[Skanadianboy]

Well, where do I begin? I recently purchased a new aftermarket navagation radio for my 2011 Patriot... I hooked everything up... and turn the key to power, and got no power to the stereo. I started the car and the electrical system started going haywire! My lights were flashing on and off... Pretty much everything was flashing... It is one of those China aftermarket radios that said was good for a 2011... Does anybody have any ideas besides stay away from the chinese?

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[renospatriot]

2011 models have a different can bus then previous years. Not sure if they knew that or not. I have the chineese model nav and it works pretty good in my 2010 Pat.

 

[Afmcronnie]

If it draws more power than the previous unit (likely), then maybe the PCM is interpreting it as a short in the system. You may need to have a dealer "flash" the PCM to recognize the head unit. A second possibility is you actually HAVE a short. I think the work-around for the flash procedure, for which some dealers charge a 1 hr minimum labor fee, is to direct-wire the power lead, on an appropriate fuse, to the battery.

 

[Skanadianboy]

Thanks for the quick replies! Do you know what kind of can bus 2011 has? Isn't there only 3 different ones?