That's the Wasteland for you.

[ He offers her back her Pip-Boy, curious still but not trying to push it. (Heaven forbid she ask him any serious questions he wouldn't like to answer, after all.) ]

You might be able to patch this with some of the scrap left behind by whoever was using these vehicles last. That said, it might be a lost cause if it isn't picking up any signal. The radio's not working, either?