Although I drive a 2002 Civic Si, I thought someone here could help me with a question about the am radio.

When reception is weak, the fan creates static and interference on the am stations. When I turn the fan off, the interference goes away.

When a station comes in clearly, I don't hear the fan on the am radio.

Is this something I should accept, or does this indicate a problem?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Purple Haze
Although I drive a 2002 Civic Si, I thought someone here could help me with a question about the am radio.

 

Some radios have an amplifier on the front end designed to boost the input if the carrier strength measures below a certain voltage.

Steve R. is correct, AM radio is prone to static and noise from a variety of sources, even if they do not share a common power source.

I would hypothesize that what is happening is that your radio is boosting the signal of the incoming carrier, but in the process it is also boosting the unwanted noise from your fan system.

There is probably not anything that can be done about it, unless something about the electrical system has changed...and the problem got worse after the change.

 

What are you listening to on AM so much that makes you notice?

 

I like talk shows.

 

I have the same issues with mine. I would say I listen to AM 80% of the time. The thing that made me the most angry was the fact that I bought a $600 deck, and the AM reception is worse than my other deck. I am going to buy an AM booster kit from Best Buy, that is what you should do as well.