Hello all! This is my first thread so be nice

My 2001 TJ exec was my mums since new and an 18th present
It has been completely perfect it's whole life....
Except for on a 12,500km trip around Australia, the radio cut out for a few hours of travel. It happened once and we didn't think anything of it

Now that she's mine, the 12 year-old, 100% stock stereo has been pushed as most P platers do.

So basically, the stereo kept cutting out randomly, and has gotten so worse that it will only work of a morning, or in the evening. I have no idea what is causing it, the head unit continues on as if there is no problem...

I have a JVC unit that I'm planning on paying Autobarn or something to install it and hope the problem goes away...
Any advice or ideas on what it could be would be great

If you've pushed the headunit hard enough to distort/clip your speakers, then you've probably fried the internal amp of the head unit.
If you get a jvc unit I'd probably chuck in some entry level pioneers/sonys/kenwoods, will be sure to fix your issue and sound much better than stock, for not that much more.

when you say the radio cuts out do you mean it just drops out and you get static or the whole unit itself switches off?? could be that the antenna cable is loose in the back of your headunit or in your aireal, had this problem in my subaru... or your headunit is on its way out

When it cuts out its as if an on-off switch is being fiddled with by a 5 year-old with ADD unless it's really warm and is completely off
Killing the amp seems to be it. With it being so old there's no suprise there

Thanks for your help guys :)

so if youve worked it hard, then id say the internal amp is ready to die, some amps have a load cutout
protector for the amp and it sounds like its cutting in because of the heat around it, it maybe cutting out by the
heat from the head unit itself and the heat inside the car during the day doesn't help matters, also check your speakers, check the tweeters in the dash as they get damaged by the sun after a while as they may also
be a culprit and check your speakers, I had a problem with the right speaker on the back shelf
and every time it was
connected it made the load cutout protector cut in. I recon you should get the head unit and replace the speakers aswell as the standard eurovox speakers as don't sound that great and are only rated to 15W.
hopefully this wil solve your probs.

good luck m8:)

so if youve worked it hard, then id say the internal amp is ready to die, some amps have a load cutout
protector for the amp and it sounds like its cutting in because of the heat around it, it maybe cutting out by the
heat from the head unit itself and the heat inside the car during the day doesn't help matters, also check your speakers, check the tweeters in the dash as they get damaged by the sun after a while as they may also
be a culprit and check your speakers, I had a problem with the right speaker on the back shelf
and every time it was
connected it made the load cutout protector cut in. I recon you should get the head unit replaced and the speakers aswell as the standard eurovox speakers as don't sound that great and are only rated to 15W.
hopefully this wil solve your probs.

good luck m8:)

Before you replace anything, quickly check and re-seat all the fuses related to audio (drives side fuse box and engine bay fuse box). Might be a corroded fuse and a quick easy fix. Won't take you more than 1 min to check them.

Ok so this morning I decided 'I'll have a look at the rear speakers to see how hard it is to take one out'
I found what was messing up the system, I loaded too much into the boot and bent the connector, and the two terminals were touching.

I'm rolling with a 3 channel stereo for now!
Thanks for the suggestions guys!:kb:

Rear speakers is easy

Tools:
10/12mm socket (can't remember),

no 2. Phillips head screw driver along with a right angle screw driver for the ones backing onto the window.

1. Open boot and undo the 3 bolts that hold down the speaker grills and also the speaker connector.
2. Lift speaker grill off.
3. Unscrew speaker screws.
4. Remove speakers.

It's fidly but you don't need to remove the seats or anything! :)