2017 Any way to fix awful XM reception?

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MikeyCVolt

Discussion Starter · Dec 11, 2017

I saw an old thread or two about this but I thought I'd start this one because I'm thinking of dropping the headliner and getting to the XM antenna to see if there's anything I can do to boost the signal. Has anyone tried anything?

I live in the country and didn't really pay much attention because the only place it went out was along a ~1 mile stretch where there are high power lines on the side of the road. But... I've been doing more driving down in the city this week and just about every city road that has power lines on one or both sides causes the XM radio to lose signal. It's so bad that either I'm going to stop using XM or I have to fix it somehow. None of my prior cars had this problem in the same places.

So I guess I'll start by asking, has anyone tackled this problem and gotten any results? Of course, the car is under warranty (2017) but from the older threads it doesn't seem like much relief is to be had by taking it to the dealer. I'm hesitant to do that anyway because it makes me cringe thinking about the dealer tearing into things.

Thanks,
Mike

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jcanoe

· #9 · Dec 12, 2017

Satellite Radio signal reception in North America is affected by how far south you are relative to the satellites' track. In some locations terrestrial repeaters are used to augment what would otherwise be a weak satellite radio signal. The Gulf Coast could be one of those areas with marginal satellite radio reception.

Some years ago I tried to used a Sirius Radio receiver from home, this was in South Florida. I had to return the radio as I could not receive the signal from the home location even with an optimal window exposure.

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