Greetings everyone. I posted previously about having issues with audio in my 2004 Crossfire. I originally thought I had an amplifier issue, as no audio would play, but the stereo would turn on just fine. However now I have absolutely no idea what is going on!

To clarify, I originally had problems with my stereo cutting out randomly when I first got the car. Everything was stock, and I would say for the first month, the stereo worked flawlessly. However, over time, the stereo would work less and less, and cut out and not come back. It got to the point where the stereo refused to play audio no matter what I did. It has been like that for a month.

Every once in a while, the radio would inexplicably turn on and work completely normally, but would then cut out and go silent after a minute or two. I could still hear the CD spinning, and the time indicator going up. These cut outs became more frequent the longer I owned the car.

We checked all of the fuses and nothing, so I decided to order a new stereo head unit. I assumed that my OEM one went bad because it would power on and cycle through stations, but no audio would come out. I ordered a new Kenwood unit and installed it. Still no sound.

I then ordered a guaranteed good OEM amplifier. This amp was apparently from a 2006 Crossfire. I installed the new amplifier with the new stereo, and still absolutely nothing. Again, the new stereo powers on, but it will not play sound at all.

I tried every combination of new head unit old amp, old head unit new amp, etc. Finally. we connected a wire from the speaker output to one of the speaker wires in the amplifier harness, and it played sound. This confirms that the head unit is not the issue.

After fiddling around with wires for a bit, we were able to get audio completely working out of nowhere. I was very confused but relieved that I thought we had somehow fixed the problem by changing various connections. I ensured the stereo worked 2 times before reinstalling all of the trim, and buttoning up the interior.

However once I put everything back together, I was having the exact same problem as before! The stereo turned on, but no audio would come out! I am seriously at wits end here, and I have no idea what to do.

We tried checking all of the wiring, and it seems like everything is getting power correctly, and we have checked all of the fuses multiple times.

If anybody could please help me it would be greatly appreciated! I don't have that much money to spend on this, I just want to get some sort of audio working again! Thank you for your help.