I've got an '08 Patriot 2WD Sport that I bought in November; I've now got almost 13k miles on it, and over the summer I've noticed a problem. Not a horrible thing, but annoying. Often when tapping the power button to turn the radio on, it will power on and then go off before it ever makes a sound. Sometimes I have to tap it a couple or three times before it will stay on. Same thing happens when turning it off; I can tap it off, it'll go quiet, and then come right back on. Not every single time I turn it on or off, but maybe 20-25% of the time.
As first I thought it might be my technique, like maybe I was just barely tapping it and not quite making the right connection...but several times my teenage daughter has reached over to turn the radio on/off and had the same thing happen to her.
Is this a common thing with Chrysler radios? I've got the standard single-CD version, if that makes a difference. I can live with it (assuming it doesn't get worse), since it does kind of give the vehicle a little personality; but at times it can get downright annoying.
Anybody else having this problem?
As first I thought it might be my technique, like maybe I was just barely tapping it and not quite making the right connection...but several times my teenage daughter has reached over to turn the radio on/off and had the same thing happen to her.
Is this a common thing with Chrysler radios? I've got the standard single-CD version, if that makes a difference. I can live with it (assuming it doesn't get worse), since it does kind of give the vehicle a little personality; but at times it can get downright annoying.
Anybody else having this problem?
