HELP - Built-in Sirius Satellite not working.

[st4t3x]

I bought my 2008 Explorer about a year ago and it has been awesome, but about a month ago we went to start the explorer and due to the cold Colorado days, the battery was dead, so I decided to jump it with my battery charger. I was starting the car with the battery charger on and the next thing I know my wife is jumping out of the car saying she saw a puff of smoke come out of the factory 6 disc changer.

Since then the radio will not allow to be switched to the sirius setting. It only goes AM, FM, CD and AUX.

I then bought another factory radio and installed it, the same thing. So I suppose the Sirius control unit got fried. Before I go about buying another one and putting it in, is there anything else you experts can think of, a fuse? Maybe reset the controller some how?

Thanks I really appreciate all feedback. Glad to be aboard here at Explorer Forum.

Tony

 

[cmk0808]

unplug the sirius tuner in the pass kick panel and wait 2 minutes. plug in and try again. sirius tuner may be bad.

 

[Mountaineer07]

Built-in sirius radion stopped working 07 Mountaineer

This exact same issue has suddenly happened in my Mountaineer. It was working fine, went in a store, came out restarted the car and no Satelite Radio. Only CD, Radio and Aux work. The Satellite radio doesn't even register. Was there ever a resolution to this issue?

Thanks

 

[cmk0808]

Just unplug it and wait the 2 min and replug it in. should work again. just a glitch.

 

[waskly]

easier to pull the fuse to it.... nothing to take apart.

 

[st4t3x]

I tried everything, I'm at the conclusion that I fried the Sirius Tuner, just don't have the time or energy to replace it so I have an XM Go in the car for now. Thanks for all your help, I did pull the power to it and plugged it back in, that was no go.

Again,

Thanks!

 

[Mountaineer07]

Thanks for the responses. As far as removing the fuse, which fuse am I looking for exactly. I figure I'd try that first.

Thanks again.

Update...

My problem ended up being my car battery was bad. Had the battery replaced and the Satellite radio showed up again as an option. When my car wouldn't start all of a sudden I had the battery checked and the guy told me I had a bad cell and it was only putting out about 9V. Guess that's not quite enough to power the satellite radio and ultimately the truck. lol.

Thanks again for the help.

Erica

 

[FarmerTom390]

I know this is an old post but I searched and it helped me.

The sirius screen was not able to be touched and message said connection failed see dealer.

The sirius tuner is the gray box under the passenger side kick panel; I unplugged the bottom wire for a few minutes plugged it back in and bam. Working like a champ.