Hi,

I wonder if anyone has come across this before? I've got a Rover mini
cooper T reg, I'm having some weird problems with the radio cassette,
which is the rover standard type with a removable front panel. What has
happened is that the radio will not work, there is no code warning on
the display which of course happens when the battery is disconnected.
Even when you turn the radio off and the engine is still running there
is a faint orange light on the screen, and when I remove the front panel
I can see lights on behind it, as if there is still power going to the
unit in some way. This happens when the headlights are off and as far as
I'm aware shouldn't light when the headlights are off. I tried
disconnecting the wires from the back of the radio and plugging them
back in but to no avail.

But what is weirder is the rear speakers seem to be picking up a signal
from the wipers as I can hear them also coming over the speakers, as
well as picking up other noises from the accelerator pedal etc, it's as
if it's not earthed correctly or something.

I know that the distributor for the mini is right near the front grille
and can short out if wet, it has shorted recently but only in motorway
driving in torrential rain, this started happening the other morning, it
was raining but nothing major.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Neil.