Need advice for my patrol vehicle

[popo8]

Question for my stereo savvy friends. My patrol vehicle is a 2007 Chevy Tahoe. Factory radio with CD player. Sometime while I was either out hurt or in the school the radio began to malfunction. What it does is...no matter how u have the eq settings set...its super treble and only front tweeters. Now..working this summer I learned that if I leave the truck idle for a while with no AC on...the full "system" will come back (bass, mids, tweets, all speakers). So what I have been doing is...I come in for duty..fire it up first thing...close the windows and crank the heat. If it can sit for a lil like that, by the time I get a call or go patrol...the system is 100%.

With that being said...does anyone know what in the stereo is being affected by temp and is there a fix so I don't have to jump into a 200 degree truck wearing my monkey suit and liquifying under my vest (lol)? Any help or advice would be appreciated.

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

that is very odd its your patrol vehicle is it under warranty still take it to the dealer and have them replace the factory deck

 

[08grey]

That's a odd one. Definitly need a new deck. Get one off eBay unlocked for cheap and quietly switch that bad boy out one night.

 

[popo8]

Here is one explanation I received from a friend who is in the electronics business:


"Radios internal boards expand and retract with temperature which sometimes causes breaks in solder joints in boards sounds like its in the preamp output section of your radio when the truck is hot board expands and makes contact when you cool it down it contracts and loses contact causing certain speakers to cut out........time for a new radio"

Does that make sense???

---------- Post added at 10:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:53 AM ----------

that is very odd its your patrol vehicle is it under warranty still take it to the dealer and have them replace the factory deck

Thank You for your response.. no, she is def not under warranty anymore.

2007, with 95k +/- k on it.

---------- Post added at 10:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:57 AM ----------

That's a odd one. Definitly need a new deck. Get one off eBay unlocked for cheap and quietly switch that bad boy out one night.

Thank You for responding. Unfortunately, "quietly" would be the only way that would work, and it would be on my dime. EVERYTHING must be worked on or replaced by a professional, and not done in house (for liability I guess), and I know the Chief will not think Music is important enough...esp if you can still hear something.

 

[08grey]

It's a really easy swap. 10 -15 minutes tops. Nobody would ever notice. Way easier than a possible repair.

 

[popo8]

Ok... so if I just look for a used factory replacement... what are the odds another one will have the same issues. Is it common?

 

[sbubbaklein]

check the for sale thread, noticed a couple posted

 

[popo8]

Ok

 

[mcimma]

Nice ride, wish my pd would get the Tahoes...

 

[popo8]

Thanks... lookin at getting a new one as well. Then re lettering this one cause the vinyl is deteriorating.