Volume Gone Wild (and then stops working)

Depending on the model, the radio list price goes from $700-$1600 for the part; installation is extra. AFAIK, no one has torn down one to see what the issue is.

 

Well guess what. Mine decided to not work today and I pushed on the plastic trim as suggested and it works fine. This is a no brainer for Toyota. Why don't they fix these before they are installed?

 

Wow!..I've missed that one!..... I haven't heard of pushing the trim!

 

FOLLOW UP: Got my stereo replaced a couple days ago under warranty...so far so good. Not really expecting any problems with it again for a while at least!!

 

yes, my volume has stopped working twice since my last post... all I had to do was simply depress the volume button into the dash and press it again so it comes back out and all is well! " until it decides to do it again"

 

Had this problem today as well.

2007 Touring w/ JBL

Volume button didnt adjust the volume but no random fluctuations. Pressing in the button once with moderate force made it work again.

 

This volume knob thing just happened this week on my 2007 Pkg#3 Prius that I bought 2 months ago used from the toyota dealer.
It is still under warranty.

The week before I bought it, the dealer replaced the radio and some other component. He was not happy when I told him this problem.

It goes back to the dealer in 1/2 hour. We'll see what they say.....

Frank D.

 

This is an issue fo my 2006. I have to push the vol knob in firmly and then it starts to work.

 

Did not try the moderate force.

 

Well mine decided not to turn off today or change channels. Once I shut the car down everything was reset! Time for a new radio.

 

My '07 Touring Pkg 3 started acting up a couple of weeks ago. Now, I have no controls on the radio at all anytime!! I still have full control with the steering wheel controls. I have over 50k and am out of factory warranty. I hope someone figures out a DIY fix!! Otherwise, I might go aftermarket when I have "extra" money LOL

 

It hasn't been a big enough issue to warrant too much trouble.... usually simply pressing in the volume button and pressing it one more time so it comes back out fixes it "till it acts up again"

 

My 2007 touring is doing this as well. It is so agravating. I don't have any money for a new radio so I will be pissed if this thing totally breaks.

 

If it is fluctuating yet pushing the button doesn't help, then it may be that the metal contacts need some cleaning of some sort.

For this you can use something like DeoxIT, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RGD9PK/ref=oss_product, which helps clean metal contacts from corrosion, etc. I had this issue with an 8-year old (but still very good) Sony F828 digital camera I owned - the rotating flat knob that sets the settings kept on changing settings even without touching it, so it was useless for a few years. Last year however I did a quick spray with DeoxIT, moved the knob several times, and since then it's been perfect - aa quick spray fixed it all.

So, not sure if you guys can easily take out the radio, or have access to under the radio knob, but this is worth trying out. A quick spray, then moving the knob right and left may be all it takes to fix it.

 

The JBL stereo on mine did it for the 2nd time that I can ever remember. Previous time was many months ago and it accopmanied by the volume changing up/down by itself.

This time, the volume knob didn't work at all but no random change. The steering wheel volume control buttons worked though. Pushing the knob in and back out didn't help. Power button still worked though.

Eventually, it started working again. I'm way out of warranty and definitely wouldn't want to spend $1K on a new OEM head unit. I wonder if anyone will figure out the real cause or a cheap fix (like hobbit did for the 04-05 MFDs). Big problem is that it's so intermittent.

 

I had the strange uninitiated radio volume change briefly during a very wet winter day. It lasted only a minute and never reoccurred. Better the volume increasing than the accelerator. Ghosts in the wires.

 

All of this is caused by a short in between the faceplate of the radio and the internal workings. Hard to describe with no pics handy. The fix is: radio replacement, this is becoming more common on customer cars, unsure why.

 

Thanks! It did it again a few more times today.

Pushing on the left side of the faceplate where the volume knob is seemed to help "fix" it. I sure hope someone comes up w/a cheap way to fix it and that my steering wheel controls to work.

 

Same here (2007, JBL) - no button functionality on the faceplate, all 5 CD LEDs are orange, restarting changes nothing. Firm press on the left side fixed it. This seems like a simple electro-mechanical issue that would be easy to repair once the unit was out on a bench.
-dwf

 

I seem to experience similar volume issues where the knob doesn't register at all on my 06 (or else just flips between two volume numbers). Someone mentioned a while back that pressing in the middle of the face of the radio with your palm (not too hard), seems to do the trick, and that works for me about 95% of the time.

I agree with some above... no interest in spending hundreds (or thousands) of dollars on a headunit, and I am well out of warranty (166K KM)...