Replacing factory stereo on GM car?
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Replacing factory stereo on GM car?
Hey everyone,
I just got a new (to me) 2005 Cavalier, with only an AM/FM radio. I bought a new stereo to install, but with the harness the car apparently won't have any use of the door chimes and oil light (?). That harness cost $20, and the $120 harness comes with a little speaker for the chimes.
Has anyone had any experience changing the stereo on a newer GM car, and have they had any problems with this?
Thanks,
Tania
I just got a new (to me) 2005 Cavalier, with only an AM/FM radio. I bought a new stereo to install, but with the harness the car apparently won't have any use of the door chimes and oil light (?). That harness cost $20, and the $120 harness comes with a little speaker for the chimes.
Has anyone had any experience changing the stereo on a newer GM car, and have they had any problems with this?
Thanks,
Tania
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there are some radios that can be conected to the existing harness and the chime will work, and some others wont, but i willnot recomend any aftermarket radio to be conected on the comunication line of your vehicle, what i mean is those aftermarket radios that do chime, you dont want them they will give you trouble. and about the oil light, any gm dealership can even without the radio reset the light for you, the best thing to do will be found a radio with a cd player out of another cavalier of the same year of your car and have the radio install and programed for your car.
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Hi Tania,
Welcome to the Chevy Forums.
I had to get the dataport adapter for my audio rewire. You may want to ask them to turn it down.
Every time I turn on the car DENG!*DENG!*DENG!*DENG!* DENG!* DENG!*DENG!*DENG!*--I'm worried the windows are going to crack, it's so friggin' loud.
What exactly does all that chiming mean? Beats me. But I'll replace every part of my drive train, suspension, brakes,and every major system long before that pealing chime breaks. HEY! CAN WE GET THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THOSE CHIMES TO START MANUFACTURING OUR DRIVE-TRAIN PARTS,PLEASE?
I live in Jersey, and neighborhoods in suburban San Diego are complaining about the noise. Rumor has it the racket is waking the dead in cemeteries in Idaho, Peru, and India.
Sweet Lord, what moron thought up that awful thing?
Welcome to the Chevy Forums.
I had to get the dataport adapter for my audio rewire. You may want to ask them to turn it down.
Every time I turn on the car DENG!*DENG!*DENG!*DENG!* DENG!* DENG!*DENG!*DENG!*--I'm worried the windows are going to crack, it's so friggin' loud.
What exactly does all that chiming mean? Beats me. But I'll replace every part of my drive train, suspension, brakes,and every major system long before that pealing chime breaks. HEY! CAN WE GET THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THOSE CHIMES TO START MANUFACTURING OUR DRIVE-TRAIN PARTS,PLEASE?
I live in Jersey, and neighborhoods in suburban San Diego are complaining about the noise. Rumor has it the racket is waking the dead in cemeteries in Idaho, Peru, and India.
Sweet Lord, what moron thought up that awful thing?
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Thanks for the advice! Getting a new factory stereo would have been a good idea, but I already bought the mounting kit, harness and radio, so I figured it would be way too much work to return all the parts to separate places and then order one off EBay that might work.
I didn't get the one with the separate speaker, and now that I know it makes an ungodly noise, maybe it's better this way. Maybe there's a way to rig it so the chime still works? Who knows.
I didn't get the one with the separate speaker, and now that I know it makes an ungodly noise, maybe it's better this way. Maybe there's a way to rig it so the chime still works? Who knows.
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