Hi Everyone,

I experienced a weird problem to which perhaps someone here would have an answer. A few days ago, I installed some new speakers in my 06 FEH. I had the radio on the whole time during the install. I got the rear doors without a hitch.

On the front passenger door, I began to attach the first wire, when I heard a -pop- sound that emanated from the driver's side. The radio then stopped working, and the info screen under the tach said something like "brake problem - pull off the road asap (paraphrase) - take vehicle to service center."

I then tried to start the vehicle (by this time, the radio was running about three hours) and the engine would not start. I looked at various fuses (radio, instrument panel, subwoofer, maybe one or two others -all to no avail). All this from attaching a speaker wire? I've attached speakers incorrectly before (other vehicles), and the worst that happened was reversing the phase of the sound.

Does anyone have a good response as to what happened here (other then the obvious)? I haven't tried jumping the car (thinking the battery waas dead -how ironic-), nor have I done anything diagnostic.

I know I should have disconnected the battery before installing the speakers, but I ignored the warnings. I honestly didn't think it was a big deal.

I was thinking about disconnecting the battery now, thinking it would reset whatever condition that occurred. Any help would be great. I guess the worst that could happen is I call a tow truck and have the dealer install whatever -popped- and reset the ECU. TIA.

Jim