I posted this in the Communications and Electronics section a couple days ago, but haven't gotten any responses. Hoping I can get some help here.
So on my way to the shooting range, I was driving down a washboard road, when suddenly, after one little bump, my stock stereo died. No sound, no lights, nothing. I turned it off and turned it back on, nothing. I thought maybe a blown fuse. No big deal, I'll look into it when I get home.
I got to the range, shot for a couple hours, and when I fired the Jeep up to leave, the stereo was working fine, and continued to work fine for the remainder of the day.
Anybody ever had this happen? Anybody know why it happened?
Edit to add:
It happened again the next day, once again on a washboard road. It cut out, was dead for about ten minutes, then came back on for about 10 seconds, and died again. After shutting the jeep off for a minute or two, I fired it back up and it worked fine for the rest of the day. Of course, from that point on, it was all smooth roads.
I don't know if the stereo itself is starting to go out, or if it's something to do with the power source.
Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated.