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dealer replaced radio, still doesn't work
Any advice would be appreciated:
I have a 1998 528i. The radio started going dead, even the time didn't show in the display area. Off/on switch did nothing. Periodically the time will reappear, then the radio works for a while. First dealer trip - radio is bad, ordered and replaced ($$$) and the same thing happened immediately. Second dealer trip - new radio is defective, ordered another. Third dealer trip to install second new radio, say need help from BMW, BMW knows about it, pickup my car until they get information. Any ideas? Maybe there's a short somewhere and it never was a radio problem? I have kept the car serviced/inspections done. Do you think I will ever hear back from the dealer? Any experience when the dealer says waiting on help from BMW? |
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caburnham wrote: > > Any advice would be appreciated: > Any ideas? Maybe there's a short somewhere and it never was a > radio problem? I have kept the car serviced/inspections done. A short you probably don't have. You probably have an intermittent connection in either the power or the ground wire to the radio. |
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Many thanks for the replies.
- when new radio was installed the horn quit working and the CD did not work even during times the radio did. - third trip they replaced the ignition switch which was the horn problem. Dealer has talked to me and said the new radio is not compatible with a 1998 528i, they are waiting for BMW to determine how to make it work. The original model is no longer available. However, the radio has worked so far after the ignition switch replaced (but not the CD). - My intuition is the ignition switch was the original problem as Frank suggested. I agree this is a terrific car. Due to commute I have 125k miles and it still responds like new. Every time I'm on a winding road I'm thrilled with the feel. It's worth some angst to keep, to me it's better and better looking than the new ones. |
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Again thanks for the help. I will wait for a response for a
few more days and then follow your advice. I will also post the eventual outcome - in my searches I hadn't found a similar problem. |
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