Rns 510 random reset

[Waah954]

Hi people.

Sorry if this already exist on the forum but couldn't find anything with the search tool...

As the topic states my rns unit randomly resets its self.

Thanks for the feed back

[saint70]

Firmware issue? Power? Cabling? Connector? Try give us more info about unit.

[vdubmotorworx]

How do you mean ....reset...what happens..what do u loose? VDUB...

[Waah954]

Well the unit is stock, car is 2010 build.
Not sure what firmware is running as I don't have the secret menu unlocked.

The unit just resets, shuts it's self off and restarts and continues to the last song it was playing off my sd card.

It has also done it a couple of times while on a Bluetooth phone call.

That's all I can give

[Waah954]

Any feed back guys ?

[saint70]

Maybe faulty sd card....did you try another sd card?

[Eaglehawk]

I'm going to say battery. Strange things happened to my Golf's MkV SatNav unit when the battery was "dying". (It would disappear from the car's MFD) A new battery fix it.

[Waah954]

Is there a way to do a battery check using the car's diagnostics

[Eaglehawk]

Not that I'm aware of. The useless dealer said it wasn't the battery in the two times I took it back to them. Even had the nerve to charge me for the 2nd visit. The dead give away that it was the battery was when it was disconnected, it would make the SatNav unit reappear again until a few days/week later.

[Waah954]

What's the damage on a battery.
Did you get any other issue when battery was low

[Waah954]

Also getting an error once a week , when I start the car in the morning gives error saying steering column lock is defective or something like that.

Could this be related to battery as well...

Thanks for the feed back

[Eaglehawk]

What's the damage on a battery.
Did you get any other issue when battery was low

I can't remember, but it was a Golf Mk5, so no point.

No other issues were shown.

[shakespeare]

My RCD510 does too, almost after every start the unit will reset you see the welcome VW screen and it's back to normal. Being doing this for about a year and half - ever since I purchased the R36 2nd hand, no other issues to date.

[Waah954]

My RCD510 does too, almost after every start the unit will reset you see the welcome VW screen and it's back to normal. Being doing this for about a year and half - ever since I purchased the R36 2nd hand, no other issues to date.

You didn't try fixing it... You try a firmware up date or anything

[shakespeare]

Thought about firmware update but in the end never found the time and the issue was a very minor inconvenience for about a second in the morning! So I chose to live with it


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