If I was you I would get yourself a phillips head screwdriver and pop the radio door off remove the 4 screws that hold the HU in and pull it out and take a picture of it and post it up here. That will tell us if they did anything crazy pretty fast. The harness from the new HU should be connected to the proper wiring harness for a plug and play install. If you don't have that then your in trouble.

 

Hmm...I wonder if they didn't have the proper plug'n'play harness (didn't know it's a generic honda plug) and maybe did some splicing and dicing behind the HU...in the process, dicing up the constant +12 to the dash...

Scary...

 

Have you called or gone by JB's to see if they would honor the install and the difficulties you're having? If you bought the equipment there and also paid for an install you might want to let them know there is a problem. Ask for the owner/manager and advise them of the situation in a controlled manner.

We have all had bad days and they should be given the opportunity to make it right. Don't jump to the conclusion that they won't fix it without even asking. It might be an honest mistake and an easy fix for them.

If you start pulling things apart I pretty much guarantee they won't cover their work....even with a receipt. If they blow you off then tell all here and we'll try and get you going along with spreading the word about their work.

 

That might not be a bad idea... but I would call and see what they say. But they would never know you opened it up.... You could see pretty quick if they didn't use a harness. It would say a lot about there work. Even if they ran out and had none instock you can get them almost anywhere and they should have just ran to get one. But having the customer wait a little extra then hacking the wiring harness... if in fact they did anything like that. They may not have done anything wrong.

I would still check it out myself first.

 

ok i need to go to Edmonton on 4rth of july do i will go myself at JB's and tell them what happened with my recite ...i dont think they will say "no we wont take a look" so i will give it a try...the guy seemed to knew what he was doing because they install all kinds of this things there and he did it in 45mins and that because he had trouble putting back the radio door (he was extra careful) if this dont work then i will take it out and take pica and post 'em here ;P Thank you for the fast reply and support guys

 

ok i went to JB's and they checked the stereo...i told them what you told me it might be wrong...the guy took it out and put it back in and everything is working fine i told him "what was wrong?" and he told me " i just took it out and put it back " anyways i installed the AEM V2 intake there too and it works PERFECT! i love it! and i also took the car to Honda Yellowhead cause they needed to fix the alarm...all done...so i was driving back to Grande Cache and when i reached Edson the light from the engine went on i had no idea what is wrong since the car is working perfectly but today i noticed that my inside lights wont work at all ( the ones that goes on when you open the door)...

any ideas? i am gonna take it back to Honda and tell them to check it but in the meantime any ideas of whats wrong?

Thank you in advance

 

anyone? any ideas?

 

Sounds like you might want to find a different shop to do the work on your car