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Posted on Jul 18, 2008

Replacing radio in a 1996 toyota corolla

Hi, i have an 1996 toyota corolla, i bought a new stereo, a jvc, and a wirering harness to be able to hook it up, i hooked everything up correctly, and it wouldnt power on, so i thought, maybe it isnt getting power, so i took a multi tester and sure enough it is getting 11-13 volts, enought for the radio, so i put in in my friends car and it works fine, so i decide to try my old factory radio, and now that doesnt work anymore either, neither do my clock and dome lights, so now it sounds like a blown fuse right, well i took out all of them and they looked fine, and i ohmes resistance tested them and they check out fine. so know not only do i not have a working radio, i dont have a clock a dome lights.....any ideas?


thanks alot!


-Eric

  • jbroe Aug 25, 2008

    Same problem only friends cd player doesn't work. My stereo got ganked. Power is there, yet now power on the player.

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Fusible link relay box 20A (under bonnet) it might be larger than the standard fuses. diagram should be in relay box lid (sticker).

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Hi, I did the same thing installing a CD deck into my 1996 Corolla but it Killed my CD deck ( burnd the Amp chip). I had so much bad luck with this car no more upgrades. But to solve your problem with the Clock not working is check the fuse in the Engine for "Dome 20A" that should Fix dome light, Buzzer,Clock, memory for the radio. I'm now going to put back the factory deck and leave it.
I hope this help.

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