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Old 05-30-2016, 04:37 PM
DangerFX4Ranger DangerFX4Ranger is offline
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Default Radio only working in park and neutral

So this one right here is strange as can be. Driving to work today my radio worked fine. When I left work and turned on the radio, I had so sound. Everything else about the radio worked fine just no sound. It kept working here and there in spurts, but now it's not putting out any sound at all.

If I shift from drive to neutral, I have sound, and it goes right back out when I go back to drive. Any help would be appreciated. Some people said checking a fuse on the interior fuse box, others say it could be a bad neutral safety switch. If it is that, maybe replacing that will also cure my stiff shifting through the gears (automatic). Thanks in advance.
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Old 05-30-2016, 08:33 PM
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There are a lot of unanswered items here (it may be because my phone app isn't showing them).

What year truck?

Stock radio?

Other details?

I'm sorry if my phone is keeping from seeing this information.
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Old 05-31-2016, 06:10 PM
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Help us help you.

How long u had the truck?

Recent work in dash area?

Need more info.
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Old 06-01-2016, 11:59 AM
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Default Re: Radio only working in park and neutral

06 FX4, stock radio. I've had it a few months, and no recent dash work as far as I know. Strangely enough, the radio is now working fine. But before it went back to normal, it would be on the fritz when the motion of the truck would change, like coming to a stop, taking off and going over bumps. It makes me think that it's probably something that has a so-so connection so sometimes it will break that circuit. It doesn't seem like it would be a short to ground because I'm pretty sure if it was, I'd have a blown fuse and it wouldn't work at all. So IF it is a continuity issue, it's probably most likely a short to power. Anyone got the wiring diagram for the radio circuit?
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Old 06-01-2016, 12:08 PM
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Default Re: Radio only working in park and neutral

I had the same issue last week:
Radio has no sound in Drive ir Reverse

After a couple starts and stops it fixed itself ans has worked fine ever since. I kinda attributed my issue to possibly the truck was hit by lightning as we had a heck of a lightning show at work that day and we had network systems having some issues. I had the issue another time about 3 or 4 years ago driving home at night in a severe lightning storm, it hit close to me on the road and the radio quit for a while.


Have you had lightning in your area lately?
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Old 06-01-2016, 12:10 PM
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Default Re: Radio only working in park and neutral

If I'm reading this correctly, everything works as normal, but you don't get sound. so the radio is on, the display works and all that? If that's the case, I don't think it's a power issue, it sounds more like the wiring to your speakers might be shorting out. If that was the case you wouldn't be blowing any fuses, just losing sound.
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Old 06-02-2016, 08:04 PM
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Everything works fine but the big question is, when it was giving me issues, why would the radio work properly only in park and neutral? Only in those gears would i have sound.
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Old 07-05-2016, 09:35 AM
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Everything works fine but the big question is, when it was giving me issues, why would the radio work properly only in park and neutral? Only in those gears would i have sound.
Same weird thing happened top me, and when describing it people look at you like you're crazy.

I still think mine had been hit by lightning that day.
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Old 07-24-2017, 06:48 PM
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Default Re: Radio only working in park and neutral

I just had this issue with my 04 xlt 4.0 4x4 stock radio and speakers, did we ever find a cause or solution!?


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Old 07-24-2017, 09:49 PM
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Default Re: Radio only working in park and neutral

I'd swear the guy posted on another forum that the problem changed a bit, and the only time the radio worked was while the vehicle was floored and the tranny had downshifted from either 3-2 or 3-1. Crickets at all other times.
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Old 07-25-2017, 03:48 AM
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I'd swear the guy posted on another forum that the problem changed a bit, and the only time the radio worked was while the vehicle was floored and the tranny had downshifted from either 3-2 or 3-1. Crickets at all other times.


The rain had stopped, and as the day went on for me the radio would work so long as I wasn't hitting the gas, but coastin, then on he last trip home worked without a problem, even if I never have this problem again I want answers dammit lol

I'm confident this is a quick symptom because all threads in this die quickly with no answers lol


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Old 08-15-2017, 08:14 AM
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Default Re: Radio only working in park and neutral

Answered in other thread but I'll stick it here as well.

I had this problem for over a year. Truck running and not in gear I had sound. In gear no sound. I finally found the circuit and bypassed it.

It is the red/black (red w/ black stripe at position 3 in C209A)) wire that I cut. Removed the terminal from the connector on the back of the radio and put a wirenut on the wire in the harness. That was over a year ago if memory serves. Never gave me a problem again.
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Old 08-23-2018, 10:11 AM
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Default Re: Radio only working in park and neutral

I read on other sites it could be the ignition switch as said switch cuts off the radio for starting purposes.

Hate cars/trucks anymore. ALWAYS something going wrong that is not an easy/cheap fix...
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Old 08-23-2018, 12:02 PM
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Default Re: Radio only working in park and neutral

Update:

Engine off, key on, radio works in all shifter positions.

Engine on, radio only works in Park and Neutral.

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https://www.justanswer.com/ford/2ecz...ve-revers.html
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Old 08-23-2018, 08:38 PM
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Default Re: Radio only working in park and neutral

Sounds like a upcoming strong contender in the "factory radio toss" Olympic tryouts this fall...


its 12 years old.. hopefully you got your monies worth at 48 months and not 60..
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