2007 mazda3 radio issue

[holiday]

This suddenly started happening, no warning at all

When I turn the car on, it won't say 'Hello', and none of the buttons are responsive for the radio. Clock and Info don't work either. When i turn the light on, the upper lights blink really fast. And If I listen carefully, I can hear the CD tray trying to eject every few seconds. After me sitting there for 5-10 minutes, it fixed it self! Then when I took the key out and re-started, the problem was back, and then went away after a few minutes again.

I tried resetting by unplugging the battery + depleting the capacitors, and same issue!

Has anyone had this issue? I'm completely stumped here.

[holiday]

well to update my own issue, I pulled the fuse for a few minutes and put it back, no dice, so I kept the fuse out for a few days, and voila it's back to normal again. weird.

[jaimie08mazda3]

I wonder what tripped it out. If you blow a room fuse you loose function of it completely. I learned the hard way. Although to go aftermarket is simple as hell on these cars.

[holiday]

I wonder what tripped it out. If you blow a room fuse you loose function of it completely. I learned the hard way. Although to go aftermarket is simple as hell on these cars.

Actually I just put the same fuse back

[Flag_nor_Fail]

well to update my own issue, I pulled the fuse for a few minutes and put it back, no dice, so I kept the fuse out for a few days, and voila it's back to normal again. weird.

I'm just curious as to which fuse you pulled out for a few days? Was it the room fuse under the hood?

[jaimie08mazda3]

Hmm I've had some bad luck with fuses. Or good luck if you figure you didn't blow a serious component lol.

[holiday]

I'm just curious as to which fuse you pulled out for a few days? Was it the room fuse under the hood?

Yes the room fuse. My power locks and door sensors run off the same fuse too.

[Flag_nor_Fail]

Yes the room fuse. My power locks and door sensors run off the same fuse too.

Unfortunately this didn't help my problem. But I'm almost certain there's corrosion or a fault somewhere along the room fuse line.... Which really sucks. I need to take the panel off to have a look at the wires but I don't know how without feeling like I'm gonna break it

[holiday]

ya the problem is coming back, intermittently. update us if you manage to fix yours

[jaimie08mazda3]

So any updates on this?

[n00bMeiSter]

If you still need help with this issue, let me know. I have some spare units lying around we can test with, or I can examine your stock radio.

[holiday]

the car is in Halifax now unfortunately.

it still comes and goes, but lately it seems to be more often working than not.