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Radio stopped working after nearly 23 years.

Discussion in 'General Tacoma Talk' started by DragonsREpic, Jun 5, 2024.

  1. Jun 5, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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    DragonsREpic

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    I have a 2002 Tacoma (aka the rust bucket).
    I checked every fuse and they all seem to be fine. It was sitting a several days after I moved. I started using it again and to my shock the radio doesn't turn on or respond at all. I'm assuming it's a power issue but im not sure. Its a 2002 Toyota Tacoma 5spd manual SR5 Base 2.4L. I pulled every (small) fuse and they were ok. Now I noticed my clock and dome light doesn't work.
    The hell is going on?
    There should be 2 images. This is the first time I posed anything. There should be pics of the fuses. Thx guys.17176305020135037753564764469152.jpg 17176305298702742839115467842990.jpg 17176305499878285664659648423065.jpg
     
  2. Jun 5, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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    clock, radio and dome lights i believe are typically all off the accessory circuit

    according to this:
    https://www.startmycar.com/toyota/tacoma/info/fusebox/2002

    in your underhood fuse box, it appears you might have misplaced a 15A fuse. from the top of your picture, and ignoring the left-column of fuses, while paying attention to the 'pairs' it should go:

    empty
    120A
    50A, 50A
    30A, 40A
    15A, 7.5A (left is fog lights, right is charging system)
    15A, 15A (left is for dome/radio/gauges, currently empty, right is for cigarette lighter port)
    7.5A, empty
    20A, empty
     
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  3. Jun 11, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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    Omg your absolutely right. I have no idea what happend to that fuse
    And
    Holy shit where has this site been all my life?!
     
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    RichochetRabbit

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    Where do you put the 8-track tape?
     
  5. Jun 16, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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    It doesn't have one?
    Its 2002 and im 32
     
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  6. Jun 17, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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    DragonsREpic

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    I have no idea where you getting 8 tracks from. It has a cd player and cassette player as its 2002. Doesn't have aux nor 8 track. The new fuse did fix the issue but my radio still doesn't work so im back at square on.
     
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  7. Jun 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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    the next thing to check would be the wiring behind the head unit. it's very possible that it's just time for a new radio, but that's only useful if all the power is behind it. specifically, you'll want to be testing the 'power', 'ground', and 'acc' wires. power will have +12v on it all the time, acc will have +12v only when the key is turned on, and ground is the return, so connecting a test light to this pin, and either of the other two should light it up.

    this is for a 2003 tacoma, and be warned, most times i've tried diagrams like this they're sometimes only half right, so don't treat these colors as an absolute, only a guideline.

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