My wife has dropped her LG VX8300 into soup. And a milkshake. And a Coke. Each time the "car kit" message comes up, and the sound stops working. Each time I disassemble the phone completely, wipe *everything* with acetone, and reassemble. I do this immediately to head off corrosion issues. I've gotten quite good at the disassembly-reassembly process, but it requires patience and a little mechanical intuition (plus a willingness to void the warranty). After I reassemble the phone, the "car kit" message is gone.

In my experience, if you act quickly, the phone can be saved.

From what I can discern: "car kit" mode is not addressable/accessible from any settings/options avail on keypad. Mode apparently engaged by jack that car kit would plug into- I dried this phone out with hair dryer and it works once more. Thanks guys for giving me ideas about the moisture in cell phone.

This thing annoyed me for centuries! You guys are awesome!

really odd that it does that when exposed to liquid. Almost all of my phones get exposed to liquid.

Originally Posted by greggolden45

Sometimes, when i turn on my phone, it says "car kit" and when i try and make calls, i cant hear or talk, because it is in car kit mode. Ive never used or even owned a car kit, and its doing this randomly. Does anyone know how to turn it off? I have an LG vx7000

Try plugging in a headset or if you have a car kit, plug it in and out a few time, but it does sound like its done for.
If it's not water damaged take it back to the store you bought it at.
Most will exchange it under 30 days.
If its over that find a repair center and they should exchange it via in-store or mail.
Hope you had insurance!

From what you should have read, there is no fixing the "car kit" mode. Your phone has been damaged and will probably need replacing.

k so my phone got wet and now its in this 'car kit mode' and i dont know how to fix it. does any one know..

Originally Posted by Yirimar

I have an LG 8100 and have the same problem. I check for water damage but no, the sticker is ok. I tried to do the field test but the code is not 000000. Does anyone knoes how to turn off this car kit thing?

I can almost guarantee that if you look closely at the contact pins in your charging port, you will find they are either slightly (or extremely) corroded, or bent out of shape. Try cleaning the contacts with a toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol.

"Car Kit" is a device that you plug into the charging port of an LG phone for hands-free use. If you are not using a device of this nature, and still see "Car Kit" displayed, it means that you got the phone wet or otherwise damaged the charging port. It's important to remember that getting your phone wet will not always trigger the water damage indicator stickers (there are 2 stickers in an LG phone, one on the phone and one on the battery).

Also, to enter the field testing screen you have to press "menu", "0 (zero)", then "000000 (all zeroes)"

I have an LG 8100 and have the same problem. I check for water damage but no, the sticker is ok. I tried to do the field test but the code is not 000000. Does anyone knoes how to turn off this car kit thing?

i know this is old but just incase some one still need this info here it is.

my phone is the lg vx9800. my phone did this no hear or talk thing. i did have a headphone hooked in b 4 it got all ****ty with me. what i ended up doing ar putting a needle in to jar the headphone jack and it worked. peace

Yes that will reset the message you get on the screen but not the fact that the phone has water damage, it eventually goes back into car kit mode.

And then it started working again?

I posted this on another board...this seemed to work for me at least for now. I've got the small round thing with like "x" things on it...and I assume that tells me that I have water damage. I didn't even drop it in water...it was in my pocket, and I got caught in the middle of a downpour. LG is not my friend right now. Anyhow, I'm letting it dry out right now, but I got it to work before I started drying out by following the steps I found on another site. Dunno if it'll work permanently, but it got my phone working for now. Hope it helps!

#1) press soft key for menu
#2) then press 0
#3) you'll have a service code prompt, type 000000
#4) then type 2 (it should be field tests)
#5) then type 4 (clear errors)
#6) choose yes for clear errors
#7) press clear once
#8) type 1 (Service Prg)
#9) choose ok soft button (in the middle) all the way through until the end. Then the phone will reset.

About half way through the tests, my phone started making noise (keypad beeps).

LOL.....hey at least you got connections at your store....
which reminds me, can you help a brother out with a new cell phone?....LOL

Ummm.....let's see, an old free 3200 that none of us are using, or my personal 8000 worth at least $15. What do you think I am...made of money? That's $15 whole dollars.