Jbrier87

Hey everybody, newbie to the Infiniti world here. I bought my 2011 G37x about a week ago and after driving for a few hours without AUX or Bluetooth I realized just how bad the radio actually is. So I bought the Grom kit and installed it on Friday. Problem is I accidentally put a hole in the ribbon cable between the climate control panel and the navigation panel. I can't find JUST the ribbon cable anywhere. Does anybody have a clue where to find it? I can't find generic ribbon cable that has the same pinning either or else I just make my own. Any help you all can offer would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

ILM-NC G37S

iTrader: (3)

First and foremost, welcome to the forum.

The ribbon cable is not available, new, from Infiniti. Just one of those things... that said, there are a few options:

1) Can your ribbon cable be repaired? If you have decent enough soldering skills (I don't) you should be able to patch the break maybe with a jumper wire. It is not like those wires are high voltage...

2) You might have to scour eBay for used multi-function switch assemblies and get one from there. Luckily there are plenty on eBay- relatively inexpensive- and many have the ribbon attached. You might get lucky and have a seller willing to just sell the cable.

3) I MIGHThave a spare ribbon cable somewhere in my workshop back from when I did my NAV swap. I know I have a few extra switch assemblies. No guarantees and I won't know until tomorrow but if I do I can mail it to you. Again, no promises that I have one. Or;

I will check tomorrow and advise accordingly.
Again, welcome to forum.

Alex

Jbrier87

Thanks Alex, appreciate the reply and the welcome. I was able to find a few of the control panels on eBay with the ribbon attached for decent prices like you said. I'll wait to hear from you before I go the eBay route. Thanks again!

Justin

ILM-NC G37S

iTrader: (3)

Well, unfortunately, I do bot have the ribbon cable. I have 2 switch assemblies, but not one cable. Bummer.

At least there is eBay!

Jbrier87

I've found a few control units with the cable on eBay but I don't know if a Navi control unit has the same ribbon cable as a non-Navi control unit. Anybody have any info on this? The Navi control unit has a lot more buttons so I'm thinking it uses a different ribbon cable??

ILM-NC G37S

iTrader: (3)

The ribbon is the same. Extra buttons = extra resistors/values. My car was originally non-NAV, later swapped to NAV, and have a JDM switch assembly. Same ribbon cable and it works fine.

8f in doubt, get one that matches your setup, but I think you'll be fine either way.

Jbrier87

I ended up getting one with the NAV buttons, 29.99 shipped with the cable. A couple eBay sellers offered to sell just the cable but they wanted $40+ so I decided to just go the cheapest route available. I'll be sure to update the post when I install the ribbon cable.