple | |back of fusebox *2 |
| PARKING LIGHTS +|DO NOT USE | | |
| PARKING LIGHTS -|lt. green/orange *3 | |headlight switch |
| HEADLIGHTS|same wire *3 | | |
| DOOR TRIGGER|*4 |- |right of st column,blue plug|
| DOME SUPERVISION|use door trigger | | |
| TRUNK/HATCH PIN|tan/black *7 |- |conn. 1, pin 7 @ BCM *6 |
| HOOD PIN|brown/tan |- |conn. 1, pin 6 @ BCM *6 |
|TRNK/HTCH RELEASE|orange/pink |- |conn. 1, pin 17 @ BCM *6 |
| FCTRY ALARM ARM| | | |
|FCTRY ALRM DISARM|lt. green/orange *5 |- |conn. 2, pin 9 @ BCM *6 |
| TACHOMETER|NOT grn/or or or/grn| |ign coil, coil pac, injector|
| SPEED SENSE|lt green/yellow | |conn. 1, pin 20 @ BCM *6 |
| BRAKE WIRE|white/tan |+ |brake pedal switch |
| HORN TRIGGER|black/red |- |steering column |
| WIPERS|brn/wht(L),rd/yel(H)|+ |wiper motor |
| LF WINDOW UP/DN|lt blue - white |A |center console window switch|
| RF WINDOW UP/DN|brown - pur/wht |A |center console window switch|
| LR WINDOW UP/DN|red/blk - blu/wht |A |center console window switch|
| RR WINDOW UP/DN|grn/wht - gry/blk |A |center console window switch|
| SUN RF OPN/CLOSE|not recommended | | |
| RADIO 12V|pink |+ |radio |
| RADIO GROUND|black |- |radio |
| RADIO SWITCH|orange/red |+ |radio |
| RADIO ILLUMINATE|orange (dimmer) |+ |radio |
| LF SPEAKER|green - brn/red | |radio *8 |
| RF SPEAKER|purple - blu/red | |radio *8 |
| LR SPEAKER|brn/yel - brn/lt blu| |radio *8 |
| RR SPEAKER|blu/wht - blu/org | |radio *8 |

Notes:
NOTE: Jeep vehicles that use a gray ignition key have an immobilizer system that needs to be bypassed when remote starting. Use DEI part number 555C or 555U. *1 Lock is negative trigger thru a 1.4K ohm resistor and unlock is negative trigger thru a 426 ohm resistor. MUST use relays. *2 In the top left corner in a black plug. *3 Parking lights is negative trigger thru a 910 ohm resistor. Headlights is negative trigger thru a 349 ohm resistor. MUST use relays. *4 The driver door trigger is tan and the passenger door trigger is tan/white, use both wires and diode isolate each. *5 The factory alarm disarm is negative trigger thru a 473 ohm resistor. MUST use relay. *6 The BCM (Body Control Module) is attached to the left of the fusebox. Connector 1 is a gray 26 pin plug, and connector 2 is a gray 22 pin plug. *7 The flip up glass pin switch is yellow/white in conn. 1, pin 9 of the BCM. *8 On vehicles with the premium sound system, each speaker is individually amplified.
 
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