So I was adding some air to my tires with one of those 12 volt compressors that plug into the auxillary plug of a car today when the compressor wouldnt start up for the second tire i tried. i messed around some and finally plugged the compressor into my girlfriend's car and it worked again. meanwhile i find out my radio is not working either. so i figured my aux fuse and maybe radio fuse were blown so decided to check that out (btw, how the hell do people fit under there!! i'm not a big guy and i had to contort myself into there and then my hands could barely fit between everything to get to the fuse box and... well i just dont see how people do it.) anyway radio fuse is still good but aux fuse is blown. could the blown aux fuse cause my radio not to work? it is completely unresponsive but the anti-theft light still blinks (oh yeah, its the stock head unit). my other question is if there are spare fuses in the box under the steering wheel? there was a little row of fuses right next to the fuse puller i thought might be spares but was afraid to pull one. sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any advice!

 

might be the one under the hood. there's 2 types of power that a radio has... a Turn on which is the fuse you blew , and a constant , constant is still working because your theft light it still blinking... just check all your fuses... it's blown somewhere.

 

Yes....replace the fuse...your radio will work. Spares are listed in the owners manual.

 

thanks for the quick responses! ill replace the fuse tomorrow and get back on here with the results!

 

well i replaced the aux plug fuse this morning and the radio works. didn't even have to use the code. seems weird the radio is affected by the aux plug fuse, but oh well. thanks for all the help again!!