2007 LS460 ML Audio Problems
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2007 LS460 ML Audio Problems
Has anyone had the problem of the audio just going haywire like someone is just pushing all the buttons at once. The CDs got ejected on their own and radio just doesn't play. I removed the battery negative terminal to reset it and it worked for about a day then went back to doing it again. Any help would be appreciated.
nah, hot weather can't be an excuse. if that's the case in some regions they can't even drive the ls460 in summer. i have never seen similar problems before, but definitely seems like malfunctioning. i would just go to dealer for that. good luck!
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Have you found what caused this? My 2008 LS460 swb navi (non ML) has experienced this intermittently- while driving, the audio will shut off by itself and eject the cd. A few times, it was while the cd was playing, but the most recent time, I was listening to the radio and not cd. The screen went to "audio off" by itself and ejected the cd. Nobody was touching the console, and my hands were not on any of the audio buttons on steering wheel.
Afterwards, I hit the power button to the audio and reinserted the cd, and everything was fine afterwards. Anyone know what could cause this intermittent issue?
Afterwards, I hit the power button to the audio and reinserted the cd, and everything was fine afterwards. Anyone know what could cause this intermittent issue?
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I had the same exact problem a few times over a year or so. Stereo spontaneously turning off, CD ejecting, but still able to restart it. It was getting worse in the past month.
After reading some of these posts about it being an electrical short, I decided to slowly push around on the plastic on the console and see if I could provoke it. When I pushed hard on the space just below the cd slot and above those lower controls, I could get stereo to turn off exactly when I would push there.
Kind of impulsively I decide to bang a little harder with the bottom of my fist a few times in that spot to get whatever two pieces of metal that were touching to maybe clear each other. I know it could have gone the other way and I could have made it worse, ... but it worked. I haven't had the problem since, about a year ago.
I have the Mark Levinson model
After reading some of these posts about it being an electrical short, I decided to slowly push around on the plastic on the console and see if I could provoke it. When I pushed hard on the space just below the cd slot and above those lower controls, I could get stereo to turn off exactly when I would push there.
Kind of impulsively I decide to bang a little harder with the bottom of my fist a few times in that spot to get whatever two pieces of metal that were touching to maybe clear each other. I know it could have gone the other way and I could have made it worse, ... but it worked. I haven't had the problem since, about a year ago.
I have the Mark Levinson model
Last edited by scutch; Sep 7, 2025 at 07:14 PM.
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From: Colorado
"I had the same exact problem a few times over a year or so. Stereo spontaneously turning off, CD ejecting, but still able to restart it. It was getting worse in the past month.
After reading some of these posts about it being an electrical short, I decided to slowly push around on the plastic on the console and see if I could provoke it. When I pushed hard on the space just below the cd slot and above those lower controls, I could get stereo to turn off exactly when I would push there.
Kind of impulsively I decide to bang a little harder with the bottom of my fist a few times in that spot to get whatever two pieces of metal that were touching to maybe clear each other. I know it could have gone the other way and I could have made it worse, ... but it worked. I haven't had the problem since, about a year ago."
As of April of 2026, it is still fixed.
After reading some of these posts about it being an electrical short, I decided to slowly push around on the plastic on the console and see if I could provoke it. When I pushed hard on the space just below the cd slot and above those lower controls, I could get stereo to turn off exactly when I would push there.
Kind of impulsively I decide to bang a little harder with the bottom of my fist a few times in that spot to get whatever two pieces of metal that were touching to maybe clear each other. I know it could have gone the other way and I could have made it worse, ... but it worked. I haven't had the problem since, about a year ago."
As of April of 2026, it is still fixed.
Last edited by scutch; Apr 30, 2026 at 06:23 PM.
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