I got a Pioneer DEH-P3500 radio last July, and now its the second time the faceplate has gone out on it! First time happened in January, and I sent it in for repairs, then when I got it back, it took a week and the radio quit quit. We later learned Best Buy blew my factory amp upon install and I was without a radio for 2 months, then they got it to "magically" work again by wiring around the amp (and it took them 2 months to figure that out, genius!). Now 2-3 weeks later, the faceplate is again going on it!

I am curious if there might be something within the car sending too much power to the deck, or if this radio is faulty, which I am thinking it is. I was wondering if anyone else has had problems with the same deck...

I plan on giving this dumb deck to the repair service to declare it repairless and then pick up another Pioneer except it will do MP3/WMA/CDRW.

Anne

off topic but... how much is a new faceplate? mine is all scratched

Um... from what I heard, its nearly equivalent to a new radio; you'd be better off with a new unit! You can check their website: Pioneer Electronics

I'd let you have mine once its fixed, except I bet its just a matter of time before it goes out again and I couldn't give it away knowing that.

Anne