Radio problems
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4th Gear
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Radio problems
Anyone have anything similar? Is it wise to trust dealer with electronic problem? Haven't been in a Chev dealership in 40+ years.
2014 Z51 coupe one year old 10,600 miles when trouble began:
10-09-14 Entertainment Center (EC) failed to hook up with Pandora on my phone after playing just fine earlier in the morning.
Volume paddles stopped working. Volume **** still works.
10-10-14 All radio stations would go silent for 5-15 seconds, then come back on. EC display looked normal. Both Sirius & FM stations. All stations attempted.
10-11-14 Still doing above plus sometimes radio would disconnect from station altogether (EC display showed no station), but then it would come back.
10-16-14 On long trip (6 hours), radio would quit working altogether, no sound, blank screen, then would come back on, but lost all preset stations and time showed as 12:00. EC screen auto corrected (after few minutes) to correct time 2 of 3 occurrences. If Sirius, came on to default station (#1), if FM, came on to static, not tuned to station.
10-19-14 On long trip back home (6 hours), got tired of all the unwanted activity, turned the radio off completely by pushing the button in the volume ****. Twice radio came back on by itself, nothing touched on my part.
10-20-14 Voice on Navigation understandable, but all words have short blanks in them. No idea if part of same problem.
2014 Z51 coupe one year old 10,600 miles when trouble began:
10-09-14 Entertainment Center (EC) failed to hook up with Pandora on my phone after playing just fine earlier in the morning.
Volume paddles stopped working. Volume **** still works.
10-10-14 All radio stations would go silent for 5-15 seconds, then come back on. EC display looked normal. Both Sirius & FM stations. All stations attempted.
10-11-14 Still doing above plus sometimes radio would disconnect from station altogether (EC display showed no station), but then it would come back.
10-16-14 On long trip (6 hours), radio would quit working altogether, no sound, blank screen, then would come back on, but lost all preset stations and time showed as 12:00. EC screen auto corrected (after few minutes) to correct time 2 of 3 occurrences. If Sirius, came on to default station (#1), if FM, came on to static, not tuned to station.
10-19-14 On long trip back home (6 hours), got tired of all the unwanted activity, turned the radio off completely by pushing the button in the volume ****. Twice radio came back on by itself, nothing touched on my part.
10-20-14 Voice on Navigation understandable, but all words have short blanks in them. No idea if part of same problem.
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You could try a total reset by disconnecting the battery for 10 minutes. I have not had any problems with the Vette yet but my CTS looses it's mind every once in a while and then magically comes back. It's only happened a few times so it's hard to diagnose. There have been more than a few reported problems with the infotainment system. Some seem to require a software update which your dealer can do.
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4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
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You could try a total reset by disconnecting the battery for 10 minutes. I have not had any problems with the Vette yet but my CTS looses it's mind every once in a while and then magically comes back. It's only happened a few times so it's hard to diagnose. There have been more than a few reported problems with the infotainment system. Some seem to require a software update which your dealer can do.
