Radio cut out!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sal's Pride @ Aug 18 2006, 09:19 AM) [snapback]305366[/snapback]</div>

quick question your not bumping the audio buttons on the steering wheel when your turning are you. That might explain it. If not this should be an interesting one to have diagnoised. Keep us informed.

 

Are you perhaps in a parking garage or down town, ie someplace where the reception could momentarily cut out due to obstructions in the way? i'm guessing the answer is no, but it never hurts to check the obvious...

 

Well I live in Darien and I never have that problem so I would say it is not the reception issue.

Maybe there is some kind of lose wire in the wheel that is only being affected by hard turns. I would also check if you are hitting any of the buttons.

Being it has happened only a few times, maybe next time it happens back out again and then pull in again and see if you can recreate it.

Also, if you can get it to occur again, see if it happens on anything other than just FM.

If it continues to occurr more frequently, then take it to your dealer and have them take a look at it. I really suspect a wire that is either going bad or is bad. It might have been cut and now when you turn it rubs and as your turn the wheel back it goes back to normal.

Phil

 

You have to press the MODE button on the wheel for a full second or two before the radio turns off, so I doubt you're hitting anything or any wire is loose in the steering.

Are you actually seeing the radio turn off, or there's just no sound? Any banners show in the display (like volume)?

 

Looks like you have a package 5, so you have the bluetooth phone interface. I wonder if there could be a loose wire somewhere, and when you turn, that loose wire is advising the system to shut off the audio in preperation for use of the phone. A datapoint you can use when talking with your Toyota service folks.