9 Posts . Factory radio. Please advise. I got up and turned it off. It only turned off when I ejected to faceplate. 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. There may be a problem with the switch position contacts. This has sorted all my Infotainment woes out until I get the software upgrades done . Thanks, 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 . It is hard to reproduce easily, but if the car sits long enough the radio will come on. Discussion Starter • #1 • Jul 13, 2018. I was leaving for work and thought the neighbors were playing their stereo early today. What I don't know is what else is coming on with it. have a 2003 E, while driving the radio suddenly turns itself off for about a 15 second period, then comes back on. The 2011 Toyota Tacoma has 3 problems reported for radio turns itself on and off for no apparent reason. It worked correctly when I first put it in, and looks like it works even now. Just seems to cut itself off, only in the evenings. I have a aftermarket radio in my 94 sundance. Normally when you turn the radio off, the clock stays on. It will do it randomly (even when stationary) and may not do it for a while afterwards. Closed the door, turned off the radio, turned back on, radio shuts off. Tracking down the fault can be difficult when the radio is functioning since it actually has power at that time. The radio has started turning on and off by itself and it does it quite quickly when it does. Sometimes the abs light comes on before it shuts off. Power to the radio may also be controlled by a module and the module has a problem. So the rear speaker wires are faulty, and causing the shut off. The power to the radio is usually tied to the ACC portion of the ignition switch. I was watching a particularly creepy episode of 'Ghost Hunters' last night when my iHome radio turned on by itself. I don't think these drives are ideal for use in vehicles; all the off/on, jolting while driving, etc. Everything reboots by itself after a couple seconds. This is how I fixed a Sony Stereo GN880 that turned itself off after powering up. Fiddling with the power/volume control will turn it on and off (no need to push button). At first I thought it was Sirius/XM getting a bad signal, but that's not the case because the entire system shuts down -- even the clock. The radio now works consistently if I open (thereby wriggling the wires) the back door in the first 6 seconds. I have no idea what this means. This happens every 10 minutes or so. It was turning on by its self without the key in the ignition. As I was about to find a place to park so I can turn off my car and turn it back on, my radio went back to normal. But now even with the fuse out the MB star goes on and off … Then, a few minutes later, (I haven't timed how many) the radio turns back on. Whenever my car is stopped or in park my radio works perfectly fine with no problems but when i amd driving and i hit bumps, take turns, and for sometimes no reason at all my car stereo turns itself off and a couple seconds later will turn itself on. My 2006 T & C limited touring with 3.8 V6 145,500 K miles with loaded electric everything is giving us concern. ML 350 clock resets itself and radio system turns on and off by itself. Turn radio back on after starting car, so in essence, just shut the radio off when you're not driving. About a month ago I experienced a problem with my radio. I have a brand new 2013 TDI with only about 500 miles on it. The radio doesn't stay on, it just comes on and then goes off intermittently when the car is off. I turn it off, and in 2 to 3 minutes it comes back on. I was actually able to capature it on video today. After 5 months of ownership with ZERO issues has started shutting off and then restarting itself as if I am turning it and off while in use. I would be driving listening to radio and the system just turns off then on and the clock is reset to a differrent time zone. When you turn off the key, the radio, engine etc turns off. 2003 Mercedes E320 sport sedan. Turns on and off intermittently. It did it again last night. The 2004 Chevrolet Malibu has 1 problems reported for radio turns on when car is off. The radio turns off and on on its own, like the power attenna keeps loading up and dropping down on its own aswell. Golf 7 GTD An Englishman in France, Germany and Holland.. M. mhouck Passed Driver's Ed. just turns off, - Answered by a verified Mercedes Mechanic The Radio and CD play for about 2.5 minutes, cuts itself off (though the power light stays on), then I turn it off and back on. My stereo is the 8.4" with Navigation and the Alpine Speakers/subwoofer system. Its a '94 C220. Had this changed to a Sony radio now doing exactly the same. Check to see if that power is getting turned OFF when the ignition switch is OFF. Then, I jump-started the battery and at first the car worked fine, but then the battery slowly died again. I also have a Sirius radio, but that stays running when I start my car. Every now and then it will stay on when I am turning off … When a car stereo cuts out and then turns back on: The problem is usually in the wiring. Anyway, when I did remove the head unit, I turned it over and underneath, attached to the head unit, itself, was what appears to be a standard hard drive like you'd find in desktop computers. Somewhere in the dashboard radio, after the radio and CD inputs there must be a thermal problem causing this. This has happened 4-5 times already. 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. There can be many problems with a car stereo. PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum They can fix the problems when the car radio gives creepy sounds because it is probably a speaker or signal problem. My radio (and everything else) mostly works, but turns on by itself after I turn off engine. Jensen Stereo Turns On By Itself - posted in Problems, Solutions & After Market: This happened twice in the last week. My car radio would randomly turn itself on and thus drain the battery. When I went to park my reverse camera stayed on after I put it in park. The sound on radio and cd play keeps breaking off for a short period of time then comes back on at the same place on cds. I wired the radio myself into the original harness. This runs down the battery over a day or so if I don't drive the car. It was just static. I do not bother with changing the clock anymore but the radio is disturbing. To get the radio back on I have to turn it off and then back on. When it is switching on and off there is a sound coming from beneath the steering wheel column that sounds like a … Average failure mileage is 85,000 miles. Display quit after I left the dealership. I just noticed yesterday aswell, that I lose use of my high beams aswell...even the high beam light doesn't illuminate, let alone set the high beams on, but after driving for awhile, it starts working the odd times. I have searched on here and it seems there was an issue with the amplifier, which in turn turns the radio off. Reset, open back door again, crackle crackle, radio stays on. People can correct the errors when their car radio turns off because it is probably a power issue. I'm skeptical about paranormal things, and am thinking there's probably a much more plausible explanation. 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. Mine switches off whenever it feels like it, sometimes after 2-3seconds, other times a couple of minutes, up to 10-15mins. I bought a cheap Bush dab radio (£50) last week to listen to at work only to find it turned it's self off after 45 mins on a regular basis, I returned it and got a refund. It turns on by itself overnight. A couple of minutes later it turned on again. If the display shuts off at the same time the music cuts out, then the unit is probably losing power. I have a problem where my XM radio shuts off when I start my car. I'm having a similar issues I had a pioneer radio the Bluetooth setting vanished, the radio was replaced with another pioneer than a day later would switch off automatically wouldn't switch back on until by itself approximately 20 minutes later but then would stay off again. I realized it was the stereo in the Outback. is a recipe for failure in my opinion. I don't know why this is happening, however, this stereo turns on and off by itself. The XM shutting off is kind of annoying since it doesn't turn back on by itself after the car is running. I don’t know how your system is designed. The camper is locked so I know no one is sneaking in. I "fixed" it by taking out COMAND fuse in trunk. Average failure mileage is 26,450 miles. What could be wrong? I would exit the car and come back 20 minutes later and it'd be on. Head Unit / Radio stuck on Mercedes-Benz logo; Turns on and then off; Shuts off randomly; ... My radio comes on all be itself even with the key out of the ignition. 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