VW sells remanufactured radios exchange, last time I bought one for a
customer, they were around $75, with a 12 month warranty. BUT, I would spend
just slightly more and get a brand new Blaupunkt from Crutchfield. They have
a few really nice models in the $120 to $200 range.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Marciniak <tmarcini@MAIL.EXECPC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:09 PM
Subject: Anyone have this problem with their radio?

> I have 90 Multivan with AM/FM Cassette standard VW factory setup for this
> year.  It plays cassettes tape without any problems but I lost my radio
> function.  What I have discovered is when I press the eject button all the
> way in and hold this button in the radio will come on.  There must be some
> internal switch that is malfunctioning.  The way the system is setup is
> when the radio is on and you insert a tape the radio automatically shuts
> off and the tape plays, when you eject the tape the radio automatically
> comes on.
>
> Questions--does anyone fix these things?  Are factory radios available and
> any idea how much?
>
> Tim Marciniak