gil_ong Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 i ran into somethign strange this morning. frankly, it took me by surprised and scared me a little. i was traveling this morning to go pick stuff up. had been on the road for approx 1.5 hours. i had my GPS plugged into the ciggie lighter next to the ashtray. lights were on, heat was on, and i'd hit the "*" button on the clock display to brigten the dash lights. the CD which is was playing is a burned CD. it started to skip, so i just popped it out and reloaded it. the CD felt pretty warm in my hand. seemed to play fine for a bit, and then the stereo reset. then was a pop, and i noticed that the stereo lights and the climate control display blinked out and came back on. the CD tried to continue playing after, but i figured it was enough, and i turned to radio. anyone have any ideas what's going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gil_ong Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 monday morning bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gil_ong Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 had this happen a few more times since. always with heat on and driving for an extended period of time (more than 1 hour). always whilst playing a CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchetman337 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 That's a really strange problem. I had something weird happen while driving for a long period with my GPS plugged in. For some reason my GPS kept rebooting every 5 minutes or so. I haven't used it in any other vehicles since then, so I can't really say if it is the fault of the GPS unit or the 12V power source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwaitt05gt Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 same thing has happened to me twice now, cd playing, heat on idk what it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaloNHorns2002 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I haven’t had this happen in my Legacy (yet!) but it sounds to me like a heat issue. I had similar things happen with my after-market HU in my Focus. The combination of the heat being on, the GPS’s extra draw, and the CD player going (those lasers generate a LOT of heat!) for an extended period of time is probably setting off the HU’s built-in overheating protection. The Leggy seems to generate a lot more heat in the center stack than other cars I’ve owned, you could bake in the little cubby on top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vr4Legacy Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I believe the plug under the stereo doesn't put out as much amperage as the one in the cubby. Seems to me I remember reading something in the manual about not plugging certain accessories in there... maybe with all the juice from the Factory HU/HVAC controls lowers the amps and it resets out of safety....... just a thought. Outlet beside front pocket: 80W or less Outlets in center console and cargo area: 120W or less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobyroo Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 To throw a monkey wrench into this problem.. I have the same issue. Its only on longer drives, never does it around town. But once it does it once it does it a bunch of times. Also I don't have a gps or anything plugged in. Not sure if its with the heat one necessarily, I'll pay more attention to that. The only thing I can put together is I have straight piped exhaust from the DP back.. Is that giving me extra heat to cause this? Also, I heard there was some recall on the stereo, could this be related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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