[skyvia]

>> Got a weird problem which showed up a few days ago. My radio will
>> suddenly "go crazy". By that I mean: the volume control will be very
>> touchy, and the level will either be very quiet or very loud, with a very
>> minor change in the knob position. Also the fade and balance controls
>> will do random things, like change the volume/fade/balance, but not the
>> way they are supposed to. I have the premium radio with 4-disc CD
>> changer, and this happens on AM, FM, CD.
>>
>> The other weird part is that when the car is cold, the radio works fine.
>> After about 10-15 minutes of driving, it goes crazy, and will not clear
>> up, even if radio is turned off for a while. The steering wheel mounted
>> controls also act unpredictably when this is going on. All other controls
>> are normal (lights, wipers, etc.).
>>
>> Any ideas? Thanks for any info you can provide.

 

[hotwing]

In my opinion, factory radios are shit... and something is bound to go wrong with them eventually. Best advice to save you the headache, replace it with a decent aftermarket unit (personally I like the higher in the road pioneer units). I had the same problem in my intrepid (didnt have the disc changer or steering wheel controls), my cassette player would also randomly eject my sat radio/ipod cassette adapter. So I bought a real nice pioneer unit and im happy i did.

P.S. Dont be surprised if you start replacing more audio related equipment after you replace the head-unit, thats what I did and I slowly made my way to a $2500 system.