I'm installing an aftermarket HU in my friends 2006 cobalt, i think thats the year, he doesnt even know for sure. I searched a lot on here and couldnt find what i was looking for. Anyway, he doesnt have nav, or onstar or any of that stuff. I bought this harness off ebay, and it doesnt fit. Here are the pics of the factory harness, could someone please point me in the right direction, thanks.

one that doesnt fit-http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&sspagename=STRK%3AME WN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=220058167853&rd=1&rd=1

picture of the harness i bought that doesnt fit.



this is the factory harness and the factory radio. SOrry for the low quality pictures, it was at night and i was very frustrated. the factory harness is actually 2 pieces.

 

Thats a 2007 , its very different from the 2005-2006 . From all I know you can use the adapter harness for the HHR that has that same radio , but you have to switch a couple wires in the aftermarket harness around to work with the Cobalt . Most of the wires are the same and the hhr has the same 2 small connectors . Send a PM to redpiranhacobalt . Hes doing this right now in his 2007 with a aftermarket HHR harness . I sent him all the wiring pinout info he needed so he should have it figured out sometime today . FYI - to my knowlege there is not a Cobalt specific 2007 harness yet or the aftermarket is just assuming the Cobalt wiring is the same as the HHR and listing the harness as such .

Hope that helps .

 

Wow that wasnt what i wanted to hear, thanks for your help though. im pretty swift with electronics so i guess ill get the hhr one and see what i can do. thanks for your input.

 

...no problem . Do check to see if you can a 07 adapter for the Cobalt yet first .

 

none on ebay and didnt see one on crtuchfield...

 

....i didn't listen to this advice, so i'll pass it along with while saying, listen to me...
HARDWIRE IT!

Seriously... a wiring kit is over $100.... not worth it....

 

this looks like the one i need.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/06-Ch...QQcmdZViewItem

and then ill just pull the pins and insert them into the right ports. sounds like cake to me

 

The wiring kit is NOT over $100, and cutting apart the factory harness is a pretty stupid thing to do, IMO.

 

I've only cut the factory harness in one car and the kid who owned the car had told me to. I warned him of all the cons before hand and he didn't care.

 

...my bad... i didn't notcie that you don't have the Pioneer system....

The wiring kit for the SS-SC (UQ3 system) is over $100... (CDN mind you...)

 

Maybe if your looking to retain onstar it's $100 but without onstar it's around $15. Hell mine was $10 I got a harness that just needed repinned and it was easy from there.

 

The Pioneer system doesn't matter. The only way you need the expensive harness is if you have Onstar and want to retain it.

 

Maybe Metra just tries to rape us Canadians???

Here is my original post, ranting about the $$$ harness...
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/electronics-audio-video-49/expensive-wiring-harness-38956/

 

well i bought the hhr harness, ill repin it when i gets here and see if it works or not

 

did the hhr harness get there yet? Ill give you the pinouts, and instructions when it does. I did this to my 07 there is only one problem. well 2 actually.

1) the dimmer wire, and another, which is the chimes, does not have anything to plug into on the hhr harness. So your chimes will not work, the dimmer doesnt matter. But you will have no chimes, which voids the warranty, so you will have to put the stock radio back in when you take your car to the dealer.

2) With RCA cables plugged in the back of my headunit, it wouldnt fit into the dash.... So i had to go to radio shack, and get the elbow out the side, rca plugs, and cut the old cables and wire the new plugs in myself.

After that though, everything works great! subs and all.

And, may I ask... HOW THE **** DID YOUR FRIEND NOT KNOW WHAT YEAR HIS CAR IS? especially if its an 07!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its written all over the place! where did he get it?

 

did the hhr harness get there yet? Ill give you the pinouts, and instructions when it does. I did this to my 07 there is only one problem. well 2 actually.

1) the dimmer wire, and another, which is the chimes, does not have anything to plug into on the hhr harness. So your chimes will not work, the dimmer doesnt matter. But you will have no chimes, which voids the warranty, so you will have to put the stock radio back in when you take your car to the dealer.

2) With RCA cables plugged in the back of my headunit, it wouldnt fit into the dash.... So i had to go to radio shack, and get the elbow out the side, rca plugs, and cut the old cables and wire the new plugs in myself.

After that though, everything works great! subs and all.

And, may I ask... HOW THE **** DID YOUR FRIEND NOT KNOW WHAT YEAR HIS CAR IS? especially if its an 07!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its written all over the place! where did he get it?

 

it is here, ive got it sitting on my desk now. im not worried aobut the chimes, and ill see what i can do about the RCA, i just need the pin outs, so if u could just post them here or send them to me in a PM, it would be greatley aprreciatied, and i have no idea how he didngt know what year his car was. DumbA.. i guess

 

Connector 1

pin 1 - red/white / battery positive voltage
pin 2-3 blank
pin 4 - dark green / right front speaker positive
pin 5 - light green / right front speaker negative
pin 6 - grey / left front speaker negative
pin 7 - tan / left front speaker positive
pin 8 - black/white / ground
pin 9 - dark green GMLAN low speed serial data

Thats it for connector 1

Connector 2
pin 1-3 blank
pin 4 - dark blue/ right rear speaker positive
pin 5 - light blue / right rear speaker negative
pin 6 - brown / left rear speaker positive
pin 7 - yellow / left rear speaker negative
pin 8 - pink/black cellular telephone voice signal
pin 16 - orange/black / Cellular telephone voice low reference

* pin 8 and 16 in C2 may be blank if u dont have onstar

Thats its . Pretty simple for the base radio

~~~~~~~~~ FROM SILVERSS/SC

 

awesome!!! thanks alot for that, im gonna get it done tomorow.

 

thats the same harness as the 2006+ saturn vues and 2007 hyundai santa fes in case anyone was wondering.

 

This is GM's chart for the stock harness correct?

 

yeah, if you need help decifering it, lemme know

 

Hi, where can I buy the harness to have my 2007 cobalt changed to pioneer avic-n3. I would like to have the steering wheel controls, use on-star, and have i-pod.

Do you have part numbers for the harness or adapters?

 

THERE ARE NO HARNESS' MADE FOR 2007 YET! thats why we did it ourselves...

no company makes them yet.

 

I'm also looking for a harness but for a 06 without the pioneer system and without onstar