possible stock stereo issue?

3tegStrong · 08-07-2010, 09:57 AM

anyone know of any malfunctions with the stock stereo?

i can turn it on, the antenna comes up but no stations play. the tape player works but most of the time not very loud. played normal for a couple minutes, then the sound diminished to barely being heard, the speakers cracked when i turned it up and down.
on the way home from a 2 hour trip where the car ran fine, no alt warning light~ we tried to listen to a tape. it played normal for a minute then the sound went away but i forgot to shut it off and kept driving. when we stopped for petro, she wouldn't start back. hardly enough juice to power the dash lights. got a jump and drove home.

the battery was too hot to touch and is trashed=won't take a charge. it's an optima. summit sent out a replacement under the warranty, but I don't want to ruin another optima battery. i put a regular battery in the car and drove it (without turning stereo on) no problems, & it's right on by the multimeter.

anyone heard or know of issues with the factory radios causing electrical problems? any ideas?

Thanks in advance.. I'm totally ignorant on this.

BW_Rx7 · 08-08-2010, 04:23 PM

Is it a BOSE? Could be the loss of full power sent it to the security lock. BW

cewrx7r1 · 08-09-2010, 09:03 AM

Time to pull out the manuals and start checking.

I had a radio receiver failure a few years ago. The FM section of it actually burned up. Smelt smoke and then FM stopped working. AM still worked. I replaced the unit in the center dash.

08-07-2010, 09:57 AM	#1
3tegStrong XRANNIE Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: santa fe, tn iTrader: (1) Posts: 119 Rep Power: 17	possible stock stereo issue? anyone know of any malfunctions with the stock stereo? i can turn it on, the antenna comes up but no stations play. the tape player works but most of the time not very loud. played normal for a couple minutes, then the sound diminished to barely being heard, the speakers cracked when i turned it up and down. on the way home from a 2 hour trip where the car ran fine, no alt warning light~ we tried to listen to a tape. it played normal for a minute then the sound went away but i forgot to shut it off and kept driving. when we stopped for petro, she wouldn't start back. hardly enough juice to power the dash lights. got a jump and drove home. the battery was too hot to touch and is trashed=won't take a charge. it's an optima. summit sent out a replacement under the warranty, but I don't want to ruin another optima battery. i put a regular battery in the car and drove it (without turning stereo on) no problems, & it's right on by the multimeter. anyone heard or know of issues with the factory radios causing electrical problems? any ideas? Thanks in advance.. I'm totally ignorant on this. __________________ got peter? GO NAVY..Thanks to All who've served!!!! http://www.theautolog.com/3tegstrong-1

08-08-2010, 04:23 PM	#2
BW_Rx7 The Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chicago iTrader: (0) Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Is it a BOSE? Could be the loss of full power sent it to the security lock. BW

08-09-2010, 09:03 AM	#3
cewrx7r1 The Judge Join Date: Feb 2008 iTrader: (0) Posts: 196 Rep Power: 17	Time to pull out the manuals and start checking. I had a radio receiver failure a few years ago. The FM section of it actually burned up. Smelt smoke and then FM stopped working. AM still worked. I replaced the unit in the center dash.