Lost radio in rain storm
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Tourer
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From: venice,florida
Lost radio in rain storm
Have a 2010 ultra and last night while coming home about 50 miles or so in a fairly heavy down pour i lost all radio function,,, i took it to the dealer this a.m. And they said they would have to order one and replace,,, the only bummer is it might take up to 4 weeks.... Has any one else had any problems with their radios in the rain??? I never expierienced any sort of problem when i had my 07 in some pretty substantial down pours... Just venting
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From: Central Indiana
The radio on my 2010 Ltd got really wet a few weeks ago. It wouldn't eject the CD after that and the backlight was gone. It took the dealer 2 weeks to get a replacement. They said that they were getting really good at swapping radios (sounds bad to me). It took them 45 minutes to replace the radio once they had one.
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From: venice,florida
Im just hoping they were giving me the longest fore cast time,, a friend said he had his in about a week and a half..the strange thing is, not just the radio went ,but, the horn went out too.... They replaced it this a.m. When i took it in..................
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A couple of weeks ago I ran down to Tahoe to meet up with some buds. I didn't get 20 miles from home before it started raining. I was in the fast lane heading south, when a northbound car hit a puddle, and just drenched me. About 10 minutes later, in stop and go traffic in downtown Seattle my radio volume goes up full blast all by itself, and everytime I would turn it down, it would turn itself back up. I had just installed J&M 7.25s so I had the AVC off.
Anyways it did this all the way down, and the whole time I was in Tahoe. I got up Sunday morning to leave and the radio worked fine, and haven't had a problem again.
The only thing I can figure is, whatever was wet finally dried out.
It had me thinking maybe I had pinched the wires when I put my wo575s on, but it's fine now.
Bob
Anyways it did this all the way down, and the whole time I was in Tahoe. I got up Sunday morning to leave and the radio worked fine, and haven't had a problem again.
The only thing I can figure is, whatever was wet finally dried out.
It had me thinking maybe I had pinched the wires when I put my wo575s on, but it's fine now.
Bob
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From: Charleston, SC
I guess it would be a good idea after reading this to shut the radio off, if riding in the rain, and hopefully no problems will arise.
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From: Crawford Co, AR
Have a 2010 ultra and last night while coming home about 50 miles or so in a fairly heavy down pour i lost all radio function,,, i took it to the dealer this a.m. And they said they would have to order one and replace,,, the only bummer is it might take up to 4 weeks.... Has any one else had any problems with their radios in the rain??? I never expierienced any sort of problem when i had my 07 in some pretty substantial down pours... Just venting
I will take it in when the weather gets bad and leave it.
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Went to Reno last week and was in 100 miles of rain and my CD player quit and wouldnt eject the disk, dried it out with a can of compressed air and it finally ejected 2 days later. I just went out and tried a different disk, thinking it may have dried out and the disk will NOT eject. Guess I will take it in and let them mess with it.