Ok, this should get your attention!

I took my 06 to the Ford Dealership where I bought it ONLY because they were offering a free "after winter suspension check", so I thought I'd take them up on it.

Not to my surprise, they replaced the sway bar links which was no biggie.
But when I got in, after starting it I noticed my clock was 3 hours behind.
AND after turning on the radio, it was stuck on the lowest FM station (88.1) and would not respond to the "up/down" tuning and all my presets were gone!


I went back into the service department, and was not only told the mechanic was gone for the weekend, and was suggested to disconnect the positive terminal from the battery for 1/2 and hour. If this did not work, I was supposed to call them back on Monday.

I'll try the battery "rest period" tomorrow, but wanted to get this posting up to see if this has happened to anyone else.

 

After you disconnect the battery your radio will be in "lock" mode.I hope you have the unlock code.

 

oh crap.............i didn't know anything about an "unlock" code"! good thing i hadn't done it yet otherwise i'd REALLY be upset!

 

Try lock/unlock cycle with the remote fob, not the button on the door that may reset security, not sure about 2006.

 

i'll give it a whirl, thanx!

 

My 08 never went in lock mode..and I had the batt was disconnected several times for several hours and once over nite....

 

Yeah, as far as I know the radio only locks if put in another vehicle. The vin programming should remain after a power loss.

 

well, as per donbrew's suggestion, I tried the key fob a few times, but i still can't access the clock to reset it, or use my memory presets.

kinda pisses me off that this is even an issue.
"radio/electronics vs. swaybar link replacement"...........COME ON!

 

it sounds like you might have a blown fuse....

The memory fuse, the one hot to the radio all the time even when the key is off usually controls those functions....

Just a thought

 

hmmm. ok, i like that possibility........