[Nickbaker23]

alright so I bought my 2000 Eclipse GT about a year ago from a dealership and when I bought it none of the electronics work until I turn the key to ACC or ON, and it has been a recurring problem since then. It's not much of a big deal , just a nuisance, seeing as how I can't save presets, and I have to reset all my settings. Also the clock resets, so when I'm driving I have no idea what time it is lol. Well I tried fixing it by checking the under the hood fuses and quite a few were either missing or not in the right place. I moved them back to where they're supposed to be based on the diagrams and now in order to stop it from running all the time I have to pop up the yellow box with the two 10A fuses. That's just to turn off the engine, with the keys out and everything lol. I do have an aftermarket Sony Xplod stereo that was in when I bought it, and it's wired for Subs but the dealership took them out. Any help you guys can give would be greatly appreciated!



And just to be clear, I have looked through practically all of the threads on this site looking for a solution on my own and this is my last resort before just saying screw it. Haha

 

[jkeaton]

Probably not wired correctly. The head unit should have two sources. A constant on (to retain memory, clock, etc) and a switched source that actually turns it on. My guess is whoever installed the aftermarket head unit just wired the two to a switched source. Your going to have to pull the head unit out and see how it is wired. Normally it's a yellow wire (I think) that gets wired to a constant 12 VDC, and the red wire to a switched 12 VDC.

Not sure about having to remove a fuse to shut the car off.

 

[Nickbaker23]

I'm going to look at that here in the next few days when it's not below freezing. But would this effect the clock pod and a few of the dash lights? My seatbelt light and brake light always stay on along with the clock pod and stereo. I'm also going to take a look at the wiring for the subs when I get a chance to check and see if I can tell what's gone wrong.

 

[jkeaton]

Sounds like someone did a hack job on the wiring.