Hi, everyone,
About a week ago, I noticed odd things happening with my navigation system and radio. My car is a 2016. At first, the radio turned on, but the station was stuck, as was the volume. Worse yet, the navigation system (touch screen) was not responding. It took my mechanic a good 15 minutes to find an error code in his database, but once he did, he recommended a dealer check first to diagnose the problem for fear of "erasing the code" if he just did a reset. I made an appointment with the dealer later that afternoon only to arrive and have them tell me that they'd have to keep the car for a few days because they only had one Leaf mechanic. Since I couldn't do that without making arrangements first (not to mention I was already reluctant), I drove back home. My navigation system is what I love most about my car, and I'm anxious about driving anywhere unknown without it. I'd be willing to put some $ into fixing it, but have dealership trust issues.
Yesterday, I noticed that upon starting the car, the console now opens automatically, as if I were going to insert a CD. Today, when I started the car, I held the screen shut. I figured I had nothing to lose. To my surprise, the GPS surprisingly worked! Twice. But my radio now does not work at all.
My question is: does this sound like a software issue, a hardware issue, a wiring issue, or something else? I want to be able to fix this car (it has less than 20k miles on it!) but I also don't want to pour thousands of dollars into it if it's not worth it or worse, not necessary (see "dealership trust issues")
thank you!
Bonnie
About a week ago, I noticed odd things happening with my navigation system and radio. My car is a 2016. At first, the radio turned on, but the station was stuck, as was the volume. Worse yet, the navigation system (touch screen) was not responding. It took my mechanic a good 15 minutes to find an error code in his database, but once he did, he recommended a dealer check first to diagnose the problem for fear of "erasing the code" if he just did a reset. I made an appointment with the dealer later that afternoon only to arrive and have them tell me that they'd have to keep the car for a few days because they only had one Leaf mechanic. Since I couldn't do that without making arrangements first (not to mention I was already reluctant), I drove back home. My navigation system is what I love most about my car, and I'm anxious about driving anywhere unknown without it. I'd be willing to put some $ into fixing it, but have dealership trust issues.
Yesterday, I noticed that upon starting the car, the console now opens automatically, as if I were going to insert a CD. Today, when I started the car, I held the screen shut. I figured I had nothing to lose. To my surprise, the GPS surprisingly worked! Twice. But my radio now does not work at all.
My question is: does this sound like a software issue, a hardware issue, a wiring issue, or something else? I want to be able to fix this car (it has less than 20k miles on it!) but I also don't want to pour thousands of dollars into it if it's not worth it or worse, not necessary (see "dealership trust issues")
thank you!
Bonnie