Your chime for low fuel, windshield washer fluid, door open, etc all of those go through the stereo system. (really dum but true).

      2 ways around it... 1 leave the existing stereo in it, cram it back into the dash so that all of this still works, cut speakers wires and other parts of the system you want to control with your new stereo. I tried this for a while, but when I added a Satalite radio module, there wasnt room in the dash for everything.

 

    The other way is to buy a after market module that is very specific to your year of truck that makes the tones that your stereo used to make but its expensive and the tone sounds like crap. Its adjustable but there isnt any comfortable sounding adjustment. If you remove it all together, I am told that you will be prone to error messages on your bezel display that may be incorrrect and or not alarm at all depending on the alarm. I do have this, it works, but after you hear the tone a few times, well you get your keys out of the ignition before you open the door, not during. I am willing to help, but like I said its a pretty good sized job, not impossible and I think its fun. It will also help greatly if you have all of the coloring codes, as well as a after market stereo interface. (connects to factory plugs and then has pigtails that you wire into your new stereo.) Again, you may have thought of all this, thats cool, but it sucks to get into it, have your truck torn apart, and just cant finish the job.

 

Chadster