The biggest drawback of my 1997 Volvo wagon has always been the electronics. I bought this car new and I expected all of the mechanical wear and tear. But form day ones the electronics have been a horror. First week I got the car the alternator failed.
But getting to my radio. This is the second radio I have had in this car. It is the Volvo Premium unit. I had to replace the first one because the second preset button - the one marked 2 ceased to work. I would have lived with that but that key was used as one of the key codes to reset my radio. That was about 7 years ago. Now the current radio for no apparent reason will not work. The Lights that illuminate the buttons and dials are working but the radio will not power on. In fact I usually keep the radio on so when I turn on the car the LED screen will not illuminate and the Power button or the Pause button will cause the radio to turn on. What eventually happens is that it will just start one day; usually it will be the next time I start the car but this last time it did not work until about the
8th time I restarted the car.Does any have similar experiences? If so can they tell me what is the cause of this and how can it be fixed outside of getting a new unit, which cost 442.00 from the dealer. Thanks.