W208 Stereo/Nav issues
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From: Renton, WA
2001 CLK55 AMG
W208 Stereo/Nav issues
So I just bought a 2001 CLK55, and suddenly my stereo is acting up a bit. When I turn the car on, the screen stays on the welcome screen for around 30 seconds, then the radio would start playing for a second, then stop for a little while, the start playing again, and so on... That and once it stops "buffering...?", or whatever the hell it's doing, the stations take forever to change after hitting the button. There's about a 2-3 second stall... Pretty damn weird. Anybody have this happen to them, or is this fairly normal?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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'07 Carrera S, '31 A 5W hot rod, 4Runner. Sold CLK55
Sorry never heard of that problem. I'd recommend you just get a replacement radio or shut the thing off, roll down the window & listen to the rumble.
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I don't have COMAND, but unusual electrical gremlins can also be attributed to other things:
Do you have the stock battery? It could be time for a replacement. Mine was bad at 5 years....they usually only last 4 or 5 years.
Have you jumped your car off? Disconnected your battery?
Bottom line....any little electrical spikes can cause havoc with your cars electrics.
Interestingly, one of the few items specifically EXCLUDED from the MB extended warranty is the radio, CD changer and COMAND systems. Hope you don't need a new one.
Do you have the stock battery? It could be time for a replacement. Mine was bad at 5 years....they usually only last 4 or 5 years.
Have you jumped your car off? Disconnected your battery?
Bottom line....any little electrical spikes can cause havoc with your cars electrics.
Interestingly, one of the few items specifically EXCLUDED from the MB extended warranty is the radio, CD changer and COMAND systems. Hope you don't need a new one.
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From: Renton, WA
2001 CLK55 AMG
I don't have COMAND, but unusual electrical gremlins can also be attributed to other things:
Do you have the stock battery? It could be time for a replacement. Mine was bad at 5 years....they usually only last 4 or 5 years.
Have you jumped your car off? Disconnected your battery?
Bottom line....any little electrical spikes can cause havoc with your cars electrics.
Interestingly, one of the few items specifically EXCLUDED from the MB extended warranty is the radio, CD changer and COMAND systems. Hope you don't need a new one.
Do you have the stock battery? It could be time for a replacement. Mine was bad at 5 years....they usually only last 4 or 5 years.
Have you jumped your car off? Disconnected your battery?
Bottom line....any little electrical spikes can cause havoc with your cars electrics.
Interestingly, one of the few items specifically EXCLUDED from the MB extended warranty is the radio, CD changer and COMAND systems. Hope you don't need a new one.
Either way, even though the head unit is probably fine, I have the car scheduled at a local car audio shop to have a 6.5" Pioneer AVIC-D3 installed.
Goin for the upgrade!
