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Jul 24, 2009 | 03:15 PM

vettenut

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Audio question

I went for a very short trip to the Post Office. When I got back in my 2008 the Audio was dead. The NAV screen showed everything as it should. Anyone have this happen or know the cure?

Jul 24, 2009 | 03:24 PM

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I went for a very short trip to the Post Office. When I got back in my 2008 the Audio was dead. The NAV screen showed everything as it should. Anyone have this happen or know the cure?

Sounds like just a communications issue. I'm betting if you shut it down and restart it will probably come back. If that doesn't do it I'd be checking the fuse. There is a fuse for the radio in the passenger footwell and a fuse for the audio amplifier in the engine compartment fuse box. I'd start with the amplifier fuse.

Jul 24, 2009 | 08:08 PM

Larry/car

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Mine has dropped preset stations and wouldn't turn on. As I drove the radio started working and after some time the preset stations came back. Go figure.

Jul 24, 2009 | 08:19 PM

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Mine has dropped preset stations and wouldn't turn on. As I drove the radio started working and after some time the preset stations came back. Go figure.

Larry/car.....are you referring to the XM presets?

My XM radio has done this a few times, but the FM radio hasn't had any problems.

Jul 24, 2009 | 08:31 PM

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I'll bet it's the battery. Mine did that and shortly thereafter the battery went out. A new battery solved the problem and it has not happened since.

Jul 25, 2009 | 02:44 PM

vettenut

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Audio - Day 2

The car sat all night in my garage, This afternoon I got im and set accessory mode on. The Audio play fine. Started the car and the Audio died. WTF?

Jul 25, 2009 | 03:46 PM

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Mine has dropped preset stations and wouldn't turn on. As I drove the radio started working and after some time the preset stations came back. Go figure.

This has happened to me a few times too. I never have figured it out.

It was the FM only.

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Jul 25, 2009 | 08:48 PM

Larry/car

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My presets were gone on FM and XM. I never use AM so didn't have anything preset there. My heater controls had issues too. Everything fixed itself after about 20 minutes of operation.