FM Radio Fades in and out

[jstieber99]

About every 3rd drive, my FM radio fades in and out very badly. Anyone else having this issue?

 

[knvoss]

Yep. Flip it to am and back to FM. It should fix it.

 

[sticker500]

Another issue is the station is capable of HD and the antenna in the RAM is weak. So stations will keep switching back and forth, just uncheck HD.

 

[Edwards]

I'd say the antenna/tuner are very strong on mine. It locks onto HD stations quickly and holds them better than my Mercedes did.

 

[sticker500]

I'd say the antenna/tuner are very strong on mine. It locks onto HD stations quickly and holds them better than my Mercedes did.

2018 F-150 locked the station and new truck doesn't so perhaps the Mercedes was REALLY BAD

 

[Edwards]

2018 F-150 locked the station and new truck doesn't so perhaps the Mercedes was REALLY BAD

No, the Mercedes was really good and I'd rate the Ram even better.

I'd have your antenna looked at. After doing the cargo light LED swap, I think you can get a good look at your shark fin antenna connection by removing the third brake/cargo light assembly. 4 phillips screws and you'll be looking right at it to see if anything is wonky.
No idea where the head unit antenna connection is.

 

[Neurobit]

No issues with mine. All bands work great, so I'd second looking at the antenna connection.

 

[RamCares]

About every 3rd drive, my FM radio fades in and out very badly. Anyone else having this issue?

Hello jstieber99,

If you end up going into the dealer, please let me know. I am available via direct message and would be happy to get you an additional layer of assistance while in service.

Jasmine
Ram Social Care Specialist

 

[Jus Cruisin]

I've got an FM radio in this thing?




just kidding......

 

[Phiefer]

Yep. Flip it to am and back to FM. It should fix it.

Hmmm..... I have not notice this on my 12" display, but will pay more attention to FM. The majority of my listening has been Sirius Xm.

If you can swap between am & FM and have it correct itself, I'd suspect the receiver. Sounds like the synthesizer wont stay locked. As stated already, antenna signal could also cause this.
I'm going to pay more attention to mine.

There is so much technology in these trucks, it has taken me a week now just to turn on my clock display so I don't have to use my watch.

 

[JLM37]

About every 3rd drive, my FM radio fades in and out very badly. Anyone else having this issue?

Mine too, since the day I got it. I’m thinking mine is a signal problem, certain times of the day radio stations switch signals and it only happens to me sometimes not constantly and the XM is fine. Dealership has been less than helpful.

 

[Bubba11]

same with mine. I find that if I have my iPhone plugged in and I forget to unplug it when I stop and get out, then when I crank the truck back up the fm goes on the blitz