So I've had an fairly serious electrical issue while installing my new HU.
I have a 06 Dodge Ram 1500 with the 4 speaker system, it has the REF stereo. I installed a Alpine IVA-D106 (with sirius sat and nav), with a PAC C2R-CHYNA wiring harness, and a PAC TR-7 universal output module (for bypassing the park brake lock out for using the nav while driving).
Everything matched up good, no issues while wiring. Had the neg battery terminal disconnected while I removed the old HU and installed the new HU. When I had the new HU in, I reconnected the neg battery terminal and started the truck.
Everything was cool, new HU looked good, everything seemed to work, but ..... I had a bunch of lights on on my dash, ABS, Park brake, Serv 4wd, etc. So I put the old HU back in to see if it fixes the problem, no luck. i took it to the dealership and they think that the TIPM (totally integrated power module) has failed. About a 1000 buck touch!
Has anyone had a similar issue, I triple checked the wiring, and had 2 friends look it over, and it looks good. So I'm not sure if it was a coincidence or if I did something wrong? And if I should try again when I get the truck back.
Any thought would be appreciated, thanks!
Alpines you always want to go straight to battery as indicated in your install manual.
If TIPM sees more than a 15amp draw it will pop a code.
Make sure your 4X4 switch harness is secure
Disconnect battery again. Negative terminal only for 5 min.
Did lights go away? yes problem fixed
no, disconnect entire radio from factory harness do the battery thing again
if lights out then something wrong with your install if lights still on then
open up your TIPM look for any burnt traces. If your TIPM was bad then your headlights would not work
a TIPM will give an internal fault/failure code when certain codes have been intoduced into ECM or PCM
. Did they just scan it or did they reset it as well. if they did not reset then ask them to reset. Be careful, you can only reset a TIPM 5 times. The 6th time you will have to buy a new one.
Let me know what happens
WOW Im glad I came across this, I installed a IXA -407 alpine in my roomates 07 passat and im having exact same problem with his car. interesting. i went thru unpluggin my install completely still threw airbag code...hmmm
Check to make sure that you didn't blow the main IGN fuse in the engine compartment. Had the same thing happen when my employee removed a remote starter from a customer's vehicle. The IGN1 or IGN2 fuse will cause these lights to appear.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
it was the tipm (totally integrated power module), replaced it and all was fine.