2012 Mazda Mazda3 radio mutes/unmutes itself

My car radio keeps muting itself, then unmuting, then muting, then unmuting. I don’t even have a mute button, but the radio display says “Mute.” Dash recently replaced as part of recall. Battery recently replaced when it died.

Hello @Lindsey37

I have the same problem with my 2012 mazda 3. Did you found the solution?

Hi @Johanmzc_190853. You might get more attention if you open a new topic open the home page. Click on the New Topic button in the top right of the home page and fill in the required information, then ask your questions. In case you aren’t aware, you responded to a 6 year old thread.

Additionally, the OP’s post on this topic was his/her only post–ever.
I doubt that he/she will see/respond Johan’s question.

I think that Johan would have a much better liklihood of getting his question answered if he went to a Mazda-centric forum.

I have a home CD player that misbehaves in a similar way. I took it apart but couldn’t find anything obviously wrong. I later discovered a work-a-round , pressing the FF button a couple of times would bring it back from the dead. Suggest to try that, press the radio’s control buttons at random, maybe you’ll discover a sequence that unmutes it. I expect the actual problem is a cracked trace on the button-pcb.