488 radio stopped working

Check the fuse. Take out and put back firmly if ok. Sometimes they get loose. If still doesnt work replace the fuse, it may be bad.

Replace if blown.

 

These things have radios?

 

Mine did the exact same thing for one day last week. Able to switch sources but zero sound. The audio on voice control was working which was odd. I have the standard stereo. I parked in the garage and hooked up the battery charger overnight and in the morning it was fine. Must either be some JBL issue or the classic battery related weirdness that seams to be in the Ferrari blood?

 

The sound may have been 'transferred' to the linked bluetooth device in error. The media control has to be one of the Achilles' heels of the 458. The interface is downright awful.

 

He's talking about a 488 not the 458. Its a totally new interface as it actually is great in comparison the 458 which I agree was awful. The bluetooth transfer thing is an interesting idea but I actually turned the bluetooth off thinking that might be an issue but it didn't correct it for me. I also tried turning the car off and on again etc. I would try plugging in the battery charger and seeing if it is fine tomorrow.

 

+1 ... Exact same thing has happened to me... All fine now...

 

I guess I have this to look forward to as part of the fun of Italian car ownership. Let us know what ultimately corrects it. I was thinking for sure the Bluetooth.

 

Where did you have the key when you were hand washing the car? I have a BMW that has keyless go and when I wash the car with my key in my pocket, the doors will often lock/unlock all the time. This caused the car to exhibit strange behavior like you are describing but in my case the car wouldn't even turn over- jumped it- brought it to the dealer and we found out the battery had bad cells and they gave me a new battery. I'm wondering given how sensitive Ferraris seem to be with low voltage if your car might have gone through a few lock/unlock cycles and if that would be enough to give it some hiccups? Now when I wash the car I put the key out of range.

 

I'd be sure to keep the car plugged into the tender. I don't know which one they supply with the 488 but the one that came with my 458 was not strong enough to really add charge back to the battery. It might be worth investigating the specs on the tender...

 

I keep my 458 plugged in at night. It's 3.5 hours to the dealer so a dead / low battery would be a major hassle fo me.

 

My 488 has the same problem with the radio 3 times. No radio sound, but traffic messages works.
Last time I drove 230km (back from Nürburgring) and after 190km the radio sound was back.

 

Sounds like a software update is needed. Seems to have happened to many times to too many people to be random.

 

My 488-radio stops working when I am opening the door - somebody knows how to turn this off? I couldn't find out...

 

If you haven't had it plugged in, you should. The magnetic connector sounds very interesting and pretty cool. I'd like to see that. I think you should have a look at the specs of the tender and also see if you can figure out what the car draws while its at rest. Modern Ferrari's are a little bit temperamental when they don't have full battery charge. If your car has a start stop system in it (HELE in Ferrari language) then if you look for another tender you should look for one that can handle AGM batteries. I've been using the CTek 7002 for years on my cars with no issues- and it has an AGM mode (it looks like a snowflake on this model) but I don't know as much for the new 488.

Giallo77 is the radio working when you are seated in the car and when you open the door to exit, then it stops? This would be normal.

 

My 2014 Porsche 911 TTS did the exact same thing a couple of weeks ago. Letting it sit over night fixed it. Weird.

 

Same thing happened on our 2011 Boxster S. We were just starting out and wanted to listen to music. Turned off car. Pulled the audio fuse. Put back in and it worked and has continued to work for at least 3 years.

Never thought of letting sit overnight. Guess l am too impatient.

 

So I guess it's not the battery thing that is so common in the brands previous cars. Must be some computer software fault. Certainly if it's happened to several people on this board there are hundreds more out there. Hopefully they will identify the fault and get it corrected. I'm actually happy to hear of so many cases. I'm no longer worried that I might have a problem gremlin in the electronics. Glad yours came back as mine did as well.

 

I know in one case I had with my F12 and 458, somehow the Bluetooth connection got "hung up" - so the stereo ALWAYS thought it was on a call.

Removed phone, cleared bluetooth, rebooted and it worked.

Similar issue occurs where the car is turned off, but stereo system stays on (to complete the call).