i hit the brakes, the radio cd cdchanger shuts off!!!! why? i flip the face down and bang the light for the eject cd button is lit up but does not function. i take the face off and hit the reset button and the whole unit works again until the brakes are depressed hard again. if i flutter the brakes it comes back on by it self, where do i start, i pulled the radio and no connections seem to be shorting out in the dash, is there somewhere that these two circuits cross that i should look for? please help!

 

how did you ground tha radio?

 

Sounds like it might be a bad ground on the stereo. Run a new ground to it.

James

 

Which circuit do you have the CD player wired into for power?

How's your alternator doing? What's your charging voltage?

 

what is the voltage in the car when this happens???

 

voltage is good around 13v on the gauge. it is grounded to a bolt in the dash with a star nut and it is tight.

 

I think Icemark was dead on with the question about the voltage.

You might want to take a voltage reading streight from the power going into the radio before and after aplying the brake.

 

well since the gauge does not have a mark for 13V... what are you using to determin voltage???

And 13volts is not good... it is very bad. With the car running it should be at least 13.5 volts, and ideally 14.5 volts.

 

Did you ever find the answer? my car does the same exact thing.

 

with my car running im at about 15, or 16 pretty consistantly.

 

15 or 16 is even worse, and suggests that the regulator has failed inside the alt. 16 volts will start causing things to start burning up.