AM radio does not work, any ideas why not?

[CSW]

I bought a used 2016 Spark.
For some reason, the AM radio does not get reception and the power socket/cigarette lighter in the front does not work.
Everything else works fine.
Anybody have any guesses why the AM does not work?

The seller did say there was some rats chewing the wires and he had a harness replaced at the dealer for $1700....
I looked around and do not see any wires chewed under the hood at all, so seems ok there.
But as I said, the rest of the radio functions work fine, FM is fine.
There is jut barely a fuzz sound when tuned into am none of the whining motor sounds or anything.

 

[Tony1]

I bought a used 2016 Spark.
For some reason, the AM radio does not get reception and the power socket/cigarette lighter in the front does not work.
Everything else works fine.
Anybody have any guesses why the AM does not work?

The seller did say there was some rats chewing the wires and he had a harness replaced at the dealer for $1700....
I looked around and do not see any wires chewed under the hood at all, so seems ok there.
But as I said, the rest of the radio functions work fine, FM is fine.
There is jut barely a fuzz sound when tuned into am none of the whining motor sounds or anything.

A neighbor of mine bought a used 2016 Spark and ran into some issues. The AM radio wasn’t getting any reception, and the power socket in the front wasn’t working either. They found out from the seller that some rats had chewed through the wires, even though they couldn’t find any visible damage under the hood, they were left puzzled about why the AM radio was barely producing a sound, while the FM worked just fine.

 

[CSW]

A neighbor of mine bought a used 2016 Spark and ran into some issues. The AM radio wasn’t getting any reception, and the power socket in the front wasn’t working either. They found out from the seller that some rats had chewed through the wires, even though they couldn’t find any visible damage under the hood, they were left puzzled about why the AM radio was barely producing a sound, while the FM worked just fine.

yep, sounds exactly like my situation...... so strange.
I have looked up under the dash, under the car, under the hood and see no damaged wires.....
guess I will just hafta live with it?

car is going to daughter anyways soon, and she definitely does not even listen to the radio, she called me out for listening to ground radio, let alone not streaming from my phone...... sigh