Intermittent radio power failure

[Mikey1989]

Water, water water, the source of so many issues in home and car!

 

My truck came with an old afer market CD player/radio receiver. It woudl not power up reliably, which I chalked up to being old. No bluetooth either so I bought a (cheap) new one and it also had intermittent failures. I did not like it anyway, and so I returned it for a better one. I had made a wiring mistake on the first replacement that I fixed on this 2nd one, and it seemed to work, problem solved.

Then earlier this week it started turning off again. It woudl go off, then come back on a little while later. And then it just stayed off. I pulled the radio fuse to make sure it was good. It was, but coudl not get it back in right away and was out of time. Later I put it back in and the radio came back on right away. Hmmmm....

So, now I am thinking there must be corrosion on the fuse panel. Geez, and one of the first things I fixed was a leaky windshield dripping down into that driver side area - the parking brake is corroded (and also needs attention as the rachet has trouble staying set).

 

Looks like I'm going to have to give that fuse panel a thouough inspection and hopefully just needs cleaning. Now sure how to clean a fuse panel that does not just create more problems.

[AnotherOldJeepGuy]

If you wiggle the fuse can you cause it to turn on/off?  That would give you some confidence the issue is there rather than just a coincidence that pulling it and putting it back actually made it come back on.

 

I don't think you can hurt anything by spraying where the fuse installs with contact cleaner.