1997-2005 Buick Century Stereo Replacement
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Today I am replacing the stereo on this 2000 Buick Century
Tools/Parts Needed-
Phillips Screwdriver
Crimp Tool
Butt Connectors 22-18 (Red)
Metra ibr-555gm Dash kit
Metra 40-GM10 GM Antenna Adapter
Metra IBR-WHGM4 Wiring Harness
A stereo of your choice :)
The links for the stereo bits-
(Adapter)
www.bestbuy.co...
(Dash Kit)
www.bestbuy.co...
(Antenna Adapter)
www.bestbuy.co...
Wife wanted an up to date radio. Watched your video. 45 minutes later. She has a new up to date radio. Very well placed and will instructed. Thank you Steve's garage. Saved 250 dollar install.
I’m glad to hear everything worked out great!
Just got a 98 park avenue thanks to your video I successfully put my first radio in a car ever! Thanks for the great video my man. It helped me a lot.
I’m glad to be of assistance!
just bought a 2004 buick regal!! can't wait to do this
thanks for saving me some money from having to take it to get the new stereo installed. Much appreciated!
Very helpful thanks for posting
Thx brother much appreciated 👍🏼
This dudes amazing
Looks e-z peazy
Thanks for posting!
thank you very helpful, .. I do wish you had filmed " finessing " the main dash piece out - it was a pain LOL
Yeah I tried and since I didn’t have a tripod or anything it was hard to film
Yep. I cracked my panel trying to get it out back a while ago. Was a real bummer. Now i got a dead stereo and need to do it again. ug
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Awesome video
Super detailed! Awesome..I did this with my uncle on my 98 Buick century custom back in 2014 I believe...now I drive a 2000 century..the stock cd player works well but I'd like to have some fun and put a modern one in and upgrade the speakers ..how is the job of upgrading the front door speakers and the speakers in the back? And also having a basic amp/sub? Nothing to get me arrested just something where I can listen to music loud and clear while driving with the windows rolled down in the summer
Glad you liked the video! The front speakers aren’t too hard to do. But the rears are kinda a pain. For the fronts you just need to pull the door panel off. For the rears you have to pull out the entire back seat as well as the fabric back dash. Then you also have to climb inside the trunk to unhook the speakers as well as release the clips
actually it's not to hard at all and you don't have to climb in the trunk , , Your Best bet is to find the video on the 2002 Buick Century - ua-cam.com/video/DZRJ65Z1dY4/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Zombie-7
- And then video on changing the back speakers out of a 1999 Buick Grand Prix - (GRANDPRIXGT1999) - ua-cam.com/video/kSQw9ZEcPQY/v-deo.html&ab_channel=GRANDPRIXGT1999 - I think it is almost exactly the same as the Buick Century and that guy did the best job of showing the Easiest way of doing the job - ( the others weren't filmed quite as well and are harder to see what the people are doing) .
- ALSO - There is a video on how to pull out the back seat that's very good if still not clear on how to do that, it is called - Remove seat in Buick Century & GM cars - ua-cam.com/video/K-4SQDXh4cw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=MatthewJeschke
-- Quick rundown on how to -
- After you pull out the bottom the bottom of the back seat there are two bolts to take out down at the bottom of each corner , then pop the back of the seat up and out , then there are 3 big Plastic clips to pull out that hold the fabric/plastic on top of the back deck that cover the speakers there - ( DON'T try and get the plastic speaker covers off they will probably break ) - the black plastic clips are similar to the kind of clips that hold the front door panels on, but a lot bigger. Then you pull out the fabric/plastic cover on the top of the back deck. After that then just remove the 4 small screws on each speaker that hold them in the plastic speaker adapters - then just unclip the wire from the harness and your done.
Is there a way to fix the CD player that has gone out while keeping the factory radio intact in a 2001 Buick? And will mounted steering wheel controls still work?
Did you need to relocate the original stereo into the trunk or is it ok without the original stereo?
Yeah but why u don’t show how u pull the panel after moved the stick transmission?
Also parts described worked great.
I connected everything properly to my double din radio and still no power to radio unless the factory one is connected, what am I doing wrong.?
Is this a 24 or 32 pin wire harness? Will it fit my 2004 buick century?
This guy's 👍 good
Hopefully I get this bad boy 99🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
If it were me I would choose a better top quality to go with rather than dual like pioneer or kenwood something that is good quality and will last even beyond standards of the factory radio.
How do you remove the clip from the radio? I’ve been googling for a hour and everyone seems to skip this. They are no way I can see behind it to see what clip it has and can barely fit my hand behind it.
The black plastic holder for the stock stereo that holds it in place? Snap it off. There’s no proper way to remove it. The reason why I didn’t include it was because I know I would get a lot of hate for “breaking” it off
I just did mine with a Blaupunkt NJ8820. A few problems: The steering wheel controls don’t work to control the stereo. The stereo’s LEDs do not tie in to the rest of the dashboard dimming system, like the factory stereo does. What is this your experience as well, and if so, do you have any solutions? Thanks for your video.
They sell an adapter that you have to wire in to get the steering wheel controls to work. As for the dimmer. It all depends on if the adapter and the stereo have the comparability. Some do some don’t.
I’m trying to install a double din in mines do you know what size it has to be I got the same car
I put a new deck in and it made my fuel gage and cluster stop working my deck doesn’t have the second plug for the smaller harness
Thanks for your video. So I Bought the wiring harness that looked the exact same as yours. The mounting kit was the same also. Them I took ou the Stock stereo and there were two harnesses that were connected to mine, plus the antenna connector. Go everything color-coded that matched spliced into the new harness the only problem was that it leaves this secondary two wire black Delfi harness that comes off the back of the stock stereo that's right next to the big wide one that the harness plugs into. So I tried it without that black one and I get no power to it even though the ground and power wires are connected in the harness. No one shows the removal of the stock radio in full and or the install in full from plugging in the wires and then plugging in the aftermarket radio. I notice that you have some wires going off to the side of your harness that you don't explain, Maybe that's what I'm missing, maybe not. I have pictures and all that if I could email you or something id really appreciate any help you could bring.
Yeah shoot me an email. Stevensgarage99@gmail.com
Ever figure this out? I'm about to install a radio in my 99 and would love to not have a problem
Why is this no good for an 04 century. Tried the adapter you recommend won’t fit. The one that supposedly works is $80
Do you have to tap into any extra power?
Will those adaptor kits work on my 1994 LeSabre? Best Buy doesn’t know.
With the dash instal kit did u have to have a set size that was needed to fit? I have a buick lesabre 2005 that ima put a new radio in and didn't kno if the screen size of the radio matters cuz I'm gunna get a 7in touchscreen but the dimensions for the dash kit that fits my car is 6 by 8
I don’t. I sold the car a little while ago
2004, the buick Century Wire harness is different from what you have
So i ordered a harness and it had multiple of the same color like my mute wire is brown and the harness has 4 browns and a few others do i connect all of them or just connect 1?
I honestly can’t tell you. I don’t know what other harness you could have ordered and I don’t know the pin out of it. Are you sure they’re all the same color. Not a color with a stripe?
People need to stop cutting out before they pull out the stock stereo. Seriously, radio isn't NOT attached to something. How do I take that out? You're like, the fourth UA-cam video I've watched where they just cut that part out
Mine wasn’t. I just unbolted it and pulled it out. I have see where the radios have a plastic clip that holds the stereo steady in the back. But I rarely come across them
What if i hooked everything up and it’s wires left that doesn’t match with the colors on the aftermarket radio ?
Feathers that the radio doesn’t have. Probably illumination. And the blue is for an amp
@@stevensgarage7284 ok thank you man , I’m so fustrated for the last 2 days , and I usuallly good with this stuff I just have the radio sitting in the back of my trunk
@@stevensgarage7284 I seemed to get the the video and everything but I couldn’t get the audio working for some damn reason
I know it’s a long shot. But could the radio be defective? Iv had that happened before with a brand new one
@@stevensgarage7284 you have a point there , and I don’t even know if I set it up right tbh but I just want my damn music back 😂😂😂it’s been 4 days bro , and it like I should’ve just stuck with the static and connecting my IPhone XR with the adapter
I'm getting ready to put one in my 2000 park avenue ultra will it still work?
Should be just about the same process. Just look for hidden screws that hood the panels on. That’s all it really is
where is the radio antenna located ? lol,, is it in the glass ?
Should be on the back of the radio
@@crazyxxburrito1679 the actual antenna itself not the cable that plugs into the radio
To my knowledge, the rear window defroster is used as the antenna. You should see a doohickey in one of the upper corners that connects to it for the antenna single.
@@stevensgarage7284 would you happen to know if it has a plug like the end that goes into the radio?, im wanting to put an antenna on the rear fender, was wondering so i might know what to get
Hello! I'm really looking forward to replace my car radio on my Buick Century 2001. Can you copy the links of the items we need for this? I've been trying to find the dash kit and the wiring harness but I've had no luck so far
I had the same issue. I usually buy everything on amazon but for this one I ended up going to Best Buy. Prices weren’t too bad. I just updated the description and added the links.
Good luck with your install! And one thing I didn’t mention in the video. If you install an older stereo like I did. You’ll need to trim the plastic bar that’s inside the dash behind the old stereo. It’s easy to do. I just used snips and cut it out.
@@stevensgarage7284 You should have included that in the video. Knowing how it was cut out and the fact it must be cut to get radio to fit is extremely important. Also the best place to get a car radio is crutchfield. They have free customer support to call when installation problems arise. Yes they do happen.
Anyone know if a 2000 Buick Lesabre is similar to this?
To my knowledge they’re about the same
What about steering wheel volume control?? 🤔
You would have to get the interface device that hooks up between the wiring for that to work. They usually run about 60$
Does the switches on stering wheel for the stereo still work
You would have to get the interface device that hooks up between the wiring for that to work. They usually run about 60$
@@stevensgarage7284 will I need the interface plus the aftermarket harness or just the interface?
How can I buy the radio kit and the other things?
I got mine on Amazon. But you could also go to Best Buy and they will price match it to amazon
Hey Steven Im having trouble with my stereo in my 05 lesabre can you help me out
What’s going on?
I bought an aftermarket wiring harness and i never could get it hooked up. Either sum wiring problems or faulty adapter. The car also seems to have major power loss, shakin under 20 mph, and throwin service engine soon blinking
@@stevensgarage7284 hey Steven you were spot-on about the fuses to the cigarette lighter. So I've got one more for you...
I just bought a 2004 Buick LeSabre and the stereo is locked is there anything I can do to get it unlocked thank you
Does this work for a 2003 lesabre as well ??
I don’t know if the connector is the same. But the general process is
can i put this in my 96 buick ???
To my knowledge the earlier models have a different dash design. You can probably find the correct parts online and the install process it’s basically the same for all cars. All you need is the stereo, dash kit, and wiring harness.
Will this process work for a 03 park ave?
No sadly. For your park ave you’ll have to take it to a place that does key fob programming. I had the same issue on my 03 grand am. They don’t have a onboard programming procedure.
😂 Strip it, Twist it, Bop it,
Radio/ac not working can anyone help ?
Sounds like a fuse
@@stevensgarage7284 yea it was the fuse I got it
I’m trying to install a double din in mines do you know what size it has to be I got the same car