Those damn Dodge stereos! They had me pulling my hair out. I have a 2004 Dakota and when the HU quit working, I checked the Radio One fuse and it was good. I only found out later that there is also a Power Amp fuse also. In the mean time, I was gonna replace the HU with the same stock stereo, cuz I liked the way it sounded, especially with a sub. After much BS, I learned that just becuz the HU's look identical in every way on the outside, internally they are completely different. U have to match up the serial numbers exactly. I would suggest that u go to a "u-pull-it" lot and find a matching HU with matching serial numbers and snag the connector plug off of the harness and splice into yours. Good luck in that rabbit hole!

 

P.S. I love yer handle!