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Hello. I have a 98 F-150 supercab, 4.6 liter, 5 speed 4 x 4, with am/fm radio with the 6 disk CD player in the panel behind driver door. Today I totally washed the inside of cab by removing all seats and using carpet cleaner, brushes and then spraying with a hose to clean the carpet (it was FILTHY) Ok, I let everything dry (though carpet is still damp) , replace seats and noticed this:
* radio will only play the station I was listening to while washing inside of truck - volume works fine
* I cannot change radio am to fm, change channels or play CDs
*there is no panel light on the radio. It is totally dark and doesn't show channel or clock
* if I turn key and try to play radio, it won't play unless I quickly switch on then off the windshield wipers.
* the rest of truck seems to function well
Ok, I went thru my owner manual but can't figure out what is going on here. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
After everything dries out it will probably work fine. You might have got a bit of water in it or, the humidity in the cab while you were washing it condensed inside the radio.