I live in a suburb of Chicago and since I received this a couple weeks ago have had no problems. It's easy to use, I have experienced one time where the sound was fuzzy, otherwise it usually comes in clear and I don't have to continuously switch stations like my old one. It looks great and works so much easier then the previous one I had bought that just hooked onto my ipod but not into the car. It was constantly popping out of the jack and the sound was terrible! I was so happy to receive this one and even more elated to find that it works.