Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Stereo steering wheel controls working intermittently?

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Stereo steering wheel controls working intermittently?

    Hi all,

    I’m having issues with my 07 Prado 120 GXL steering wheel controls working intermittently. Around 50% of the time the controls will all work perfectly with all buttons functioning as they are meant to. The remaining 50% of the time the volume up and down buttons will not function or respond at all, the skip track forward button will work correctly and the skip track backwards button will not change the track but actually increases the volume level. There seems to be no pattern as to when the controls work correctly and don’t, some days I will jump in the car and they will work whilst on other days they won’t. I have only owned the car since January and it has always had this issue, I haven’t noticed it to become any more or less frequent in this time. The stereo is an aftermarket Kenwood unit which is a Toyota specific unit and the factory steering wheel control wires plug directly into the back of the stereo (I have checked all the wiring at the rear of the unit but all appears to be fine).

    Someone mentioned it may be the clock spring in behind the steering wheel that is faulty or its connections may be corroded. When the buttons are not working I have tried turning the steering wheel whilst pushing the buttons but have not been able to get them to activate through doing this. I also haven’t got any airbag or other warning lights displaying on the dash which I have read are common to faulty clock springs. Im thinking the next step may be to replace the clock spring and hope this fixes the issue.

    If anyone has experienced something like this before or has any knowledge on what it could be it would be of great help.

    Thanks Leigh.

  • #2
    Sounds clock springy to me.
    Grab a cheaply off eBay and install it. (Search the forum for the threads on it).
    If it doesn't work you'll be out of pocket less than a hundred.

    Comment


    • #3
      Thanks Piggy! Will grab one off ebay and see if it is the fix

      Comment


      • #4
        Was very delayed on replacing the clock spring but finally got around to doing it the other weekend. After the install I was still having the same issues but have at least ruled the clock spring out as been the issue.

        I did some further investigating and have found the trigger to the issue. When the prado's headlights are switched to off the audio controls work perfectly 100% of the time. When I turn the headlights on that is when the audio controls go loopy and don't function correctly. I'm wondering if this is possibly a wiring issue or a fault inside the steering wheel audio buttons?

        Has anyone had anything similar on their vehicle?

        Thanks,
        Leigh

        Comment


        • #5
          Hi, it sounds as wiring problem, the buttons works with diferrent resistences values, so any wiring problem could affect it, I had a similar problem because modify a vx controls to use on mine, a loose cable on the controls had the same symptoms. Work fine with headlights off, when turned on doesnt.

          Comment

          canli bahis siteleri bahis siteleri ecebet.net
          mencisport.com
          antalya escort
          tsyd.org deneme bonusu veren siteler
          deneme bonusu veren siteler
          gaziantep escort
          gaziantep escort
          asyabahis maltcasino olabahis olabahis
          erotik film izle Rus escort gaziantep rus escort
          atasehir escort tuzla escort
          sikis sex hatti
          en iyi casino siteleri
          deneme bonusu veren siteler
          casibom
          deneme bonusu veren siteler
          deneme bonusu veren siteler
          betticket istanbulbahis
          Working...
          X