Radio won't work in 2015 Forrester after battery died and was recharged.

Asked by GuruCYBBD Feb 07, 2019 at 09:39 PM about the 2015 Subaru Forester

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

The battery went dead in my 2015 Subaru Forrester.  We charged it with our
home charger but now the radio won't turn on.  It was fine before the battery
died.  How can I fix this.

9 Answers

Check the fuses. You may have to input the radio code to unlock it.

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Same thing happened to me. Disconnected the negative terminal. Reconnected it and started car. The radio was fine! Weird right!?

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thank you.... I did same; undo neg. batt. term. rehook; start car and it was fine

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I had to disconnect both negative and positive wait a while then ir worked

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I tried all of those ticks. I didn't work for me. All I am getting is a message say it can not red system and cannot read sd card.

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