Lately the radio in my 2010 Octy has started playing up. The most common problem is that after I turn on the ignition, the radio will turn itself off after a few seconds only for me to have to turn it on again. The the other day I went to get into the car and found the radio was on even though I had only unlocked the car and the key had been placed in the ignition.

 

I read on another thread somewhere that the SD card may cause the radio to turn on on it's own due to expansion/ contraction, but that doesn't explain it turning off randomly.

 

I would appreciate if anyone has any ideas?

This happened to me on a previous Octy, it was a faulty ignition switch. 

Cheers Jon. Do you know if it's a big job? what price is a new ignition switch?

 

Thanks

Colm

Part cost £15ish from ebay.

 

Eddie NL on here certainly knows his stuff!

 

 

 

I have this problem bought a 1K0 905 849 B today.

On 04/08/2017 at 11:46, Jonboy984 said:

This happened to me on a previous Octy, it was a faulty ignition switch. 

Thanks, you just saved me replacing the radio! 

 

17 hours ago, skipi said:

Thanks, you just saved me replacing the radio! 

 

 

Fantastic news 👍