Why does the radio and interior lights stay on?
This does shut the battery light off, but not the radio and the cluster lights! Click to expand… The interior lights, battery light, radio all stay on once the truck is turned off. Sometimes it will turn off, most of the time they wont. I have replaced the light switch, the ignition switch and battery, with no luck.
Can you shut off a radio to avoid draining the battery?
You can always just shut off the radio to avoid draining the battery, but that is not a good solution. There are normally three power wires to a radio. One is hot all the time. It keeps the station memory and anything else that your radio ‘remembers’.
Why does the radio turn off when the key is off?
If that is the case, you might be able to move a wire to another terminal in the fuse box such that the radio feeds off another fuse that turns off instantly when the key is off. The concern is that other accessories may also be on that function and never turning off. Clearly some prior owner butchered in an new audion box.
Why is my radio hot all the time?
One is hot all the time. It keeps the station memory and anything else that your radio ‘remembers’. A second wire is hot only when the key is on. That wire will be hot only when the key is on, though some cars keep that wire hot until you open the door or pull out the key.
This does shut the battery light off, but not the radio and the cluster lights! Click to expand… The interior lights, battery light, radio all stay on once the truck is turned off. Sometimes it will turn off, most of the time they wont. I have replaced the light switch, the ignition switch and battery, with no luck.
You can always just shut off the radio to avoid draining the battery, but that is not a good solution. There are normally three power wires to a radio. One is hot all the time. It keeps the station memory and anything else that your radio ‘remembers’.
If that is the case, you might be able to move a wire to another terminal in the fuse box such that the radio feeds off another fuse that turns off instantly when the key is off. The concern is that other accessories may also be on that function and never turning off. Clearly some prior owner butchered in an new audion box.
One is hot all the time. It keeps the station memory and anything else that your radio ‘remembers’. A second wire is hot only when the key is on. That wire will be hot only when the key is on, though some cars keep that wire hot until you open the door or pull out the key.