![]() ![]() If it doesn’t, you might be looking at a bigger problem. Make sure that your radio doesn’t have that feature, and if it does, verify that entering the correct code doesn’t get the radio up and running again. Before you do anything else, you’ll want to rule that out. ![]() If your car radio stopped working after a jump start, or after a battery charge, then the problem might be related to a car radio code anti-theft feature. While a dead battery, or a jump start, can result in a car radio that doesn’t work, it could also be a pure coincidence.īut let’s see the above situations one by one:ĭamage due to an Incorrect Charging or Jump Start The code may be in your owner’s manual, or you might have to contact a dealer. Car stereos with a code feature require you to input a preset code any time the battery dies or is disconnected. If your radio flashes “code,” then this is probably the issue you’re dealing with. In other words, if you’re lucky, it might just be a fuse, and if you’re not, then this will just have to serve as a lesson as to how important it is to hook up jumper cables and battery chargers correctly. If the radio has both power and ground, then it probably has an internal fault. Check the relevant fuses and fusible links before you condemn the radio. ![]() Electrical system components can be damaged during a jump start if precautions aren’t taken. ![]() More specifically, here are the most common causes for this type of problem: For instance, if your radio stopped working after a botched jump start, the radio-and other delicate electronics-could have been fried. In certain rarer cases, you may be dealing with a damaged radio or even damage to other electrical systems other than your radio. When that happens, all you have to do is enter the right car radio code, and you’re back in business. The most common reason for a car radio to stop working after the battery has gone completely dead is that the radio has an anti-theft “feature” that kicks in whenever battery power is removed. There is a solution for this problem, too! Let’s find it out together! In most cases, fixing a car stereo that quit working after the battery died is a lot simpler than you think. And you think that everything’s fine, right? Except now your car radio doesn’t work…! Or loss of power steering assist.In case the car battery went dead, most of the drivers are already familiar with the solution: a jump start, or a battery charge, or even a new battery and back on the road. Complaints Recalls TSBs Investigations MPG Safety Ratings Owner's Manuals Warranties Maintenance Schedules Price ◂ ▸Ģ016 Chevrolet Equinox Power Steering Technical Service Bulletins TSB Number: 16-NA-004 NHTSA Number: 10112291 TSB Date: JanuDate Added to File: AugFailing Component: Steering:Hydraulic Power Assist System Summary: This technical bulletin provides a procedure to perform a wire to wire repair on the engine harness to correct intermittent multiple ipc warning lamps illuminated, loss of power steering assist, service power steering message on dic, malfunĭiscuss it at Forum View This TSB TSB Number: 16-NA-004 NHTSA Number: 10108620 TSB Date: JDate Added to File: JFailing Component: Steering:Hydraulic Power Assist System Summary: This technical bulletin provides a procedure to locate and repair the engine wiring harness that has rubbed on the fuel pump cover creating a short and correct the customers concern of a engine no start or no p/s.ĭiscuss it at Forum View This TSB TSB Number: PI1521B NHTSA Number: 10094782 TSB Date: JDate Added to File: MaFailing Component: Steering:Hydraulic Power Assist System Summary: This preliminary informational bulletin provides a procedure to replace the power steering fuse for a condition of loss of power steering assist and/or service power steering message displayed.ĭiscuss it at Forum View This TSB ▾ View TSB 1 View TSB 2 TSB Number: 16-NA-004 NHTSA Number: 10074342 TSB Date: FebruDate Added to File: JFailing Component: Steering:Hydraulic Power Assist System Summary: Summary to be provided on a future date.ĭiscuss it at Forum View This TSB TSB Number: PI-1521 NHTSA Number: 10059175 TSB Date: AugDate Added to File: FebruFailing Component: Steering:Hydraulic Power Assist System Summary: Buick/cadillac/chevrolet/GMC: due to an improper jump start, the power steering fuse was either blown or failed, causing a hard steering. ![]()
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