mine does the exact same thing but starts to work right whenever I talk about gettin a new one while I'm in the car(I must've gotten the female one ) I jus ignore it most of the time or push mute unless Im doin 70+

 

well my only problem with that is i still want it to detect when it's going off because the majority of the time it's going off because i'm in the pedal.

 

thats wierd my cobra doesnt do that

 

I highly doubt it's that, because mine doesn't do it in my SS/TC. I've got the same radar detector. It's gotta be the drive by wire system or it's a voltage spike through the cigarette lighter.

 

lol like I said, I was only guessing, I don't know why it does it. It could be a voltage spike as well. But at least other people have had the same problems and I'm not the only one.

 

wonder if it would still do it if i plugged it into the other lighter then

 

yeah but u said u tried it in your friends mustang as well with the same results, so therefore u can only guess the radar detector is bad.

 

he has the same radar detector. only difference is mines a 9 band his is a 6 band.

 

ohhh gotcha my bad. how is are the radar detectors? u and ur buddies.

 

maybe it's picking up the gay signal from those foot lights

 

 

It is falsing like that because it hurts to live.

 

I know this is bumping an old thread but my radar did this also, and some of you may still be dealing with this.

SOLUTION: Hard-wire it.

Problem solved. 110% guaranteed. I have no clue why this worked, but it did. I was told this by a friend who works at an audio shop.

 

well thank you for the info. i'll have to do that because it's driving me insane lol. what would u reccomend hardwiring it to?

 

Fuse tap into the wiper fuse. Behind the passenger kick-panel, for power.

For ground, there is a bolt right below the box of fuses, connected to the frame. You can't miss it.

 

good deal! i'll do this right now =)

 

Let me know how it goes! You'll have to cut the cigarette part off of the wiring and split the positive and negative away from each-other and wire strip them about 4".

 

works like a charm! 3 ****** birds with 1 stone right there! no cigerette lighter use now. even less wires. and no beeping! thank you so much man!

 

No problem bro! Just make sure ya give me credit!

 

haha the credit's all yours. only thing different is i wired it to the sunroof fuse instead lol. works like a charm though woo woo. i'm excited cause i was just about to buy a new detector.

 

 

hey btw! i see ur only in illinois. you should come to our indy meet next month and if u have any buddies in illinois they should tag along!

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/mid-...l-meet-253270/

 

im bout to try this today.. well its not really tryin cuz you can plug it back in the Cig lighter afterwards

 

seems like a defective radar to me. i had a cobra. stopped using it for a while than i wanted a radar again so i sold it and got a beltronics rx 65. i love it!

 

For sure, sounds good! I'll check it out.

No, you will need to cut that part off.

Not exactly. It is (to the best of my knowledge) a problem with voltage dropping when there is a fuse in-line with the circuit. The cigarette part does have a mini tube-fuse in it. But, as soon as you remove that part, no voltage drop. Not sure why, but it is what it is.