1997 Lumina
122,000 miles
3.1 engine
went into shop last Thursday-Friday for a timing cover gasket and water pump replacement.
picked it up - got in an noticed that with the car OFF, the time was illuminated on my clock (original radio/tape deck). did think anything of it.
started it up, and on the way home, NONE of the buttons worked on the radio except for the volume and the manual tuning. Nothing else worked.
Got home, shut the car off, and the Clock was still displayed. Called the shop that did the work, and they have no idea. they said they never touched anything electrical when they did the repairs. not even disconnect the battery (although i thought that was common procedure so as to not short anything out). they said if it still like this Monday - bring it back and they will look into it.
so, Friday night i was messing, worrying that my battery would drain. I pulled the radio fuse. CLOCK WAS STILL ILLUMINATED AFTER PULLING FUSE. However - with the car running, the radio didn't work. this is odd.
needles to say -come Sunday morning - car is deader than a door nail
i dropped off car to shop for them to look at.
what do you suspect is wrong? coincidental that the radio wigged out at the same time as the repair?
a few more things to note. after jumping Sunday - only 1 speaker was working (driver front door) where as Friday ALL speakers worked. I popped a tape in - the tape deck works, but I cant Eject or FF/RW
if a radio wiggs out - can it wigg out in such a way that there is constant power to it to illuminate the clock - even AFTER the fuse was pulled???
HELP ME PLEASE