# What did my Rav4 do with my radio stations?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-did-my-rav4-do-with-my-radio-stations/57376>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** radio, rav4, toyota\
**Created:** [November 9, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-did-my-rav4-do-with-my-radio-stations/57376 "2010-11-09T21:18:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![halal37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@halal37](https://community.cartalk.com/u/halal37)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-did-my-rav4-do-with-my-radio-stations/57376/1 "2010-11-09T21:18:19Z")

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I own a 2006 Toyota Rav4. On Sunday I discovered it had conveniently updated my clock. I later discovered it also wiped out all my programmed radio stations. I am now in the process of having to program my car radio all over again. I have owned this car for over a year now and this is the first time this has happened to me. Has this happened to anyone else? What is going on?

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**Author:** ![dadoctah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@dadoctah](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dadoctah)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-did-my-rav4-do-with-my-radio-stations/57376/2 "2010-11-10T21:01:35Z")

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Sounds suspiciously like someone unhooked and then reattached your battery cables.

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**Author:** ![halal37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@halal37](https://community.cartalk.com/u/halal37)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-did-my-rav4-do-with-my-radio-stations/57376/3 "2010-11-10T22:58:59Z")

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I live out in the boondocks.

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-did-my-rav4-do-with-my-radio-stations/57376/4 "2010-11-11T15:12:18Z")

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You are connecting the clock update to the loss of presets but you really don’t have any technical proof that the situations are related. Loss or radio presets can be caused by an issue with the constant voltage source,an internal failure within the radio (this is my bet) or someone “hacking” into your radio(and perhaps your bank account) through your tire pressure monitoring system :0).

Re-set your presets and motor on.

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**Author:** ![halal37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@halal37](https://community.cartalk.com/u/halal37)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-did-my-rav4-do-with-my-radio-stations/57376/5 "2010-11-11T20:44:20Z")

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Thanks for the input. I will be watching (I mean listening) to see if happens again.