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1997 Cadillac Deville Repair Question


Topics covered: Radio, Battery, Cigarette lighter.
Mileage: No information provided.

Asked on January 14, 2006

Sedan

After my car sits for a while (more than 10 minutes) my aftermarket Kenwood CD player along with my cigarette lighter, resets. I verified that the yellow wire from the radio was connected to "constant power" (yellow wire). I switched the "red" and the "yellow" just in case the factory coloring scheme was backwards, this did not work, I switched the wiring scheme back. I checked the fuses, it is the right size fuse and they are all working. The car battery doesnt reset, just the radio and cigarette lighter.
Avatar Asked by bakera

Answer

Replied on January 22, 2006

To fix this problem I re-wired the ground and constant power wire to run directly from the car radio to the car battery. Never resets now!

Tiny Response from bakera
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Replied on July 25, 2007



I am goingto take it he never read the manual or heard of accessorie power retention.

Tiny Answered by DocHemi
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