Had one for 14 years with no problems other than it's battery drain 24/7. (The original clock does that anyway so I use a battery cut-off when the car sits. I secured it with industrial strength Velcro to the upper dash above the glove box then and have not touched it since. I only have a dual/stereo speaker in the normal dash location so the stereo effect is minimal to non-existent. It does get me AM/FM and leaves my original AM in place in the dash. I put the control in the console box.