ok, i was working on an 03 Lancer with stock radio. I replaced the rear deck speakers and they seemed to work fine. However a few hours later the stock radio appeared to have died.

i pulled the radio fuse in the yellow clip under the hood and it seemed fine, however, when i got back in the car, the radio had spit my CD out and worked again, but again, a little while later, it no longer works.

any ideas as to what the cause of this may be?

also, this system has a sub and amp in the trunk, and there were 2 wires coming from the sub or amp (not sure) that i left OFF for the time being (the sub currently does not work without these 2 wires attached to the rear speaker) could this have something to do with it? i am not the one who installed the sub/amp so im not sure what those extra 2 wires on one of the rear speakers is.

also, can anyone quickly tell me what the rear speaker wires (colors for + and -) are so i can double check to make sure i didnt reverse them? maybe that would cause this problem?

update: oh and the clock in dash still works, and the lights around the knobs and buttons on the radio itself still work, any clues? someone has to have some ideas

is there a apm under the seat that runs the speakers you put it? could be over loading... - is negative (black) & + Is positive (red)

no i dont believe there is an amp under the seat. the system is stock except for the sub/amp in the trunk and the 2 new rear speakers i installed. however there are 2 wires coming from the trunk (from either the sub or amp i cant tell) that were ALSO connected to the + and - of the rear driver side speaker. i have no idea what purpose those 2 wires serve and was unable to reconnect them.

any other ideas?