I'm lost

[Hunter844 0]

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Forgive me...I'm not very knowledgeable about this stuff.

I have a 2001 Chevy S10 ZR2 (4X4)

I ordered off Crutchfield and they sent me my new Sony Digital Media player and a wire adapter kit.

The problem is it appears to be the wrong adapter. Crutchfield only has one option for my year and make and it's that one

http://www.crutchfie...ss.html?tp=2977

My GM factory plug looks like this...

Next part. I start to drive off without the original factory stereo plugged in and got about a mile down the road before it started dieing on me. I deduced that this truck must have some kind of security protection (I have no clue) so I'm able to get it started again and limp it on home with it dieing a few times on the way. Mind you prior to this the truck had no issues leading to stalling out or anything like that.

I get back and plug the factory radio back in and it runs fine. Well none of this stuff was explained to me so I'm lost as a goose as to how to over come this. In order to further test this theory out I decide to set out again in hopes of finding a wiring harness...no luck but the truck ran great with the factory radio plugged in.

I've emailed Crutchfield and sent them basically the same information and await their response. Really I'd like to find what ever the remedy is here locally instead of having to wait on something to ship in. So far I haven't found anything that looks like it fits my factory plug so I don't know what to do. The factory plug has 15 wires, the new Sony radio has 15 wires, the crutchfield adapter has 13 wires.

Edited October 30, 2010 by Hunter844

[shizzzon 461]

r u sure thats the one that came out of the stock headunit?...

Check the plug(if any) on the other end of that harness and see if it's different.

you might be replacing that harness in ur hand rather than plugging another one to it.

[Hunter844 0]

r u sure thats the one that came out of the stock headunit?...

Check the plug(if any) on the other end of that harness and see if it's different.

you might be replacing that harness in ur hand rather than plugging another one to it.

It's the one that came right out of the end of the head unit. I haven't traced it down but I don't know why it would matter if it does't have enough wires anyway. The dots aren't connecting on this.

The paper work on my truck says it's a 2001 but the radio I have for it has a date code of 2002. Looking at the 2002 wire harness it looks a whole lot more like what I need. I went back to Crutchfield and put in 2002 instead of 2001 and it gave me an option of RDS and didn't do that before. The plug shown is still showing 13 wires instead of the 15 that my factory plug has...so I'm still confused on this. I would gather that has something to do with chimes or something I don't know.

Edited October 30, 2010 by Hunter844

[threedd97 0]

I bet your truck was manufactured in 2001, but it is a 2002 model.

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_12452_Metra+70-2003.html should fit your harness. Yours looks to be a 24 pin and that harness I linked is 24 pin for a 2002 Chevrolet s10.

This one also has a seperate wire for ignition which is probably your chimes. The other extra wires might be for stearing wheel controls or something.

This is the correct harness for your vehicle.

Edited November 1, 2010 by threedd97

[Hunter844 0]

I bet your truck was manufactured in 2001, but it is a 2002 model.

http://www.sonicelec...ra+70-2003.html should fit your harness. Yours looks to be a 24 pin and that harness I linked is 24 pin for a 2002 Chevrolet s10.

This one also has a separate wire for ignition which is probably your chimes. The other extra wires might be for steering wheel controls or something.

This is the correct harness for your vehicle.

Thanks...this is the conclusion I came to on Saturday after convincing the Crutchfield Adviser that I needed a 24-pin connector and not a 20 pin.

Apparently there is also some differences in the bracket kit as well so they are sending one that will cover better. The one they had sent didn't line up and wouldn't come close to covering. The kit for the 2002 also has an option for a 1/2 DIN EQ although I doubt I'll use it.

Just part of it I guess...wasn't anyone's fault.

The date code on the factory radio reads 10/16/02 so it's possible my truck has always been listed incorrectly OR it's got a radio/dash that isn't original to the truck. I've never done a car fax on it...I got it in 2005. I suspect it's possibly been in a wreck but I know it's got a clean title so it may have went under the wire.