No answers but I would take a pic when it happens so if it doesn't when you get to the dealer he won't look at you like you're crazy.

 

no problems here, let us know what the dealer says.

 

No answers but I would take a pic when it happens so if it doesn't when you get to the dealer he won't look at you like you're crazy.

That is a good idea! Thanks for the suggestion.

 

yw...good luck .... keep us posted

 

This usually happens when I am going home from work, so maybe it is a heat problem since the car gets pretty warm sitting in the sun all day.

I have had the same problem on a car I had a few years ago, and it was the extreame temps, that caused the problem. Also the problem occured in sub-zero temps as well. The problem never effected the operation of the radio though. As soon as the cabin reached a respectable temp the problem went away. As I recall at that time there was no dealer fix for the problem. Today I'm sure they'll just change out the radio.

 

>>I could increase and decrease the volume by turning
>>the volume knob, but everything else seemed dead.

I have had my RAV4 for ~ 10days now and have the JBL stereo. A few days ago, I discovered that the volume control would not work. This was while driving home from work. Next morning everything seemed to be OK. Later that day, saw the same problem!. I could turn the stereo on and off and adjust the treble/mid/bas, but no volume.

Sounds like a faulty rotary encoder on the volume control and am quite surprised given that I previously had a 96 RAV4 for 10 years with no problems whatsoever

- CalKiwi

 

I have the same problem. When I tap on the screen it starts
working again, must be a loose conection.

 

def a warranty issue. Take it back and get dealer to replace whole radio

 

I have the same problem as the OP, plus occassionally the screen fails to display anything at all.

Its intermittant and, as suggested above, a tap on the screen usually fixes the problem.

I can live with it until the first scheduled service.

Excuse the crappy quality of the camera phone picture...

 

I'm not expert, but I'd say that's a problem. :shock:

 

Mine is doing the same thing. I am taking it back ASAP.

 

Same here, i'm taking it to the dealer this Monday which is the 12th.
Had the RAV4 since April 9, 2006.

 

I posted about this in another thread. My radio has popping/static on local FM stations. It has done this since day one. The dealer replicated the problem so the Rav is going in this week to have the radio replaced.

Funny thing- Just this weekend we took the car to pick up a pizza. I ran in to get it and when I came out my wife said something is wrong with the radio. It was doing exactly what the picture Baron G posted shows. It wasnt hot at all that day, and the Rav is parked in the shade at home, so I dont think its heat related. We turned the radio off and on and the problem went away. Im glad they are replacing the radio. Looks like we got some "bugs" in there.

 

same here

My radio looked exactly like the previous poster. It wasn't overly hot, and the sun doesn't shine on the display anyway. I am waiting to hear back from my dealer as I just sent all the pictures to them.

Janet

 

This could be a subliminal way of your Rav4 saying I'm homesick.
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so!

On a serious note, it's in the low 100's here and I'm not getting that at all. One thing I noticed on the picture that differs from mine is how many CD's are in the changer, I only have one.

 

Thats interesting. When My radio did this, there was only one CD in it but it was an MP3 CD. I never noticed it when a music CD was loaded in.

 

Mine does it with either cd or MP3 or radio. Hot or cold does not matter either.

 

radio issue

I go in today for regular service and they are going to pull the model info off the radio and call toyota. If its a documented problem with a fix they will fix it otherwise they are replacing the radio. He said it shouldn't happen and clearly there is something wrong with it.

Janet

 

LCD Radio freakout

I have also been experiencing this problem. I don't believe it is heat related because the problem has happened to me after the car has been running for hours and is nice and cool.

I primarily use AUX mode for my XM Radio, and it has been an intermittent problem. In addition to the photo posted with black blocks, mine even goes so far as have gibberish symbols & characters SCROLL across the screen.

I was lucky enough for this to happen as I was driving by my dealership, so I stopped and made them come outside and look at it before I shut the car off. They ordered me a new radio about 3 weeks ago and just called to say it's in.

I could be mistaken, but I think that I have had another intermittent problem with sound quality. Two times last week (once on CD mode, once on AUX), my bass seemed to get obnoxiously loud. I had to turn bass level all the way down to -6 to make it sound ALMOST normal. I hope this new radio takes care of it. I'll certainly be watching this thread to see what everyone else experiences.

 

I join the group of people having this problem... same strange characters as the pictures showed here.. Here happened just 1 time... CD, radio, mp3, all of them worked perfectly, just the display has those stranges characters, or behaviours...

Please keep us posted of what dealers are treating this problem... and if they got and idea of what it is...

I think this is the first big bug considered for the new rav4.

 

well the disply is working on mine but the volume knob stoped working last night till i banged on the radio then it worked again
cant i have some luck with this car!!
(three days after i bought it i was in an accdent)

 

Add me to the list

Mine did it for the first time this morning a little after 6:00 AM. I had been driving with the AC on for more than 10 minutes, so I'm sure it's not a heat related issue. Mine looked exactly like the picture posted in a previous reply to this thread and none of the buttons would work.

Once I got to a safe place to stop, I shut the Rav off and restarted it and everything was fine again.

I'll be visiting the dealer shortly, but not until I can get a pic of mine doing it because they're not going to tell me that it's not happening or almost every dealer's favorite response..."Unable to Duplicate."

I think I'll print this thread out and take with me to prove that it's happening to more than just me.

James

 

Our RAV is having this same problem. The radio display completely disappeared (only once so far, last week), but this week the volume control has decided not to work. It's happened several times. The one time I just turned the radio off, back on, and it worked again, but this morning it took a couple times of turning it off, on, and pushing buttons before I could get it to work. (The steering wheel control volume worked though.)

My question is, am I wasting my time taking it to the dealer if they can't duplicate the problem. Maybe I'll just call the service department to see what they say.

 

I had the volume problem happen to me once this week.

 

When saying that you are having the problem, could you please mention which radio you have (JBL, non-JBL 6CD, non-JBL 1-CD). Thanks.