Could anyone help me? Before i installed the new 2 Din head unit, when i turn off the car all the electronics would turn off.. when i installed the head unit my friend suggested i un hook the battery so i did, i kno that reboots everything. now when i turn off my car everything stays on. How do i fix that?!?! Plz Sum1 help im goin ballistic and hoping the stock clock doesnt drain the battery...

 

Yikes! What's "everything" that stays on? I've disconnected my battery countless times, and haven't had anything like this happen. Have you checked the wires are all connected correctly? Have you referred to the owners manual about possible resetting of these items? I know the windows needed to be reprogrammed...

What year tC do you have? Is this the only thing that's changed?

 

The clock stays on when the car is off, however none of the other electrical components should when your key is out. Frankly, that's damn near impossible to do by just installing a headunit.

 

if its just the clock its normal... the clock is always on... if its other stuff like the actual head unit or the instrument cluster then there is a wiring issue

 

^^ clock is normal, everything else should be off.. how was the install? wiring must be messed up or hooked to constant on power, dunno

 

EVERYTHING meaning my radar and head unit, i have the key out n the head unit n radar is still on..

i disconnected my battery just once, key is not plugged in the radar n head unit is on... its not supposed to, when the key isnt plugged in everythin must be off...

 

check the wiring in your headunit, maybe you wired the power to constant on. Your radar is on cig lighter or hardwired?

 

its on cig lighter... it still stays on when i have the key unplugged..

 

how does the head unit wiring affect the cig lighter?...

 

it shouldn;t, reading the power and such correctly, it should be turned off when the key is disconnected, but I could be wrong, it's friday night and I'n ma little under the alcohol, but I'll check in the morning

 

Where did you get power for your headunit and how did you do it.

 

i ran the power just like the stock unit, got a harness that fits on the new unit to connect to the stock harness, thats it.. its not just the head unit that wont turn off when i dont have my key in, my radar wouldn't turn off either..

 

did your try unplugging the HU harness from the vehicle harness then see if everything goes back to normal, your HU off ofcourse..

 

I bet that will solve the problem, could be a faulty pin pattern on the HU harness.

 

yea, i would just start all over again and see if you guys screwed up somewhere.... and i would check the fuses just in case... you never know!

theres fuses under the dash by the pedals, and one box of fuses under the hood near the intake and battery.

good luck!

 

The fuses shouldn't cause anything to stay on, they would only break due to a short or something.

 

Sounds like either the harness or the radio is passing 12v constant back through the ignition...

 

That's what I was thinking. I find it more likely that it would be the harness though.

 

hmmm... i think i kno what ur talkin bout... cuz i was told to cross a red n yellow wire from the unit to the new harness..

 

Yeahhh check that out.