radio dead :'(

[margaretia]

Have a 95 Explorer Limited and out of the blue the factory JBL radio went dead. I replaced it with an OEM radio and still nothing. There doesn't seem to be power to it. Checked the fuses and those are fine too. One moment it was working fine, shut the vehicle off, gassed up, and when I got back in and started it was dead.

Any ideas??

 

[YBCold]

perhaps the wire harness is no good?

 

[margaretia]

It was working just 10 minutes before...

 

[waskly]

fuse?

 

[margaretia]

checked the fuses.... fuses are good. even switched it out.

 

[YBCold]

im just guessing that maybe the wireharness just finally gave out. or the grounding is no good. ? is it shut off completely? or just not turning on?

 

[blakshukvw]

I think the 12V(key on only) power is a common problem on the X. Mine was doing the same thing and I replaced it with an aftermarket unit only to still have nothing. I did some checking and had no trigger power so I just wired it up that when the face is on the unit, it's always on. Works for me.