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garrett12 
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i have a 2001 huyndia elantra i just put a new headunit in and it worked fine until 2 days later the dash lights and the passanger side tailight wont come on and the fuse keeps blowing.  would it be something i hooked up wrong and if so why would it wait two days
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Because it took 2 days to short out?
Or you ran it in at low volume?
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You probably used the vehicles illumination wire as ground for the new radio.  Cut the radios ground wire from the wire in which it is connected, and ground the radio to the chassis of the vehicle.

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I like that one Craig, did it myself on a Datsun 240Z in the 70s!
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probably took two days for you to drive at night and turn on the headlights.....
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Howie, I do not know of a single installer who has not done that one. 
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Doubly so when some Nissans even recently (e.g. European Micra) used the side fixing (metal) brackets to ground the OEM head unit, many times I've run a separate ground lead, but if you don't know or test you assume = trouble.
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i didnt even hook up the illumination wire i used the ground on the harness, i was gonna go straight to the chassis but i decided not to because i wasnt installing a system in there just a head unit.  i did turn the headlights on, they worked fine everything was lit up but something poped over near the glove compartment the day they went out and they didnt come back on even when i changed the fuse and ive been trying to track down the problem through the wires but i have yet to find it
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i guess i could just ground it to the chassis anyway just to eliminate that as a problem, but i have it hooked up the exact same way as i did when i had a head unit in there the last time and it worked perfect for a couple years.   im thinking also that maybe a bit of water got in ahold to the wires because my girlfriend left the trunk cracked in a storm we had, and the trunk had some water in it around the wires
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water + electronics = ??? (ask old spark)

Mr. I...What...Hooking up the illumination...? Is that like using a test light in newer vehicles(winks at howie)...? "why does the radio cut-out when i turn my headlights on"...Hey howie...Have you heard about the scramblers they want to install in vehicles to jam your phone while in your car...Just wondered if it had any traction on that side of the pond!

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