2003 cts amp removal

tmlopez · #1 (**permalink**) 12-06-08, 06:32 PM

I'm trying to remove the amp from my car.. I can remove the (2) connectors on the top, but am having trouble removing the connector on the bottom. Does anyone have hae instructions on how to remove it without damaging it?

yomommas · #2 (**permalink**) 12-06-08, 07:21 PM

nope, but just curious: why?

tmlopez · #3 (**permalink**) 12-06-08, 10:59 PM

It has a short in it, and keeps recyling causing my battery to drain...

tmlopez · #4 (**permalink**) 12-16-08, 01:13 AM

Okay, I thought it was the AMP causing the CD player to spin up every 20 seconds but I disconnected the AMP (I finally figuredd it out), and the CD player continued to spin up every 20 seconds. So my new question is "What would cause the CD player to spin up every 20 seconds?" Could it be an Onstar issue? Of course, now I suspect that the CD player is whats causing the battery to be draining...

blaausl10 · #5 (**permalink**) 12-17-08, 02:11 PM

Do you have navigation?

tmlopez · #6 (**permalink**) 12-18-08, 10:44 PM

No, no navigation system....

guinsdan · #7 (**permalink**) 12-19-08, 07:20 PM

Bump. I think I need to replace my amp. I am getting water in the trunk and I think the amp shorted or something. I have no sound now. Any help on this would be great!!!

jne232 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-28-08, 09:09 PM

Don't know if this will help or not but E-bay has 2 listings for the stock amp non-bose and a bose amp for your year cts. I have this same year cts and I don't know where the amp is can you tell me? I read you say your trunk is getting wet so I suppose somewhere in there, but where? If I could find mine I might be able to tell you for sure how that clip comes off. I'm installing a Jl Clean Sweep to my amp.

txbest1980 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-28-08, 09:43 PM

tmlopez...does your cd player only spin up when you first get in the car and as soon as you turn it off? cause mine does the exact same thing and i am having no problem with my battery being drained. or does your cd player cut on and off while the car is on? also, have you had your alternator checked?

Sammy Z · #10 (**permalink**) 12-28-08, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jne232

Don't know if this will help or not but E-bay has 2 listings for the stock amp non-bose and a bose amp for your year cts. I have this same year cts and I don't know where the amp is can you tell me? I read you say your trunk is getting wet so I suppose somewhere in there, but where? If I could find mine I might be able to tell you for sure how that clip comes off. I'm installing a Jl Clean Sweep to my amp.

The amp is in the trunk on the drivers side in the well.

tmlopez · #11 (**permalink**) 01-01-09, 12:47 PM

Yeh, well, th CD player spins up every 20 seconds after I turn the car off... Not sure about when I first get in...

I had an electrician look at my car and he said that there were two connections on the main fuse box (under the hood) that was drawing power when the car was turned off. He said they were the "BODY W/H - Wiring Harness Connection" connections. Do you have any ideas of how I should address this or any ideas what I should be looking at?

tmlopez · #12 (**permalink**) 01-15-09, 10:12 PM

Okay, I figured out what causing the problem... The trunk release switch was drawing constant power when the car was off. I removed the fuse and the battery is now okay. But the question now is "how is the amp and/or cd player related to the trunk release switch? I'm going to conitnue the troubleshooting by disconnecting the connector on the trunk release mechanism and see if the draw is coming from there, if not it has to be the switch on the drivers side door. All opinions would be appreciated.

Sammy Z · #13 (**permalink**) 01-15-09, 11:04 PM

This is just my guess. Whenever you open a door and the lights go on, the voltaqe drop signals the radio/CD to get to the ready state and spin the CD. Since the trunk switch is bad, the voltage drop is causing the same signal to the radio and the combination of "bad switch" and "spin the CD" are running down the battery.