Chrysler Repair: 99Voyager: stereo, lights, and horn quit when installing new radio, factory wiring harness, chrysler vehicle

Question
QUESTION: my husband was trying to put a stereo in my van and cut the factory wiring harness then we reattached it and hooked it up to a wiring harness from Walmart to put in my stereo and all of a sudden the interior lights the headlights the stereo and the horn all stopped working. i need to know how to fix this any suggestions?

ANSWER: Hi Heather,
There are two fuses that supply the audio circuit: fuse 8 (10 amp) in the fuse box under the dash, and fuse 28 (10 amp) in the box in the engine compartment. I suspect that those fuses blew because the instructions for wiring up the stereo to a Chrysler vehicle are wrong and so those fused power wires were inadvertantly grounded. I would disconnect the new stereo and then reconsider what it is that you attached to the pink wire (which carries 12V all the time from fuse 28 and powers the interior lights and some functions of the body computer, and to the red/white wire (which carries 12V when you turn the ignition switch to run position and powers part of the radio) of the original wiring harness as for some reason both those wires are shorted to ground which blows the fuses. If you can tell me what the instructions/wiring assigments of the new harness are supposed to do I can probably tell you where you have gone wrong.
Roland

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QUESTION: we put the factory harness back on would that make a  difference do i need to go back and make sure its all hooked up right?

Answer
Hi Heather,
If everything works again then you have little to worry about so long as you covered all the reconnected wires that were bare to circumvent any short circuits. Let me know if not or if you want to try the install of the new unit again. I responded to the question from your husband of 3/29 which appeared in the question pool, this morning.
Roland