Fiesta mk7 radio not working
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I've done millions of internet searches but results are patchy.
None of the buttons are working on the infotainment thingy - the hazard and door-locking do work, but nothing else.
I've pulled the button console out, and the cd/radio box, disconnected and reconnected twice, disconnected the battery for 10 minutes, and nothing - it's all dead.
One clue - I inserted a CD, and it started to play - but I couldn't make any changes to anything.
So - it seems likely that the CD/radio is fine, but the button console is fubar?
Any experience of this please?
And is there a good Ford-specific forum, as I haven't found one yet?
None of the buttons are working on the infotainment thingy - the hazard and door-locking do work, but nothing else.
I've pulled the button console out, and the cd/radio box, disconnected and reconnected twice, disconnected the battery for 10 minutes, and nothing - it's all dead.
One clue - I inserted a CD, and it started to play - but I couldn't make any changes to anything.
So - it seems likely that the CD/radio is fine, but the button console is fubar?
Any experience of this please?
And is there a good Ford-specific forum, as I haven't found one yet?
I'll update this as strangely there are numerous threads on this (on the interweb generally), but very few answers.
There are three elements to these Ford radios - front control panel (shown above), metal box containing CD player, and the screen display in the top of the dash (shown above).
Anyway - there are a few comments saying you have to replace two or more of these three components as they are paired by Ford in the factory. I didn't find that necessary.
I bought 2nd-hand all three that came out of a single car, ensuring that the front control panel part number matched mine exactly 8a6t18k811bd
First step was to replace only this panel - and everything worked immediately - so on my late 2008 car at least, there was no pairing with the front control panel.
There are three elements to these Ford radios - front control panel (shown above), metal box containing CD player, and the screen display in the top of the dash (shown above).
Anyway - there are a few comments saying you have to replace two or more of these three components as they are paired by Ford in the factory. I didn't find that necessary.
I bought 2nd-hand all three that came out of a single car, ensuring that the front control panel part number matched mine exactly 8a6t18k811bd
First step was to replace only this panel - and everything worked immediately - so on my late 2008 car at least, there was no pairing with the front control panel.
Edited by Orangecurry on Tuesday 23 November 10:21
Orangecurry said:
I'll update this as strangely there are numerous threads on this (on the interweb generally), but very few answers.
There are three elements to these Ford radios - front control panel (shown above), metal box containing CD player, and the screen display in the top of the dash (shown above).
Anyway - there are a few comments saying you have to pair two or more of these three components. I didn't find that necessary.
I bought 2nd-hand all three that came out of a single car, ensuring that the front control panel part number matched mine exactly 8a6t18k811bd
First step was to replace only this panel - and everything worked immediately - so on my late 2008 car at least, there was no pairing with the front control panel.
Glad you're sorted!There are three elements to these Ford radios - front control panel (shown above), metal box containing CD player, and the screen display in the top of the dash (shown above).
Anyway - there are a few comments saying you have to pair two or more of these three components. I didn't find that necessary.
I bought 2nd-hand all three that came out of a single car, ensuring that the front control panel part number matched mine exactly 8a6t18k811bd
First step was to replace only this panel - and everything worked immediately - so on my late 2008 car at least, there was no pairing with the front control panel.
Hi Orangecurry
Same issue on my wife’s car but even worse - it is playing a CD constantly and we can’t stop it or adjust the volume, and it’s Adele’s first album! We arrive places ready to top ourselves.
So I’m glad to read you found a solution - thanks for sharing it. As you say other threads on this online are sketchy!
I wanted to check however, were your steering controls also affected?
Cheers.
Same issue on my wife’s car but even worse - it is playing a CD constantly and we can’t stop it or adjust the volume, and it’s Adele’s first album! We arrive places ready to top ourselves.
So I’m glad to read you found a solution - thanks for sharing it. As you say other threads on this online are sketchy!
I wanted to check however, were your steering controls also affected?
Cheers.
Hello,
I have had the same situation as the OP.
When inserted CD in the radio I could not stop it playing as none of the front panel buttons were working except Lock and Hazard lights.
After replacing the radio control buttons everything is back to normal.
Model of control panel: 8A6T18K811AD
Fiesta MK7 from December 2009
I have had the same situation as the OP.
When inserted CD in the radio I could not stop it playing as none of the front panel buttons were working except Lock and Hazard lights.
After replacing the radio control buttons everything is back to normal.
Model of control panel: 8A6T18K811AD
Fiesta MK7 from December 2009
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