c0al67

this is in my girlfrriends 06 cobalt ls

the other day the display on the head unit froze when she was changing the volume. The volume display was stuck on the screen. Could'nt change the volume, cd track, power off the head unit, or anything. it was completely not responding, but still playing the cd.

I figured if it reset it may be okay, but when she turned the car off, the head unit stayed on. Even when she opened the doors, it still stayed on.

So i unhooked the car battery and hooked it back up, hoping to reset the head unit.

Now the head unit does not power up at all when you start the car. Everything else is fine, but the head unit doesn't power, nor do the buttons on the head unit light up.


I called the dealership who made an appointment, and told me that the radio has a safe guard in it, and when i unhooked the battery, the radio shutdown because "it thought it was being stolen." they told me with their computer they could reset the head unit for $40. This kinda sounds like a load of crap to me...

also, the fuses are all okay.


any ideas ?

brickloaf

i pulled my battery off all the time and it never reset/locked anything, but i just had a defective radio and im acctually getting a new HU installed as we speak.

Tazmanian_Dvl

I"m on my 3rd stock head unit. They are garbage!

EmperorJJ1

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there is not such theft loc on our radios. They utalize a security system that has the vin number saved in the unit itself and only works with a corresponding BCM with the same vin loaded on it.

the theft loc they are referring too is the old school **** 2000 or so.

but i bet the hu is fucked