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radio reception
My cherokee has horrible to zero radio reception, I have heard that a connector under the passenger kick panel can break, causing this, but I was wondering if anyone had a picture of it?
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Sorry….don’t have a pic, but can say that it is 99% certain this is your issue. Just remove that panel and find the antenna cable in there. Its is easily visible and can be quickly reconnected (and taped, which is what I did).
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Found the wire, and it was the problem so I put a clamp on it and held it as tightly together as I could and put electrical tape around it. I get radio reception now which is awesome, but occasionally there is still slight buzzing, did it connect the wire together too tightly?
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Well I figured out why its buzzing and it is not the connection, it only has static when the engine is running so there is something causing slight interference. I am wondering if anyone else has had that problem, and maybe anyone know what could be causing it?
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AM or FM?
If AM, you more than likely have a bad ground somewhere in the electrical system.
FM: That is an intense problem. Chances are it is outside the radio and injecting into the speaker wires/speakers directly.
If AM, you more than likely have a bad ground somewhere in the electrical system.
FM: That is an intense problem. Chances are it is outside the radio and injecting into the speaker wires/speakers directly.
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Okay so my connection on my radio wires is fine and my ground is fine but I stil get horrible reception. Everything is perfect BUT the radio reception. Some are clear some suck.... Or they work on one part of town but not the other. Any ideas.
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I had the same problem with my Xj as well. I found out that splicing the wire was better than trying to tape the connector back together. And replacing the antenna helps too, if that doesnt help check the back of the stereo and see if the cord is all the way plugged in sometimes mine falls out. And if all else fails order a whole new cord and then that will work no problem
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Well the thing is it gets perfect repection with the engine off key on, no intereference at all on any radio station, but when the engine is running there is a slight buzz.
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