Strange 2008 MyGig Event Today

[BobF]

I bought my 2008 300C SRT8 on 2 Jan. 2008. It has all of the MyGig radio addons (SAT, VES, SATTV, Sirius Traffic). All these services have worked fine since 2 Jan. 08. Today I went out in the car and there was no AM/FM/SAT, SATTV, and UConnect audio or services at all. The NAV worked OK. I was on my way to the dealer and noticed a message "Call Sirius". I came home and called Sirius. After answering all their stupid questions and prompts to push 1 for English, etc. I finally got a good American guy in Iowa. He listened to my problems and said there was a problem with the satellite and that there was a high volume of calls causing the problems. Also the dealer evidently did not register me with Sirius when I bought the car. I had to get a friend to go to the car and turn the car and radio on. He reset all of the services for me while I was on the phone with him. If you have a new car with Sirius you might want to make sure you are properly registered.

I called my Service Manager and he said that when the satellite is down all services are off. I cannot believe that the satellite or Sirius, in general, has anything to do with the AM/FM, or UConnest operation. I did not reset any fuses.

What do you guys think? Maybe it was "Swamp Gas"!!! Best regards, Bob.

[Gn_115]

Sounds like a load of crap. The sirius shouldn't affect anything. Some dealers don't turn on the Sirius for you, we bought a jeep and we had to do it ourselves. Maybe they are just lazy.

[BobF]

I agree with you but why did the AM/FM and UConnect stop working too? Regards, Bob.

[Moose]

Nope, that is a muffler bearing for sure...haha

Bob, I did not know you got a new ride. What did you do with your other beast? Sorry if I missed that post.

Moose.

[BobF]

Hi Moose. I traded in my 2006 300C with 16,000 miles on it. I loved that car but I like my SRT8 better. Best regards, Bob.

[jimhild]

Bob,
The Sirius might have been down, but that had no impact on your AM/FM or your UConnect issues. My Sirius worked all day today, as I was driving almost the full day and had Sirius on full time.
Sounds like a radio/UConnect issue.

Good Luck!

[BobF]

Hi Jim. Thanks for the reply. What is strange about it is that when they sent the Sirius signal all worked OK again. Even the UConnest and AM/FM radio. I did nothing else. That's what is very hard for me to understand. Regards, Bob.

[BobF]

The same thing happened again today. I went out in the car and the SAT worked fine. I shutoff the car to pickup a pizza and when I came back it was dead again. No AM/FM, UConnect, SAT, SATTV. The NAV works OK. I am going into the dealer Monday. I am not a happy camper!!!! I only have about 1,500 miles on the car and bought it brand new. Best regards, Bob.

Tonight I did a Google search of MyGig failures and have seen several MyGig owners with the same problems. This has occured in several vehicle types with the MyGig. It sounds like there is a real problem with them.