2009 sl550 mercedes radio turns off by itself comes back on radio turns off by itself and then on - Mercedes-Benz SL550 question But now even with the fuse out the MB star goes on and off … I wired the radio myself into the original harness. Reset, open back door again, crackle crackle, radio stays on. The radio has started turning on and off by itself and it does it quite quickly when it does. Jensen Stereo Turns On By Itself - posted in Problems, Solutions & After Market: This happened twice in the last week. After pulling the radio fuse I disabled the radio, but the car battery still died. About a month ago I experienced a problem with my radio. The radio now works consistently if I open (thereby wriggling the wires) the back door in the first 6 seconds. It only turned off when I ejected to faceplate. I don’t know how your system is designed. 9 Posts . Check to see if that power is getting turned OFF when the ignition switch is OFF. Golf 7 GTD An Englishman in France, Germany and Holland.. M. mhouck Passed Driver's Ed. Normally when you turn the radio off, the clock stays on. While driving in to work this morning the radio completely turned off about 5 times in a 45 min window (sat and regular radio). To get the radio back on I have to turn it off and then back on. I turn it off, and in 2 to 3 minutes it comes back on. My stereo is the 8.4" with Navigation and the Alpine Speakers/subwoofer system. This has sorted all my Infotainment woes out until I get the software upgrades done . A couple of minutes later it turned on again. I realized it was the stereo in the Outback. The batt light goes on and the entire instrument cluster (spedo fuel turbo temp etc ) shuts off .. when it's off the climate control won't work and the sun roof won't work . I was leaving for work and thought the neighbors were playing their stereo early today. Sometimes the abs light comes on before it shuts off. It will do it randomly (even when stationary) and may not do it for a while afterwards. I have a brand new 2013 TDI with only about 500 miles on it. The 2004 Chevrolet Malibu has 1 problems reported for radio turns on when car is off. It worked correctly when I first put it in, and looks like it works even now. But my car is similar to Oakminster’s: When I turn the car off, the radio keeps playing for 10 minutes, or until I open the door, whichever comes first.It is very possible that there is a way to change this so that the radio goes off when the car goes off. Asked by siamakzadeh Mar 28, 2014 at 03:26 AM about the 2008 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 350 Luxury Question type: Maintenance & Repair The command control on the steering wheel is not working and the stereo shuts of every 30 minutes while I am driving it warns me 3 minutes before that I need to turn the ignition on or it will turn off. Power to the radio may also be controlled by a module and the module has a problem. Every now and then it will stay on when I am turning off … This is how I fixed a Sony Stereo GN880 that turned itself off after powering up. I have no idea what this means. This runs down the battery over a day or so if I don't drive the car. What could be wrong? They can fix the problems when the car radio gives creepy sounds because it is probably a speaker or signal problem. What I don't know is what else is coming on with it. I also have a Sirius radio, but that stays running when I start my car. Please advise. It was just static. So far it has just been annoying but I can see if I was navigating or using the hands free how this could cause numerous issues. After I turn it back on it starts the cycle again. It is hard to reproduce easily, but if the car sits long enough the radio will come on. The radio doesn't stay on, it just comes on and then goes off intermittently when the car is off. 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