My 2000 C2 has the CDR-220 stereo, which I am beginning to think is suffering from demonic possession. In the past 2 weeks it has:

Refused to power on, no matter how hard, soft, long or short I press the power button.

Once it powered on with no problem for my husband, the volume would increase no matter which direction I turned the volume ****. It ended up at 45+ and would not power off no matter what I did (of course when I had my husband look at it it worked flawlessly).

Today when I got in the volume was set very low. When I tried to turn it up, it would only go to 1+, 2+, 1+, 2+ - no matter which direction I turned the volume ****. Then I drove over a railroad track and all of a sudden volume was at 40+ , volume increases no matter which way I turn the ****, and unit will not power off!

Short of burning some sage in the car or enlisting the help of a priest what can I do (except sign the car over to my husband, as it seems to prefer him??).

Thanks!

 

There's been a lot of thread with 996 stereo being "possessed". I believe it has something to do with the amp. Try turning on the stereo AFTER the car has completely warmed up. i.e. - do NOT start the car with the radio on. See if that helps. If it functions normally after the car has warmed up, then it's most likely a bad amp which has been shown to be an issue for these cars.

 

Yes, it could be the amp, but it also could be the head unit is just going bad, which happens.