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VW Jetta stereo blinks like a Christmas tree
I know it's almost the season but this is driving me nuts.
I have a 2000 VW Jetta and my stereo started acting up recently. When I drive it to work in the morning, it just blinks all the way. When i get in the car to come home in the afternoon, it works. There's one detail though: when it does work, the word SAFE comes on first for about 2 seconds. I knwo all about the safe mode and I have the code, and I even tries what the manual says, to press the seek keys and power at the same time to get 1000 and enter the code. But it doesn't work, when it's blinking everything is locked up. One other thing I noticed. When I drive the car it stops blinking and after that the stereo will work. But the next day, I turn the car on and again, nothing but lights blinking. Has anyone ever seen this happen? It alsmost looks like it needs to warm up in order to work. Before I take it in to the dealer I figured I'd ask if anyone has ever seen this happen. Thanks, - Manny. |
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VW Jetta stereo blinks like a Christmas tree
Manny wrote:
I know it's almost the season but this is driving me nuts. I have a 2000 VW Jetta and my stereo started acting up recently. When I drive it to work in the morning, it just blinks all the way. When i get in the car to come home in the afternoon, it works. There's one detail though: when it does work, the word SAFE comes on first for about 2 seconds. Does it have a clock? Does the clock need to be reset? Is this blinking erratic or does it happen at regular intervals? Does it blink when you strike the dashboard or when you hit bumps? Does the blinking affect the sound output? In other words, when it blinks off, does the sound drop out, too? If the blinking is irregular and is affected by vibration, then it sounds like perhaps you've got a loose connection. Has anyone ever seen this happen? It alsmost looks like it needs to warm up in order to work. Sounds a lot like a bad solder joint. -dan |
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VW Jetta stereo blinks like a Christmas tree
Is it only your stereo that blinks? Or do all your car electronics blink
also? lights etc? "D.Kreft" wrote in message oups.com... Manny wrote: I know it's almost the season but this is driving me nuts. I have a 2000 VW Jetta and my stereo started acting up recently. When I drive it to work in the morning, it just blinks all the way. When i get in the car to come home in the afternoon, it works. There's one detail though: when it does work, the word SAFE comes on first for about 2 seconds. Does it have a clock? Does the clock need to be reset? Is this blinking erratic or does it happen at regular intervals? Does it blink when you strike the dashboard or when you hit bumps? Does the blinking affect the sound output? In other words, when it blinks off, does the sound drop out, too? If the blinking is irregular and is affected by vibration, then it sounds like perhaps you've got a loose connection. Has anyone ever seen this happen? It alsmost looks like it needs to warm up in order to work. Sounds a lot like a bad solder joint. -dan |
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VW Jetta stereo blinks like a Christmas tree
Jonathan wrote: Is it only your stereo that blinks? Or do all your car electronics blink also? lights etc? Only the stereo blinks, and it's not an erratic blink. It looks like a sort of constant blinking you see in a turn signal. Nothing functions in the stereo when this blinking is happening. It does not affect any other electronic components in the car, just the stereo, including the CD player. Nothing shows up in the display at all. It starts blinking as soon as I turn the ignition, and it does not stop blinking even after I turn the car off and lock the doors. - Manuel. |
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VW Jetta stereo blinks like a Christmas tree
The way I see it, you have three choices:
1. Take the car to the dealer and pay the outrageous amount of money to let them sort it out. 2. Take the car to a car stereo shop. Have them put a new stereo in (that you buy), and let THEM sort it out. 3. Take it upon yourself to hunt down some electrical anomaly (maybe a shorting constant and/or switched power wire to the deck, maybe a bigger problem - who the hell knows). You may end up trying to put in a new deck (if you can't find a wiring problem), and/or re-wiring the whole thing before you find the problem (IF you find the problem). Sorry Manny, it doesn't sound like a *Normal* problem to me..... ~The Lull Manny wrote: Jonathan wrote: Is it only your stereo that blinks? Or do all your car electronics blink also? lights etc? Only the stereo blinks, and it's not an erratic blink. It looks like a sort of constant blinking you see in a turn signal. Nothing functions in the stereo when this blinking is happening. It does not affect any other electronic components in the car, just the stereo, including the CD player. Nothing shows up in the display at all. It starts blinking as soon as I turn the ignition, and it does not stop blinking even after I turn the car off and lock the doors. - Manuel. |
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