Very frustrated with my radio. Been trying to figure out this problem for a few days now. I removed my old aftermarket Sony radio that came with my 01 jeep Cherokee sport because it was so crappy, fortunately one of my friends had a stock radio from his exact model xj. I plugged my radio in exactly how It should be and didn't have to change any of the wiring because it had a adapter over the stock wiring harness. When I turn it on the time on the radio comes on but nothing else works. I helped him remove this radio from his jeep a few weeks back and it worked flawlessly. I have tried using a different Chrysler radio I had in my garage and the same thing happened. I've double checked all my wiring and fuses. What can I be missing?

 

Check fuses ?

 

Yupp I checked all of my fuses and they were all alright. :-(

 

Does your cigarette lighter work?

 

It sounds like you didn't hit the power button or whatever it is on the radio? When the radio is "off" it only shows the clock...then when u turn it on the cd player, am/fm, and cassette should all work.

 

With test light and both boxes ? mines got two fuses memory and radio also antennas plug in ?

 

I think I have removed then promptly driven over, the factory stereo, in every vehicle I have ever owned.
Unless you have a "Sony" that was purchased on a street corner or out of a white van it should be alot nicer the junk factory setup.

 

Antenna is plugged in. I pressed the power but countless times lol. The time doesn't show all the time I have to press the time button in to view it. Ya I checked both fuse boxes with a light. Lol ya the Sony was horrible, skipped anytime you hit a bump and was ugly as hell but the wiring wasn't rigged it was clean done so I had to troubles. Haven't checked the cigarette lighter ill do that right now.

 

Do the factory stereos have an interior fuse like the aftermarket ones do? If it does, I would say its fried. Personally I would run fresh power and ground wires. If that still doesn't help with sound, run fresh speaker wires, if that doesn't work I would buy a new head unit. Cuz then you'll have all freshly run wires!!

 

So I just checked my cigarette lighter and it doesn't work. So what does that mean?

 

Do u have a aftermarket external amp installed running the speakers and when you took the old aftermarket radio out did it have a blue wire hooked up

 

Take a volt meter and check your plug ins for power. I myself, always run new power leads, Red from head unit to battery. yellow from head unit to a keyed spot on fuse box.

 

No it doesn't have a amp or solid blue wires hooked up. The only blue wire hooked up is a blue and white wire for a positive lead on one of the speakers. I might have to run fresh wires and see what happens. I tried different head units already and all had the same symptoms. This sucks man I hate driving with silence

 

Ok I figured out my accessories wire isn't working. I have no idea why. if I wire it to my battery lead it works but I can't keep it like that obviously. So question is why is my accessory lead not getting power when my ignition is on?

 

It has a bad connection... I would just run a new fresh write to a reliable acc power source then of that doesn't work pull it out, run it over and get a new one