I have a '99 gt convertible, and about 11 months ago the mach 460 system started having problems. Occasionally when listening to the radio, it would switch over to CD for a half a second, then back to radio (with or without a cd inside.). This problem became more and more frequent until the radio was unlistenable.
I figured the problem laid between the cassette/radio Head Unit, and the CD Player HU (both stock). So I bought an Insignia HU (which I love), and it worked great.
Everything was working perfectly for months. I then left the country for 3 months and unfortunately for me, my family didn't think of turning over the engine of my car every so often until it was too late. I came back in January, and naturally the car battery was dead. We tried to jump it but no success. We ended up buying a new battery.
A week later the weather turned bad so it was raining alot and the convertible tends to leak in a little water so I prefer to drive another car during that time. about 9 days later, the new battery is dead. I had AAA jump the car. The tow truck guy told me that the altenator was fine (I dunno much about that. I'm a computer guy. I don't know what or how he checked so maybe he's wrong).
A while after that the car battery goes dead again even though I had driven it the day before. Jumped it, worked for a while, rained, didn't use for 5 days, now it's dead again. Last time I tried to start it though my speakers were making a loud humming sound with the little juice left in the battery. Unplugged the head unit and of course the sound went away.
I would suspect the altenator however with past issues with the previous head unit, and the new Humm from the speakers I am not so sure anymore. I think maybe there might be a short with a wire somewhere, but then again, i'm new to car troubleshooting, I just know how to drive them.
If it is wire issues, how much should I be expecting to save up to run new wires through? any ball park figures? Any other issues it could be? I checked the fuses all the small ones checked out fine (I didn't have anything to grab onto the larger fuses to check those out at the time, however I do believe the stereo fuses are the smaller ones.)
P.S. my GT is stock with the exception of upgraded gear ratios and rims.
I figured the problem laid between the cassette/radio Head Unit, and the CD Player HU (both stock). So I bought an Insignia HU (which I love), and it worked great.
Everything was working perfectly for months. I then left the country for 3 months and unfortunately for me, my family didn't think of turning over the engine of my car every so often until it was too late. I came back in January, and naturally the car battery was dead. We tried to jump it but no success. We ended up buying a new battery.
A week later the weather turned bad so it was raining alot and the convertible tends to leak in a little water so I prefer to drive another car during that time. about 9 days later, the new battery is dead. I had AAA jump the car. The tow truck guy told me that the altenator was fine (I dunno much about that. I'm a computer guy. I don't know what or how he checked so maybe he's wrong).
A while after that the car battery goes dead again even though I had driven it the day before. Jumped it, worked for a while, rained, didn't use for 5 days, now it's dead again. Last time I tried to start it though my speakers were making a loud humming sound with the little juice left in the battery. Unplugged the head unit and of course the sound went away.
I would suspect the altenator however with past issues with the previous head unit, and the new Humm from the speakers I am not so sure anymore. I think maybe there might be a short with a wire somewhere, but then again, i'm new to car troubleshooting, I just know how to drive them.
If it is wire issues, how much should I be expecting to save up to run new wires through? any ball park figures? Any other issues it could be? I checked the fuses all the small ones checked out fine (I didn't have anything to grab onto the larger fuses to check those out at the time, however I do believe the stereo fuses are the smaller ones.)
P.S. my GT is stock with the exception of upgraded gear ratios and rims.
