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Receiver Wire Harness

For select 1998-03 Ford and Lincoln vehicles

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Installation Note: This harness uses your factory amplifier; your new stereo must have one pair of preamp outputs to connect this harness.

This vehicle-specific wiring harness makes connections between your new car stereo and your car's electrical system.

First, attach the color-coded wires on your Crutchfield harness to the wires from your new stereo. If you don't know how to use a soldering iron, we recommend that you purchase some wire connectors that you'll use to attach the Crutchfield harness to your factory harness.

Now, once this harness is connected to your new stereo, you'll be able to plug right into your car's factory radio connector. This harness makes installing your new stereo easier, and allows you to put the factory radio back when you sell your vehicle or return it at the end of the lease. A detailed instruction sheet comes with the harness. Warranty: 60 days.

Please read this important note: This harness may not contain provisions for every wire needed to complete your installation, and it will not accommodate special navigation, video, or factory steering wheel control connections. You will need a special adapter if you want your factory steering wheel audio controls to work with your new stereo.

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Note: Most vehicles will require additional installation parts — please identify your vehicle if you haven’t done so, then check here for a list of parts. You can also call an Advisor for more information.

 

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  • 8" Receiver wiring harness
  • 8" Sub amplifier harness
  • 8" Power Antenna harness
  • Instructions

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Crutchfield Wiring Harness: Crutchfield wiring harnesses prevent you from having to cut your vehicle's factory radio plug when replacing your factory radio with an aftermarket head unit. Simply solder or crimp the Crutchfield wiring harness to your aftermarket head unit's harness (solder & crimps not included), plug the aftermarket head unit's plug into the rear chassis of the aftermarket head unit, and plug the Crutchfield wiring harness into your vehicle's factory radio plug.

Note: Installation tools, hardware, & accessories are not included & sold separately. Please see the Accessories tab for recommendations & availability.

Wiring Notes: If the Crutchfield wiring harness is not equipped with a ground wire, you will need to ground the aftermarket head unit's ground wire to the metal chassis of your vehicle. Some vehicle's may require you to bypass the vehicle's factory amplifier (in another location from factory radio) or hardwire certain connections. If your vehicle is equipped with factory steering wheel controls, an additional adapter is required & sold separately.

Wire Code Chart:

(Power/Speaker Wiring Harness)

Wire Color Function
Red +12 Volt Accessory
Yellow +12 Volt Constant
Black Chassis Ground
Black/White Note Used (tape off)
Orange Illumination
Orange/Black Not Used (tape off)
White Left Front Speaker +
White/Black Left Front Speaker -
Gray Right Front Speaker +
Gray/Black Right Front Speaker -
Green Left Rear Speaker +
Green/Black Left Rear Speaker -
Violet Right Rear Speaker +
Violet/Black Right Rear Speaker -

(Power Antenna/Cell Mute Harness)

Wire Color Function
Blue Power Antenna
Grey Illumination

(Amp Turn-On/Sub Harness)

Wire Color Function
Black/White Amp Ground
Black/White Amp Ground
Blue/White Amp Turn-On
Blue/White Amp Turn-On
White RCA Left Subwoofer Channel
Red RCA Right Subwoofer Channel

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5 out of 5

great easy hookups

Written By e, hicksville ny on Saturday, April 27, 2013
Installed in a 2003 Ford Windstar
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plug and play just put the wires together and plug in your ready to go
Pros:
easy just follow the colors
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5 out of 5

Makes installation easy

Written By dwh, Ohiopyle Pa. on Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Installed in a 2000 Ford Windstar
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Match wire colors, pull the old radio with included tool, connect plugs,and insert radio, Installation took less than an hour and everything but wire splicers is included.
Pros:
easy
Cons:
none
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5 out of 5

2002 Ford Mustang GT Amp Wiring Harness

Written By Mike, Maryville, TN on Friday, March 29, 2013
Installed in a 2002 Ford Mustang
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Finally after trying other manufactured wiring harness's I found one that works. Everyone else selling a 2002 Mustang harness had the wrong size plug for the amp connection. It looked close but the pins would not line up. I admit I was skeptical about this fitting but others said it would. Worked great!
Pros:
Finally found the right connector that works with the Mach 460 amps in my 2002 Mustang GT.
Cons:
Not a thing
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5 out of 5

02' Saleen Mustang S 281 -SC

Written By tyzride, Boise, ID on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Installed in a 2002 Ford Mustang
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Wiring harness worked perfectly for my 2002 Saleen Mustang S281 - SC with the Mach 1000 system. Installed a new Pioneer DVD double Din deck.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful
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5 out of 5

wire harness

Written By memo21, moreno valley, a on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Installed in a 2002 Ford Mustang
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This worked great with my 02 mustang gt mach 460 system, though there wasnt a need for the baby blue and brown wire harness. With this i added splitters to a seperate amp and sub which sounds great.
Pros:
Good product, makes for an easy install
Cons:
No need for bby blue and brown wire and one harness needed a bit of push to sit correctly
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5 out of 5

Just what I needed

Written By Bobby, Fairview, TN on Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Installed in a 2003 Ford Windstar
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There isn't much to say about these really. They work as they say they do. What makes this special though, is that it comes with every piece you need to wire up your stereo properly. It has the main wire harness for your speaker connections and things like that, antenna harness so your antenna has proper power, and the amplifier harness in case you have a factory amp. I didn't need the amp harness, but I did need the antenna one. If I had went to autozone, I would have only gotten the main one and my antenna wouldn't be getting the power it needs, since it is an in glass antenna. Thanks for having the proper parts crutchfield!
Pros:
It works It has every harness for the car
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5 out of 5

Receiver Wire Harness

Written By Anonymous, casa grande, az on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Installed in a 2001 Lincoln Town Car
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perfect wiring
Pros:
easy to do
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5 out of 5

Excellent Harness!

Written By PC, Connecticut on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Installed in a 1998 Lincoln Town Car
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The folks at Crutchfield did their homework well with this wiring harness. Crutchfield was the only vendor that had all 3 connectors in a single package/purchase AND with documentation. I compared the actual wiring of this Crutchfield harness to an official Ford electrical manual - Crutchfield got it right!!! Car electrical is not for the faint-of-heart so I can't stress how important it is for a vendor to get it right to save the customer from plugging in a $700 head-unit into faulty/incomplete/hacked-up wiring harness. Nice job Crutchfield!
Pros:
The immense benefit of not hacking or splicing into the car electrical system. Can put the stock radio back in in 5 mins with no evidence that an after market head unit was ever installed.
Cons:
Yes, that I wasted my time believing that vendors (other than Crutchfield) who should know what they are doing with car electrical connectors for aftermarket head-units, don't.
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5 out of 5

Receiver Wire Harness

Written By MarkL, Charleston, SC on Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Installed in a 1998 Lincoln Continental
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A Crutchfield adviser helped me pick this part. Saved me the trepidation of, "Did I get the right one?" Most helpful. The harness worked perfectly and instructions were clear. I'm very happy with the result.
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4 out of 5

Not exactly intuitive... but easy enough

Written By JamesR, College Park, MD on Friday, August 05, 2011
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All the wires necessary are there, but if you are replacing a bottom line stock stereo it's not exactly intuitive where they all go. Yes, there is a diagram that is helpful, but for a stock unit you are not using most of the wires. End of the day I would get it again, and do it again. Had the whole stereo and speakers replaced 90 min. after the package arrived from Crutchfield. Great job guys!
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