Yaris Radio Stopped Picking Up Fm Stations

[Poppy51]

My trusty 2000 Yaris having done 140,000 miles has suddenly stopped picking up FM stations.

Any clues/help would be greatly appreciated.

[cbzcbz]

Hi,

I'm not expert but have you tried another aerial? :$

[Poppy51]

Hi,

I'm not expert but have you tried another aerial? :$

Thanks for your reply.

No I haven't,are they prone to giving up the ghost eventually?

[moonstone mart]

Hi,

I'm not expert but have you tried another aerial? :$

Thanks for your reply.

No I haven't,are they prone to giving up the ghost eventually?

The radio units are known for failing on the FM side of things, AM still works fine i expect?

I changed a couple for this problem over the years.

Mart.

[Poppy51]

Hi,

I'm not expert but have you tried another aerial? :$

Thanks for your reply.

No I haven't,are they prone to giving up the ghost eventually?

The radio units are known for failing on the FM side of things, AM still works fine i expect?

I changed a couple for this problem over the years.

Mart.

Yes the AM side works perfectly.Unfortunately my wife does a 65mile commute round the M25 and Radio 5 live is not helping her relax in the same manner that Capital or Heart does.

[Raeman]

Have a look on eBay, you should be able to get another unit cheap enough to be able to just swap them over.

[Cherry Red Pocket Rocket]

I've had the same problem ever since I bought my Yaris. I bought it at 50k and it has now done just over 80k. Regardless as to whether I stick on the ariel or not it doesn't seem to pick up anything. Its just static and wizzes past stations that I know frequency of! Grrr. Any suggestions please?

[moonstone mart]

I've had the same problem ever since I bought my Yaris. I bought it at 50k and it has now done just over 80k. Regardless as to whether I stick on the ariel or not it doesn't seem to pick up anything. Its just static and wizzes past stations that I know frequency of! Grrr. Any suggestions please?

New radio unit.

Mart.

[Jan&tone]

I had that problem on an old Avensis some years ago....

Then I put it back to FM1 from FM3 that it had somehow got to and it worked fine .... Doh!!

[Cherry Red Pocket Rocket]

How much will a new radio unit cost?!

[Raeman]

Strange that there's problems with the radios not working.

Mine is 10yrs old still works perfectly on every station. I've never heard before of the radios going wrong in a Yaris!

[Cherry Red Pocket Rocket]

Its quite unusual. Maybe my ariel got bent but even then it was hardly picking anything up and without it it won't pick anything up at all! Not that I ever listen to the radio but it'd be nice to every now and then... Not at the cost of a new radio unit though!

[moonstone mart]

Strange that there's problems with the radios not working.

Mine is 10yrs old still works perfectly on every station. I've never heard before of the radios going wrong in a Yaris!

Quite a few do - doesnt mean every single one will.

Mart.

[moonstone mart]

Its quite unusual. Maybe my ariel got bent but even then it was hardly picking anything up and without it it won't pick anything up at all! Not that I ever listen to the radio but it'd be nice to every now and then... Not at the cost of a new radio unit though!

A second hand unit shouldnt be much at all - no need to go paying loads for a new one. Or look into having yours repaired?

Mart.

[Richard Davies]

The radio in my Yaris doesn't work properly, for some reason it won't stay on a station when the RDS is switched on. Every few seconds it starts searching for a stronger signal.

More recently the CD play stopped accepting any discs.

At least I've got an FM sender unit to play my Ipod through.

[jamesf49]

I got a 2000 Yaris Verso earlier this year and it has the same problem. AM works fine but FM is just static. I don't want to install a replacement unit unit as mine has the integrated Cassette and CD auto-changer. I put up a search on some of the scrapyard web-sites for a 'head unit' and the only shots I got were for £85 + postage!

After that I picked up a £2 digital radio and plugged it into one of those tape adaptors. It works, just !!

James