Radio not working

Shafiq02

I’ve just recently purchased a 09 plate fiat grande punto and the previous owner installed a new battery in to the car before my purchase and this caused the radio to stop working I first thought it was a problem with the fuses, however I replaced the damaged fuse and it still isn’t working. Any help would be much appreciated.

AdrianC

When you say "stop working" - do you mean it simply won't switch on?

And the fuse had blown, but is now good? The question then has to be why it had blown. Fuses don't just blow - short circuits blow them.

Sounds like it's dead. At the very least, you're going to need to pull the head unit and check there's power to it. If there is, the head unit's dead. If not, then you need to figure out why.

Mutton_Geoff

Shafiq02 said:

I’ve just recently purchased a 09 plate fiat grande punto and the previous owner installed a new battery in to the car before my purchase and this caused the radio to stop working I first thought it was a problem with the fuses, however I replaced the damaged fuse and it still isn’t working. Any help would be much appreciated.

How was the fuse that you replaced "damaged"?

Are you sure the radio isn't just locked because of the disconnection of the battery when it was changed? Do you have the unlock code in the manual?

foxy-stoat

Have you pulled the head unit out and checked the fuse on it or just the one in the fuse box?

The previous owner probably lied about the reason the radio wasn't working.

Goudy

New head unit, blown fuses, replacement battery all sound like someone botched the head unit fitting.
If they get the switch and unswitched power feeds the wrong way around it will cause the fuse to pop and the battery to drain.