Electrical Nightmare

[SpawnedX]

Car:

1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX

Problem:

Amp, Radio and CD Changer all pulling power when car is off. AC won’t turn on. They all converge off the same fusible link under the hood. I will tell you the route they all go.

Radio from fusible link 2 to fuse 11 under the hood

Topic

[redfury]

sounds like the factory amp got shorted when you did the “oopsie”, killed the amp but caused it to draw power…probably by fusing the contacts on the internal switch circuitry.

Never been a big fan of stock amplifiers in cars….seems to just be one of those things car manufacturers have a hard time getting “right” when it comes to anyone owning one and being any level of an audiophile.

[SpawnedX]

No the amp is fine, I even switched out to the amp from my 98 GST just in case that was the case. If I had to put a number on it I am 98% sure it’s the ETACS computer.

Sounds better this way, so I am happy as a pig in mud.

[redfury]

Well, as long as you are happier after the fix than you were before, it’s a net gain, right?

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