illbirz

Ok, so my 2002 LS had its battery changed this past weekend thanks to my father in law listening to the radio with the dome light on.

It took the AAA guy around 3 hours to get to me and restore power to my beast. In the process the dude blew out most of my fuses, cause the technician was anything but a tech. I got my mechanic to replace the faulty fuse, but he could not restore power to the stereo.

I am here asking you wisemen to see:

If my LS turns on, the windows and the sunroof functions correctly. I do have power to the gauge cluster, and the AC function normal.

THE STEREO DOES NOT LIGHT UP AT ALL. DO I NEED TO START LOOKING FOR A FUSE OR AM I LOOKING AT THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM OF THE STEREO PREVENTING ME FROM USING IT. THE STEREO IS NOT A ML MODEL.

I am not a big fan of the dealers, SO i will go above and beyond the call to find myself a solution.

Any advice is appreciated, and my apologies for the horrible format of this post.

Lavrishevo

iTrader: (1)

Follow the power. 12v DV. Find fuses and double check. Use your owners manual and search. There are many on the LS430. If fuses are fine check for power with a multi meter at the back of your head unit.

bmore430

Sit down with your owners manual and go thru all the stereo related fuses. Did the guy cross the cables when he jump started it? If so you are definitely dealing with some dead fuses in the mix. We have fuse boxes under the hood, dash and trunk.

Tom57

Interior fuse boxes are easily accessible on the driver and passenger side kick panels.

illbirz

I went ahead and checked every fuse box. No fuse is burnt. The only question that remains, is there a fuse in the back of the stereo? I also wonder if when the previous owner installed a parrot hands free on the car, could have altered the electrical route to the stereo?

Poppah

Hi I know this is old but do you recall how you resolved the issues

tofu

Sorry for your troubles but how the heck did he blow out your fuses by replacing the battery?

Poppah

Hi do you have any suggestions on what wld cause the center dash to not have power

tofu

it could be the fuse in the back of the stereo unit, that’s my wild guess.
I have a similar problem on my 2005 Honda S2000 and it took me awhile to find the blown fuse in the back of the stereo unit.