Radio/electrical problems - Help

[Sport1]

My son has a 2001 Tiburon. Even though he takes the face plate off of the radio there is still the sound of music coming through. There is a drain on the battery as it goes dead. Can anyone be of assistance?

Garth

[ItzmyCRX]

Your constant and switched wires are probably criss crossed. I assume it's an aftermarket radio? Even if you take off the faceplate if your constant wire and switched wires are hooked up wrong there will be a drain on the battery. As for the sound coming out of the radio when the faceplate is disconnected, it's probably a cheap radio. You get what you pay for

[tibby01]

^^^adding to what he said

red=constant
yellow=ignition power

[Sport1]

Originally Posted by tibby01

^^^adding to what he said

red=constant
yellow=ignition power

If the wires were to be crossed up, how does one explain that there were no problems for the past 4 years? It has me baffled. We will have to take it apart this weeka and look at it.

[ItzmyCRX]

Perhaphs your constant and switched rubbed against eachother or burned up the protection around the wires and maybe now they're touching. once you pull it appart that should give you a better idea of what's going on.

Tibby, on most aftermarket radio's yellow is constant and red is switched. There are some radios that i know have it opposite but most of the time yellow is hot (constant) and red is switched

[tibby01]

hot damn, you are right.

dont know why i ever thought the colors were like that.

[Mattmd]

Originally Posted by Sport1

My son has a 2001 Tiburon. Even though he takes the face plate off of the radio there is still the sound of music coming through. There is a drain on the battery as it goes dead. Can anyone be of assistance?

Garth

Pull out the radio and see if that stops the battery from going dead. Was it professionally installed? If so take it back and have them look at the wiring if it is related to the radio then a wire is crossed. What kind of deck is it? Deck may be faulty but that would be pretty rare to have a deck cause a drainage on the battery unless is is wired incorrectly.

[BigTDawg]

Originally Posted by Mattmd

Pull out the radio and see if that stops the battery from going dead. Was it professionally installed? If so take it back and have them look at the wiring if it is related to the radio then a wire is crossed. What kind of deck is it? Deck may be faulty but that would be pretty rare to have a deck cause a drainage on the battery unless is is wired incorrectly.

he said its been fine for 4 years no one is going to warrenty their work for 4 years

[Mattmd]

Originally Posted by BigTDawg

he said its been fine for 4 years no one is going to warrenty their work for 4 years

Lots of places offer lifetime warranties on labor and their workmanship. Don't be such a smart ass.

[BigTDawg]

Originally Posted by Mattmd

Lots of places offer lifetime warranties on labor and their workmanship. Don't be such a smart ass.

i wasnt being a smartass but if you would like to see what a smart ass i would be glad to show you