2001 cavalier stereo wire colors
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: May 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Topic: 2001 cavalier stereo wire colors
Posted By: natesj239
Subject: 2001 cavalier stereo wire colors
Date Posted: January 17, 2015 at 1:01 PM
I have purchased a new car stereo for my 2001 cavalier , I am in need of the color code chart for the car. Can anybody help me locate this?
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Nate
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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: January 17, 2015 at 2:48 PM
Did you already cut the plug off?
If not, go to a stereo shop and purchase a Metra LCGMRC-01 if you want to do it right. Or purchase a Metra 70-2003 if you do not mind losing your door dinger and retained accessory power.
If you already hacked it off give me a second and I will post a link to the wire colors.
Posted By: natesj239
Date Posted: January 17, 2015 at 4:21 PM
Unfortunately when I purchased the car the radio did not work upon removing the original radio I noticed that half of the wires were already dislodged from the harness so I did just finish cutting them off. Would need to replace anyways.
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Nate
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: January 17, 2015 at 8:59 PM
Head Unit Power
Wire Color Polarity Location Plug/Pin# Note Picture
Battery ORANGE (+) RADIO HARNESS
Accessory THE RADIO HARNESS DOES NOT PROVIDE A SWITCHED POWER SOURCE.
Ground BLACK (-) RADIO HARNESS
Illumination GRAY (+) RADIO HARNESS
Amplifier Turn-On PINK (+) RADIO HARNESS
Head Unit Extra
Wire Color Polarity Location Plug/Pin # Note Picture
Speed Sense 2 DARK GREEN / WHITE (AC) AT PCM MODULE BEHIND PASSENGER FENDER TOWARDS THE FRONT BLACK 80 PIN PLUG PIN #16
Reverse Wire LIGHT GREEN (+) IN HARNESS IN DRIVERS KICKPANEL
Steering Controls 1 VIOLET (DATA) RADIO HARNESS A1
Aux-In Left Signal (+) BROWN / WHITE
Aux-In Left Signal (-) BLACK/ WHITE
Head Unit Audio
Wire Color Plug/Pin # Note
Speaker 1 Front Left (+) TAN
Speaker 1 Front Left (-) GRAY
Speaker 1 Front Right (+) LIGHT GREEN
Speaker 1 Front Right (-) DARK GREEN
Speaker 1 Rear Left (+) BROWN
Speaker 1 Rear Left (-) YELLOW
Speaker 1 Rear Right (+) DARK BLUE
Speaker 1 Rear Right (-) LIGHT BLUE
Posted By: natesj239
Date Posted: January 18, 2015 at 1:11 PM
That helps a lot however , it appears my car has 2 solid black wires. Another question would be since my car does not have a switched wire would I be able to skip connection to the ignition and hope I remember to turn the power off on the stereo?
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Nate
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