Wanted: Stock Radio, Ford E450

Howdy, while I saw this post I also need recomendation/help. I have a 2002 e350 Winnebago mini 24v. It has the "RV radio" with built in weather function. I love that part of it but it will not play CD's. Just get the error message. Can any one suggest a method to repair that function?

Thank you

dicknellen wrote:
On the cutaway chassis I don't think there is a stock radio, every RV maker picks their own brand and installs it in their finished product. At least that's what Winnebago does. Dick

Based on the picture below on the making of a 2007 Phoenix Cruiser, you are correct. The RV chassis is apparently delivered without the radio. But maybe the radio is optional for the outfitter, coming in a boxed kit along with other RV specific items. I say this because our Phoenix Cruiser came with a stock Ford radio.

Stock radio or not, the wire harness and radio connector will be the same. Outfitters with their unique radio will use an adaptor that plugs into the stock harness. If installing a stock radio, you really want to plug-&-play and be done.

I bought new Infinity speakers for our Ford doors to enhance the sound quality of our stock Ford radio. The speakers arrived just a few days ago. It's a project in my queue.

On the cutaway chassis I don't think there is a stock radio, every RV maker picks their own brand and installs it in their finished product. At least that's what Winnebago does. Dick

D.E.Bishop wrote:
I don't know what went wrong with your OEM radio but when my DW's 2002 Explorer, 6 CD changer went south last Christmas, I found a fix on YouTube. Following the video I removed and adjusted the changer. It is working fine now and if it goes again I'll probably fix it again or maybe buy her a new SUV.

Good to know. Thanks for sharing that.

I don't know what went wrong with your OEM radio but when my DW's 2002 Explorer, 6 CD changer went south last Christmas, I found a fix on YouTube. Following the video I removed and adjusted the changer. It is working fine now and if it goes again I'll probably fix it again or maybe buy her a new SUV.

Hi Sam,

What year is your E450?

I ask because shortly after buying our motor home, I replaced our 2007 E350 single CD radio with a six CD version of the same radio only so we could play 6 CDs at a time. I quickly learned Ford changed the main connector in back of the radio around that time. I had bought the wrong radio on Ebay which looked identical in every way (except for the connector socket). After I got the right radio, I sold the wrong one and kept my new-ish single CD unit as a spare.

Here is a picture I took at the time. The two radios on the bottom work with my 2007, one my original single CD, the other my 6-CD. The radio on top is an older model year, maybe a 2005 but not certain of it. It might be older yet. Just make sure your connector will plug into one of these. Also note the white plastic on the radio to the right, the black rubber stem to the left. They are interchangeable pending your E450 mounting requirement.

As others mentioned, you can use the radio from many different Ford vehicles of the same vintage. I would take some pictures of your connector and compare it to the socket on the radio you are considering.

Ron Dittmer



PS: I respect your passion on the tire topic. We will just have to disagree on that one. All is well here on my end.

It is possible Ford may have used the same radio in the F-series as the E-series. Check it out. Should be plenty of stock radios available for F-series floating around.

Check out E bay they have lots of them.