XM Radio Reception

ace ventura · November 22, 2013

I wanted to add that my radio reception in my 14 for FM and FM HD is lousy. The HD is basically worthless because it goes in and out all the time. I thought turning off the HD switch it would stay that way but that is only temporary. Has anyone found success with improving this situation?

svtkidd23 · November 22, 2013

I wanted to add that my radio reception in my 14 for FM and FM HD is lousy. The HD is basically worthless because it goes in and out all the time. I thought turning off the HD switch it would stay that way but that is only temporary. Has anyone found success with improving this situation?

blue tooth your phone media lol.. Radio blows

MIZ14sierra · December 31, 2013

Ive had to refresh my SiriusXM signal 3 times since I bought my 2014 Sierra in September. It will be working fine and dandy, a few little short cut outs here and there when I go by a tall building or under a bridge, I can deal with those.

The ones that get me annoyed are where I start the truck after its been in the garage all night and the screen shows all the channel information but there is no sound. If I switch to a normal FM or AM channel there is sound (so It's not the radio). Sometimes, if I let it sit outside for a while it will come back on fine. Other times I have to manually call the XM refresh line and have the automated service send a signal to my radio to refresh the signal.

This only happened once in my previous vehicle in two years, and NEVER in a vehicle I had a few years ago with an aftermarket antenna and XM adapter. Kind of annoying a 47k truck cant keep the damn signal from going out every few weeks.

I don't know if I should be complaining to SiriusXM or my dealership. Seems like its on both of them a little bit.

I've had the same issue of starting the truck in my garage and there is no XM reception, but the station is tuned in and lists the song & artist, but no sound. Flip over to FM and it works, so it's not the sound system. Anything further from a dealer/GM response on this issue? Seems like it will keep me from signing up for XM if i have to restart the truck to get reception!

fondupot · December 31, 2013

Ive had to refresh my SiriusXM signal 3 times since I bought my 2014 Sierra in September. It will be working fine and dandy, a few little short cut outs here and there when I go by a tall building or under a bridge, I can deal with those.

The ones that get me annoyed are where I start the truck after its been in the garage all night and the screen shows all the channel information but there is no sound. If I switch to a normal FM or AM channel there is sound (so It's not the radio). Sometimes, if I let it sit outside for a while it will come back on fine. Other times I have to manually call the XM refresh line and have the automated service send a signal to my radio to refresh the signal.

This only happened once in my previous vehicle in two years, and NEVER in a vehicle I had a few years ago with an aftermarket antenna and XM adapter. Kind of annoying a 47k truck cant keep the damn signal from going out every few weeks.

I don't know if I should be complaining to SiriusXM or my dealership. Seems like its on both of them a little bit.

I've had the same issue of starting the truck in my garage and there is no XM reception, but the station is tuned in and lists the song & artist, but no sound. Flip over to FM and it works, so it's not the sound system. Anything further from a dealer/GM response on this issue? Seems like it will keep me from signing up for XM if i have to restart the truck to get reception!

I haven't had any issues since I last posted.

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dmd277 · December 31, 2013

When my XM loses audio but is still displayed on DIC if I tune to channel one or zero the audio comes back and I can tune to another channel. I have no idea why this corrects the problem but it has worked several times for me. XM signal strength is about average on my truck FM is terrible(as posted on another thread).

whiskyshooter · July 2, 2015

New gmc owner here. Just picked up a 15 denali 1/2 ton. Been a ford guy for the last 12yrs. On the same road to work my f150 would only loose signal in one heavy forest area. The new gm will drops off constantly on my drive. The fm is even bad compared to the 12 f150 I just traded in..pretty disappointed. But the bose sounds better imo over the ford so that's a plus..

Jordan18 · July 2, 2015

New gmc owner here. Just picked up a 15 denali 1/2 ton. Been a ford guy for the last 12yrs. On the same road to work my f150 would only loose signal in one heavy forest area. The new gm will drops off constantly on my drive. The fm is even bad compared to the 12 f150 I just traded in..pretty disappointed. But the bose sounds better imo over the ford so that's a plus..

x2. My XM cuts out in places it shouldn't and it really doesn't like any sort of tree cover in front of it. FM is decent though. Bose system makes it all worth while too.

tnchevy · July 2, 2015

My truck is the same, loses signal quite a bit in these hills around here. My mom had a grand prix that did the same thing. Funny thing is I also have a Grand Cherokee with XM and it rarely loses signal.