Kicker SRAMCQ09 User Manual

Subwoofer Power Harness
Wire Ties x 6

SRAMCQ09

Designed for 2009 & newer Dodge® Ram vehicles

Subwoofer

Subwoofer

Harness

Subwoofer

Amplifier

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SRAMCQ09-A4-20160316

Adapter Harness

Bolt (only for solid re ar bench seat)
Fuse
Wire Taps

2

Power H arness Routing

Fig 1

Insert

first

Then depress

Fig 3

Fig 2

1. Disconnect negative battery cable

2. Make sure the supplie d fus e is not installed in the fuse holder of the subwoofer power
harness and connect the harness to the stud pictured in Fig. 1. Torque stud nut to 14Nm
(124in-lbs)

3. Route the power harness toward the driver’s side factory firewall grommet and secure with
the supplied wire ties.

4. Make a small incision in the grommet and pass the power harness into the cabin. Fig. 2

5. Install the black two pin power connector on the subwoofer power harness by first inserting
the terminal fully into the connector and then depressing the blue retainer. Fig. 3

Note: Make sure the blue retainer in the
center of the connector is not depressed – it
should be flush with the front of the
connector. If the retainer is depressed, the
terminal will not fully seat in the connector
body. Make sure the terminal is installed into
position 1 on the connector body. There
should be a block-out plug installed in
position 2 in order to prevent the terminal
from being installed into the wrong position
on the connector.

6. ground wire for both the subwoofer an d amplifier harness. Fig. 11 Torque to 5Nm

terminal

blue retainer

3

Subwoofer Harness Routi ng

Fig 4

Fig 6

Fig 5

7. Remove the driver’s side kick panel as well as the
front and rear sill plate along the bottom of the
door opening by snapping loose.

8. Connect the subwoofer harness ground ring to the
factory ground point below the steering column.
Fig. 4

9. Connect the subwoofer two-pin black power connector to the power harness two-pin
connector.

Subwoofer Input Connection with Non-Premium Audio (base audio)

10. Find the gray/yellow striped wire and the gray/purple striped wire in the connector to the left
of the brake pedal. For 2009-2012 see Fig. 5, For 2013-present, see Fig. 6

Subwoofer Input Connection with Kicker Amplifier.

11. Connect the white two-pin input connector of the subwoofer harness to the white two-pin
connector of the Kicker amplifier harness.

Subwoofer Input Connection with Premium Audio (includes Kicker 12 channel upgrade on 2009-2012)

12. Locate the factory amplifier just below and left of the steering column. Find the gray/brown
striped wire and the green/brown striped wire in the 16-pin amplifier conn ec tor and install the
supplied wire taps with pliers.

13. Connect the green wire of the adapter harness to the wire tap on the gray/brown wire.
Connect the brown wire of the adapter harness to the green/brown wire.

14. Connect the adapter harness two-pin connector to the subwoofer input two-pin connector.

15. Route the subwoofer harness along the driver’s side door opening. Route the ten-pin
connector under the driver’s seat and out of the existing hole. Fig. 7

16. Remove the two 8mm bolts holding the bracket for the seat wiring. Mount the amplifier/
bracket assembly as shown in Fig.8