Honestly been sitting and looking through forums and finding nothing but bullshit that doesn't work, I stumbled across your video and it helped me out so much. Thank you
You are the real MVP. Stg. I just went to auto zone the other day and ordered this harness cause I have to have it for my Pontiac G6 (2008) as well. Thank you for the info. Short and sweet 👌🏾👌🏾
The reason that the car required a "special" wiring harness is because after about 04 or 05, GM and Ford and some other car manufacturers started to integrate the safety warning chimes, turn signal sound, and door chimes into the same harness as the radio. In some other vehicles, this harness also integrates with the cars computer and factory amplifier. Luckily in this car, they are not too expensive. If you have a newer car, sometimes the aftermarket radio harness (which is a necessity) can cost up to 300, in some rare cases, even more.
@@1urbo706 depends on year make and model, but most of the time all that stuff is data controlled. You shouldnt have to individually wire everything up to that harness. The harness should have Red-Accessory power Yellow-12v constant Black-Ground Orange with white stripe (sometime there is a separate orange but most harnesses combine the two now)-Illumination (white stripe means dimmer integration) White and white with black stripe-left front speaker pos and neg (black stripe is neg) Green and green with black stripe-left rear speaker pos and neg (black stripe neg) Purple and purple with black stripe-right rear speaker pos and neg (black stripe neg) Gray and gray with black stripe- right front speaker pos and neg (black stripe neg) It may have a blue wire which is power antenna It may have a blue wire with white stripe which is remote turn on for an amp The wiring harness you bought should have a diagram of which means what, if you got a PAC branded harness sometimes their colors dont follow industry standards and a red could have to be plugged into light outputs. But most of the time the chime integration is just data that is tapped into one of the vehicle wires further down the chain that you dont have to do yourself.
Do you have a link for the radio you used? How many inches is it? I’m looking for a good Android stereo with Apple CarPlay if possible. Also the dashkit?
Thanks, I bought the wiring harness for other cars and wired it and it wasn't working or I had problems with the dash or no sound I started looking on old forms and found this linked and when I saw you having a different wiring harness I was surprised and figured id give it a try It worked super easy and I have my red wire to fuse 20. ( I lost my chimes what I didn't like in the start) But over all thanks I was going crazy looking for the right one.
@@matthewrosenberg9100 So my problem with the dash was the wiring I'm running a AVIC-W8500NEX the wiring was just look at the packaging and the radio and match them. for your part what I found out was that the amp turn on was the main problem so what I did was wire the amp turn on to the red wire (12volt) and then in the fuse box I didn't have a sunroof so at first I used the Power locks what works fine but you need to Remember to turn off the radio when the cars off, I hope this helped if not just let me know
My cobalt has a pink wire in the harness I assume is an accessory wire going by a diagram it matches up to, I don't see an amp on in the diagram though, would I be safe to assume the amp connects with the pink wire somewhere down the line? Factory amp+sub, with OnStar, the stereo is dying so I figured I'd swap it.
I had a Ford fucus & installed a android 2din cd,dvd, 4g reverse cam, wifi etc then I got a 07 Pontiac G5 so, I swapped the android radio into the G5 & left the Ford sit & I went threw the nightmare of installing a radio into my g5! We the threw a couple cheaper interfaces! The 1st one came from Crutchfeild & worked perfectly until I went arround a turn! It would short out & shut off the radio so, I then got a interface from walmart & it worked for a year or so when the volume knob broke so, I removed the radio & installed the factory radio. I just purchased the newer model of my same old android & I am not pleased!!!! They did not include all the harnesses for the HD-TV, DABS+, TPMS, & ALL THE EXTRAS LIKE THE 1ST RADIO INCLUDED. However, Though the 1st one had the harnesses but, not the actual hardware/control box for each of the extras but, I could add it later! U feel this seller robbed me! Anywho, I connected the interface & the radio came on & shut off so, I connected it without the interface & the radio works fine! Gota figure out if I wired it wrong or if the interface is damaged? Hope not
I have a question I had to get the same harness for a 2009 Chevy HHR I ran my wires and I connected the red wire to the ignition switch fuse but is draining my battery What could be the issue?
2007 AND UP COBALTS POWERING Car Radio Battery Constant 12v+ Wire: Red/White Car Radio Ground Wire: Black/White SPEAKERS FRONT Left Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Tan Left Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Gray Right Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Light Green Right Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Dark Green SPEAKER REAR Left Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Brown Left Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Yellow Right Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Dark Blue Right Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Light Blue
I'm having an issue where my radio still receives power when I turn off my car. I can turn off the radio manually but it still displays the clock and I can turn in the radio with the power button and use the radio with the car off. Help? 08 Cobalt LT Coupe
Did you wire the 12v red wire into fuse box if so you may have put it on a fuse that’s on when cars off so it’s constantly on which will drain your car battery
pac has a bypass module that works alot better...but whatever everything was fine until that splice for the amp turn on .. the better choice would have been to use the power antenna wire as the amp turn on... this is just advice from a certified 12v installer whom also owes a 06 chevy cobalt ss
I explained why I did it. It's because the radio does not power the antenna if you are using anything else other than the radio. If you switch to Bluetooth mode, it immediately turns off the antenna and you get no sound. It was just my crappy eBay radio.
Hey , check to make sure you haven't damaged the fuse port when you crammed the red wire acc jumper fuse into the port on the body control module (the fuse box shown). First thing is tripped the passive anti theft kill switch (built in by factory-passkey 3+) , by damaging the fuse port (continuously tripped tamper mode just from wedging it in to the fuse port & interrupting the circuit -low voltage code- gap damage that the wrap around jumper did).
Can somebody help me I have 2009 Chevy Cobalt: -I have Onstar (don't use it or necessarily care to keep it). -No pioneer sound system. -I want to keep my driver info. Now in Crutchfield it looks like I need 2 harnesses. Is this true? It says I need them to keep the driver info center & that I could only use a 2 inch head unit in order to keep the driver info. Can anybody shed light on this? Do I need to still wire a separate wire to the fuse box like I had to with my 2005 Chevy Cobalt? Does the driver info center get changed to a different display? The one harness package looks like that might be there case. I appreciate any help.
Honestly been sitting and looking through forums and finding nothing but bullshit that doesn't work, I stumbled across your video and it helped me out so much. Thank you
You are the real MVP. Stg. I just went to auto zone the other day and ordered this harness cause I have to have it for my Pontiac G6 (2008) as well. Thank you for the info. Short and sweet 👌🏾👌🏾
Bro I literally love you for making this video I’ve been searching all night and was about to off myself I love you
Very useful video. Straight to the point. Thank you very much for the visuals.
So helpful regarding the 12v wire, thanks
thank you this helped me finish my car audio setup. now im boomin thanks again
Kid your a life saver
The reason that the car required a "special" wiring harness is because after about 04 or 05, GM and Ford and some other car manufacturers started to integrate the safety warning chimes, turn signal sound, and door chimes into the same harness as the radio. In some other vehicles, this harness also integrates with the cars computer and factory amplifier. Luckily in this car, they are not too expensive. If you have a newer car, sometimes the aftermarket radio harness (which is a necessity) can cost up to 300, in some rare cases, even more.
I was wondering what I fucked up and why my turn signal had no clicking sound
Do you know by any chance what wire would be the one for the turns signal and where would I connect it too?
@@1urbo706 depends on year make and model, but most of the time all that stuff is data controlled. You shouldnt have to individually wire everything up to that harness. The harness should have
Red-Accessory power
Yellow-12v constant
Black-Ground
Orange with white stripe (sometime there is a separate orange but most harnesses combine the two now)-Illumination (white stripe means dimmer integration)
White and white with black stripe-left front speaker pos and neg (black stripe is neg)
Green and green with black stripe-left rear speaker pos and neg (black stripe neg)
Purple and purple with black stripe-right rear speaker pos and neg (black stripe neg)
Gray and gray with black stripe- right front speaker pos and neg (black stripe neg)
It may have a blue wire which is power antenna
It may have a blue wire with white stripe which is remote turn on for an amp
The wiring harness you bought should have a diagram of which means what, if you got a PAC branded harness sometimes their colors dont follow industry standards and a red could have to be plugged into light outputs. But most of the time the chime integration is just data that is tapped into one of the vehicle wires further down the chain that you dont have to do yourself.
Thanks this video really helped me out 👍
Do you have a link for the radio you used? How many inches is it?
I’m looking for a good Android stereo with Apple CarPlay if possible.
Also the dashkit?
Thanks, I bought the wiring harness for other cars and wired it and it wasn't working or I had problems with the dash or no sound I started looking on old forms and found this linked and when I saw you having a different wiring harness I was surprised and figured id give it a try It worked super easy and I have my red wire to fuse 20. ( I lost my chimes what I didn't like in the start) But over all thanks I was going crazy looking for the right one.
What exactly is your setup I’m having the same problem with my car where the dash isn’t working and I don’t have sound
@@matthewrosenberg9100 So my problem with the dash was the wiring I'm running a AVIC-W8500NEX the wiring was just look at the packaging and the radio and match them. for your part what I found out was that the amp turn on was the main problem so what I did was wire the amp turn on to the red wire (12volt) and then in the fuse box I didn't have a sunroof so at first I used the Power locks what works fine but you need to Remember to turn off the radio when the cars off, I hope this helped if not just let me know
@@al32640 which wire is the amp turn on?
@@matthewrosenberg9100 blue
@@al32640 is the blue wire coming from the radio or the harness?
Was the metal prong already visible on the fuse or did you snap a bit of the covering off? Also any chance you could provide the link for your radio?
NEED HELP, what would i plug my orange wire to if theirs not orange on this wiring harness?
Did u ever figure it out bc I am wondering the same
My cobalt has a pink wire in the harness I assume is an accessory wire going by a diagram it matches up to, I don't see an amp on in the diagram though, would I be safe to assume the amp connects with the pink wire somewhere down the line?
Factory amp+sub, with OnStar, the stereo is dying so I figured I'd swap it.
So did you splice the blue wire into the red coming from the harness or just coming straight from the amp?
I had a Ford fucus & installed a android 2din cd,dvd, 4g reverse cam, wifi etc then I got a 07 Pontiac G5 so, I swapped the android radio into the G5 & left the Ford sit & I went threw the nightmare of installing a radio into my g5! We the threw a couple cheaper interfaces! The 1st one came from Crutchfeild & worked perfectly until I went arround a turn! It would short out & shut off the radio so, I then got a interface from walmart & it worked for a year or so when the volume knob broke so, I removed the radio & installed the factory radio. I just purchased the newer model of my same old android & I am not pleased!!!! They did not include all the harnesses for the HD-TV, DABS+, TPMS, & ALL THE EXTRAS LIKE THE 1ST RADIO INCLUDED. However, Though the 1st one had the harnesses but, not the actual hardware/control box for each of the extras but, I could add it later! U feel this seller robbed me! Anywho, I connected the interface & the radio came on & shut off so, I connected it without the interface & the radio works fine! Gota figure out if I wired it wrong or if the interface is damaged? Hope not
Hey thank you for the video
I ran the red wire to the stock radio fuse location but it seems to have constant power
I have a question I had to get the same harness for a 2009 Chevy HHR I ran my wires and I connected the red wire to the ignition switch fuse but is draining my battery What could be the issue?
where did you run the red wire?? i have it plugged into the fuse but confused to where i splice it into.
Saaammmeee
Thanks!
Is there an adapter for a 2007 Chevrolet cobalt?
Where did you wire the red wire on to harness like what slot?
He said sunroof fuse with a fuse tap or could possibly use power windows fuse. Id use something atleast 20 25
I clicked the link in the bio but it says it isn't compatible with the 08 chevy cobalt
Will this work with a 2006 chevy cobalt. I got a pioneer radio and will the wire harness work?
nice wallpaper
Thank
Almost shocked me and my friend while wiring
2007 AND UP COBALTS
POWERING
Car Radio Battery Constant 12v+ Wire: Red/White
Car Radio Ground Wire: Black/White
SPEAKERS FRONT
Left Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Tan
Left Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Gray
Right Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Light Green
Right Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Dark Green
SPEAKER REAR
Left Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Brown
Left Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Yellow
Right Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Dark Blue
Right Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Light Blue
Where did u buy the wire harness?
Whats that pin that u have in the fuse to connect the wire
I cannot get sound, how do I get the amp to trigger?
I'm having an issue where my radio still receives power when I turn off my car. I can turn off the radio manually but it still displays the clock and I can turn in the radio with the power button and use the radio with the car off. Help? 08 Cobalt LT Coupe
Did you wire the 12v red wire into fuse box if so you may have put it on a fuse that’s on when cars off so it’s constantly on which will drain your car battery
does this work on a 08?
Does yours have the Pioneer speakers?
Yes it does.
Hey bro I hav a colbalt ss 05 can u please tell me where the red cable goes into the radio and thank u
Into the Radio? You wire it to the other red cable ( 12v Accessory )
MUGEN thanks bro
fit a 2007 cobalt ?
I don't see why it wouldn't. It's still the same generation.
I still don’t have no sound and my dash is blank
Amigo me isiste el dia
pac has a bypass module that works alot better...but whatever everything was fine until that splice for the amp turn on .. the better choice would have been to use the power antenna wire as the amp turn on... this is just advice from a certified 12v installer whom also owes a 06 chevy cobalt ss
I explained why I did it. It's because the radio does not power the antenna if you are using anything else other than the radio. If you switch to Bluetooth mode, it immediately turns off the antenna and you get no sound. It was just my crappy eBay radio.
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Hey , check to make sure you haven't damaged the fuse port when you crammed the red wire acc jumper fuse into the port on the body control module (the fuse box shown). First thing is tripped the passive anti theft kill switch (built in by factory-passkey 3+) , by damaging the fuse port (continuously tripped tamper mode just from wedging it in to the fuse port & interrupting the circuit -low voltage code- gap damage that the wrap around jumper did).
It's all good.
Did you get your steering wheel controls to work?
Can somebody help me
I have 2009 Chevy Cobalt:
-I have Onstar (don't use it or necessarily care to keep it).
-No pioneer sound system.
-I want to keep my driver info.
Now in Crutchfield it looks like I need 2 harnesses. Is this true?
It says I need them to keep the driver info center & that I could only use a 2 inch head unit in order to keep the driver info.
Can anybody shed light on this?
Do I need to still wire a separate wire to the fuse box like I had to with my 2005 Chevy Cobalt?
Does the driver info center get changed to a different display? The one harness package looks like that might be there case.
I appreciate any help.