Miata Mailing List: August 1993, Message #147
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   From: Dore Brian K 
Subject: Radio problem
   Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 11:24:44 -0400



Yesterday I drove home, ran inside to change clothes and ran back out
and as I drove away, noticed my radio wasn't playing.  (It was playing
when I stopped the car.)  Fiddling with the buttons had no effect.
The display was dead.  It was hot and humid, and my first thoughts
were the mysterious radio gremlins mentioned on this list.  I had
driven from the humid hot sunshine, and parked under a cool carport.

Stuck in traffic, I flipped the fan on to get some air moving and
noticed it was dead too.  Lights worked, wipers didn't.  I figured
that I had blown a fuse and stopped at the next gas station.  When I
turned the key from run to accessory on the way to stop, the radio
came on.   I restarted the car and everything worked great.

I can only assume what I experienced was a bad connection in the
ignition switch.  Has anyone else seen this happen?  Could this
explain some of the radio problems people have experienced?

Brian