Radio craps out after hard driving...?

[Gokou]

My TTA has had this problem ever since I picked it up. The radio works fine most of the time, but after you do a real hard run, it either shuts off entirely or the display will scrambled. Either way, it will not turn on until I turn the car off and then back on. Any ideas? I am assuming there's a loose connection to the radio that under the force of heavy acceleration gets loose enough or tweaked in such a way that it cuts power to the radio. However, everything works a-ok after a powerdown/power on.

Any ideas? It's not a big deal to me since I don't really listen to it anyways, but I'd like to get it in perfect working order.

 

[Roc87]

Does it still have all the presets and time set correctly after it does this?

 

[Gokou]

(thinks really hard...)

I'm 99% sure it does maintain the clock/presets, but now you have me doubting myself and I'm going to have to go try again tomorrow, but I am pretty darn sure it does keep the clock/presets.

It also doesn't matter if the radio is on or off, either way it'll scramble/go blank 75% of the time you make a hard pass.

 

[Roc87]

It sounds like it might be a ground, or one of two wires that connect separate from the "main" harness. They are a brown wire and a orange wire, sounds like they might be causing it too.