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Need radio wiring help 2012 Patriot

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#1 ·
I am trying to install a new radio in my 2012 Jeep Patriot. There is no wiring harness for the wires coming out of the car. I have managed to get the speakers hooked up fine but I have 4 cables left to get the power into the radio. Coming out of the car I have:

Black w/yellow stripe
Grey w/red stripe
Red w/blue stripe
White w/pink stripe
White w/orange stripe

I have tried to look up wiring diagrams but some of these wires I cannot find on any diagram. Is anyone able to identify them for me and give advice on what wires they should connect to in the radio?

Thanks
 
#2 ·
I'd suggest that you contact the seller of the new radio and ask for help. Most after-market radio sellers have adapters to fit nearly all cars. For example, look up Crutchfield and see what they offer. There may be one or two on this forum with wiring diagrams, but the wire assignments do change color from year to year, or at least body update.
 
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#4 ·
Hi Bruce, welcome!

Not sure if this will help, but here's the radio connector wiring according to a 2008 manual. I apologize for the formatting.

CAV CIRCUIT FUNCTION

1 A413 18 RD/LB FUSED B(+) (I.O.D.)
2 - -
3 - -
4 X703 22 DG/OR LEFT AUDIO OUTPUT
5 D55 20 WT/OR CAN B BUS (+)
6 D54 20 WT/PK CAN B BUS (-)
7 X202 18 DG/VT RIGHT FRONT DOOR SPEAKER (+)
8 X292 18 DG/YL RIGHT FRONT DOOR SPEAKER (-)
9 X291 18 GY/YL LEFT FRONT DOOR SPEAKER (-)
10 X201 18 GY/VT LEFT FRONT DOOR SPEAKER (+)
11 Z937 16 BK/YL GROUND
12 A413 18 RD/LB FUSED B(+) (I.O.D.)
13 X60 20 GY/RD POWER ANTENNA SIGNAL
14 - -
15 - -
16 X704 22 DG/PK RIGHT AUDIO OUTPUT
17 X795 22 DG/BK COMMON AUDIO OUTPUT
18 X51 18 DG/DB LEFT REAR SPEAKER (+)
19 X57 18 DG/BR LEFT REAR SPEAKER (-)
20 X58 18 GY/OR RIGHT REAR SPEAKER (-)
21 X52 18 GY/DB RIGHT REAR SPEAKER (+)
22 Z937 16 BK/YL GROUND
 
#5 ·
Thanks Sandstone. From what I understand from this:

Red/LB would connect to battery wire from radio (yellow)

Black/yellow would connect to ground from radio (black)

Grey/red would connect to antenna from radio (blue)

White/org and white/pink would connect to acc from radio (red)

Does this sound right?

Thanks for your help
 
#6 ·
You're welcome!

To be honest, I haven't done a radio swap in one of these so I could be wrong, but I think the way it goes is the RD\LB "always on" I.O.D line (ignition off draw) is used to keep the memory up, so it goes is the yellow wire(?) and the canbus + (WT/OR) and canbus -(WT/PK) are what actually powers the unit, but how it's actually hooked up could depend on the radio you're installing. If you don't have an install guide or the guide you have doesn't give the details, I'd do like Jack says and get with the seller for some help. Better to be sure than blow something up.