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2004 Chrysler Sebring Convertible. Other features on the radio panel work well...time, CD, etc. The radio will not work. No error code appears anywhere. The fuses are all good. I've been told there is a code of some type to bring it back to life.
/s/ John
Hi John,You might check the antenna plug-in at the rear of the radio and also check the chassis ground wire. I don't know of any code that affects the audio system. But if the antenna were disconnected the 'noise' that would cause might be automatically surpressed and mislead you to believe that there was an issue in the radio itself.
Roland
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| Comment | Mr. Finston's response was timely and as correct as possible. The steps he suggested to complete the check on the radio operation had been done earlier without success. A telephone call to the dealer resulted in the immediate reaponse: You need a new radio. I have found that these immediate, last choice solutions are not always correct but do, as in this case, lead you to invest in costly fixes that are not always necessary. Here, I regret to admit that the dealership answer was probably correct. I think we'll trade in the car anyway rather than pay $6-700 to a dealership to fix a $250 problem. Their prices are always highly inflated. Always! | ||
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