2008 Mitsubishi Lancer radio problems.

Ok, speaking from personal experience with the sirus in my wife's passat, they have put in 2 radios, and they both do exactly the same thing. It goes off under bridges when it rains etc. the link keeps going in and out, I am going to try for a 3d radio, but it seems that certain radios are just junk, not that this helps, but I thought you should know, peace,Gym

Reading al the guys comments and so I recomend to lay wire directly from your car batt ground and + just to make sure the radio is ok, I also thing that your should install a permanant wire to solve your problem. It can be a bad conection asswell check ignitian wait till radio/cd gos dead mesure to see if any power on both sides of your radios Fuse in fuse panel.

Thankl you

Hi,
The most likely cause of failure here is the wiring as told by DAVE.We faced a particular issue in of our cars, where the radio use to go out, when we use to turn the car, either to the left or the right and it would then come on all of a sudden. The problem was with the wiring jack , thats below the stearing colum, that connects to the ignition switch. get the same checked. The only way, i can think of to solve your problem is , to remove the radio from the dasboard pocket , and wire it directly with the battery and run it and then check if stays connected all the tiime. Its a new car. so the factory is bound to repair the same.

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proton


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proton

It doesn't sound like the radio or the other bs they been telling ..it sound like they have the power wire hooked to a circuit breaker .that would explain the radio going off and then coming back on. when the breaker trips the radio will go off and after it cools and reset the radio will come back on.. maybe that's where they should start looking. try running power wire from different source... hope this helps ..
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Hi and welcome to FixYa,

If I may add... a couple of ideas to further explore:

• almost always, most modern units would have 2 types of B+ supply, always on B+12 and an ACC +12;
• to determine which of the two has a probable issue, pls check if the memory/presets of the tuner of the radio disappears on the occasions that the problem surfaces;
• the idea is, if and when the problem occurs and thereafter resumes operation, check if the stations pre-selected/memorized are still there; if yes then it is the ACC +12 which is causing the fault, if the memories are gone and unit reverts to factory default settings, then it is the always on B+12 that is intermittent;
• the always on B+12 is directly connected to the wire that goes straight to the + terminal of the battery;
• the ACC +12 is only present with the key either in Accessories, ON or Start.

Any product can be restored to the last good working level by the RESET option.remember, if you have changed some settings accidentally this would cause the system to work not properly .try to reset the unit as possible.you have said there is no problem with the supply or with the circuit in it.so it may be due to some settings error.so check it.the product manufacturer or the dealer have all times responsibility on the products he sell.so call him if the problem cannot be fixed with yourself

That sounds like a classic grounding problem. The manual for your stereo should include a description of what the wiring harness looks like, what's what on it. There's almost certainly a separate ground wire in the pack that goes elsewhere.

You may wish to consider splicing that wire and creating your own ground elsewhere. It may be most convenient, as convenient as working on modern cars are, to punch a tiny hole through the fire wall and then go to the ground at the fuse box. -That- said, you may risk introducing RF interference in the rest of the car if the radio flakes out. It's a good idea, in terms of fire, sound proofing and noise, to dab some high-temp silicone around where the wire enters the firewall.

You are right about the explanation they gave your wife, a radio will not shut off because the signal is weak or lost. You will just get no sound, or hear the superhetradyne effect (static).

If they really did replace the radio, you have a wiring problem that would be difficult at best to diagnose online. It is possible that they did not replace the radio, they just told you they did. If that is the case, you may have some broken solder connections in the radio that would need to be resoldered.

A little more information is needed to help figure this out. I have been repairing car audio equipment for over 18 years and have seen just about everything and this really sounds like a problem with the wiring harness or a broken wire that leads to the amp and is intermittent if the radio was really replaced. These type of problems will require a lot of work to narrow down which wire is at fault. It could even be the harness that plugs into the back of the radio. Just so you know, the power rating of a speaker will not overheat your radio, the impedance of the speakers can cause that, but not the power rating. If the impedance is too low it will draw more current out of the radio. Most car stereos are rated for 4 ohms, if you have 2 speakers on one channel that are both 4 ohms you have just created a 2 ohm load which will cause overheating and the radio shutting off. If you have added more speakers to the system than what was intended it could be causing the problem. It is always a good idea to have speakers that are higher rated in wattage than the rated output wattage of the amp. It will save you from blowing up the speakers with too much power going into them. Speakers will only play the amount of power that the amp is capable of putting out. If you understand "Ohms Law" it would clear that issue up for you. As your volume goes up the voltage level on the output also goes up. Your speaker is at a nearly fixed resistance so the only way for the power to go up is if the amplifier increases the voltage level (volume). If you have factory speakers that were made for your head unit and amp, you should have nothing to worry about with them unless one of the speakers is starting to go bad.

Please respond back with more information about your problem. Does the radio turn off, lights and all? Does the radio seem to be on but you hear no sound? Can you see the display lit up but no functions? Does this happen when you are just sitting still in the car, parked, or only when you are on the road?

If you would like more help from me please address your post to me ie: @tech48 or @Dave, or just address your post to whomever you would like to communicate with. It helps in knowing if you have seen our solutions for you and if you want more information from any particular expert here.

Thanks,

Dave.

Hi
Did you check to see if a fuse was blown? 

Low battery?
Loose or corroded battery cable? 
This is a very common problem see this website for details http://www.shareamemory.com/radio/paypal_donation.htm
ake the radio out and raise the resistors in the power supply to keep them cool

Alright.
Do all these things if your so inclined.

Check the Remote Wire that goes from the AMP to the forn of the car and connects to a wire thats HOT while the car is on. Also make sure that the Power Wire that runs to the battery has a fusable link with a Fuse thats at the appropriate Amperage, usually 10 or 13 Amp fuse.

Check the wiring Harness thats on back of the radio/CD player and be sure the connected wires are soders or crimped together well and not just twisted together.

Now, what kind of speakers are in the car, is the AMP for them? or a Sub woofer. The CD player probably Maxes out at 50w and if the speakers are higher wattage, and theres no AMP, then they can draw more power than the stereo can handle and its overheating and shutting off or tripping the fuse adn not comming on.

My fisrt card did this, i would be driving, jamming out, then suddenly it would sound to be skipping and then shut off completely and it turned out it was overheating trying to power my new speakers. I had to get an AMP for the speakers and one for the SUB.

Alot of Car Audio places will help you ouyt for around 50 to $100 dollars. Go to a custom sound car audio installer and tell them the issue and ask them how much to check the wiring and to give you an honest opinion on what the issue is.

they may try to sell you a new CD player though so do this as a lst resort.

Car dealer ships dont know much about installing anything besides the factory equipment.

Thera lot of diagrams online as well, try looking some over and checking you connections.

Let me know how it goes, take pictures of your AMP and Radio wiring and where is goes to and post them and maybe we can get you jamming out in no time. Also get the specs on the Radios output per speaker, the AMPs and what speakers you have installed.

If you can.

I suppose u wil have to check the jack in the back of the stereo,it may not be seated all the way.hope this helps.otherwise you may have an internal problem with the unit itself. 

So ....no power?..no lights or other visible evidence that the head unit has electricity to it when the radio/cd/mp3 player (head unit) is not working?

Not to offend you, but this is a wiring issue, u will need to pull the radio and check the connections, also check all the fuse connections, this is in the harness not the radio, the dealer is full of BS on what they told your wife, I worked in new car dealers for 30 years and never heard such a line of cra... well u know. when the radio isn't working u need to do a pin by pin test of the connector to the radio and wiggle and pull while you do it, it could also be another connector in the harness, I don't have a complete wiring diagram, but it is in the harness for sure.