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Hello gents...I have a 03 tt. Once every three or four weeks my radio stops working. In other words no sound through the speakers but the radio still has power. I remove the 15 amp fuse wait a couple of seconds reinstall and the radio works again. Has anyone experienced this? If so is there a permanent fix?
Hello gents...I have a 03 tt. Once every three or four weeks my radio stops working. In other words no sound through the speakers but the radio still has power. I remove the 15 amp fuse wait a couple of seconds reinstall and the radio works again. Has anyone experienced this? If so is there a permanent fix?
If you don't remove the fuse:
1) Will it come back on eventually without powering anything down?
2) Will it come back on the next time you start the car?
If you don't remove the fuse:
1) Will it come back on eventually without powering anything down?
2) Will it come back on the next time you start the car?
I have an 03 as well and encounter this on occasion. I believe this occurs when the head unit and amplifier power on and don't sync together. But I can't provide any proof this is what is happening. I don't usually pull the fuse to get it going again, just turn the car off and then restart. It is very intermittent for me though. Like once a year. I have owned the car for six years and just seem to deal with it. Good luck.
Very difficult problem. I assume the car has a radio with pre-amp plus a separate amplifier. I'm not sure if the fuse powers the radio or the amp or both.
Other than taking it to a dealer I'm going to offer an option that is cheap but may not help at all; but may be worth a try.
Even if the fuse tests good, replace it. I had a fuse with a hairline crack in the filament that tested good but would stop working when it heated up and the crack grew. Just the act of removing it and putting it back in allowed the circuit to be made. I've seen strange things in electrical over the years and this is the only cheap option I can think of trying.
While you're at it, make sure the wires at the terminal strip are tight, and use some sandpaper to polish up the connectors. Don't use a wire brush or you may short out an adjacent circuit. Our natural tendency from your description is to think removing the power from the circuit is what is fixing the problem temporarily, but what may actually be happening is the act of moving the fuse around is what is actually doing it.
Last edited by autobonrun; 05-16-2018 at 11:39 AM.
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How does your ignition switch feel? Smooth never tries to hold the key after shutdown etc...? Is anything else intermittent? Temp display, fan ..? Could be the electrical part of your ignition switch is going bad?
I had same problem with my 03 E/W a trunk mounted CD changer. I pulled the changer for an unrelated reason, disconnected all power and fiber connections. After I reinstalled it I never had the problem again.
I think it was an intermittent connection with the fiber that was causing it.
Each component has an assigned place in sequence, if one of them drops out the system goes into ??? mode and can't recover until it is rebooted.
To learn a little more about how the system works check this thread on Dennison installation. There are two linked installations to study. If you can't get to it you should consider joining Renntech.org. It is one of the better sites for DIY folks. https://www.renntech.org/forums/tuto...orsche-996-c2/
manny_g were you able to figure out the root cause? I am experiencing the same exact issue: "no sound through the speakers but the radio still has power, I remove the 15 amp fuse wait a couple of seconds reinstall and the radio works again". Really frustrating.
My '03 with the MOST double din nav does this occasionally. Oddly the nav voice still works, just the radio makes no sound.
Only happens immediately after startup, most often in the cold.
Turning the head unit off and on has always made it start working again.
Audio upgrades are lost on me, all I use it for is sports talk. So I'm sticking with the antique radio until it quits. Then I'll downgrade to a MOST single din and do the GT3 console.
May not be your problem but I have a 2003 and my voltage regulator before it took a crap affected my stereo, at first volume would be low than it power off. Then it just stop charging I replaced it and stereo was fine.
05-13-2018, 02:33 PM
Radio Stops Working
