The CD player in my Trans Am skips. I don't know if it's just dirty or not. I just bought it a few months ago, btw.

 

I would say no, mine was 9 years old and still working perfectly. I havn't heard anything bad about the head unit, but I have heard bad about the speakers. 3 out of my 10 where blown when I bought the car. I bought my car in LA, try driving 2300 miles without a radio, haha. Anyway I'd try cleaning it and see what happens.

 

Run a cleaning CD through it to start with.

 

head unit? not known for it but def. possible.

 

I'm hoping it's just dirty. I'll run a cleaning CD through it.

 

Mine started skipping terrible last week, but a cleaning disk was all it needed.

 

When I got my car, the cd player would make bad noises and shoot the cd back out. Don't know what the previous owner did to it.. He got it when he was 16 and sold it to me at 21, so I'm guessing it's been through a lot. A new Sony head unit fixed that problem though.

Hope the cleaning cd works. Maybe canned air would help? Or both in unison?

 

i got such a good deal when i picked up my car.... i was suspicious for weeks. My cd player wouldn't work so I immediately thought.... FLOOD DAMAGE!!! the cars back yard was Lake Ontario for 6 years..... turned out i was putting the cds in upside down the whole time

still havent found and problems with my car haha

 

I've had 4 of them (in 4 different cars), never had one fail, even in my highest mileage F-body (doing fine @ 72k miles).

 

Mine worked fine aside from the light for the 2 and 5 buttons going out. I didn't like it though (that volume is super annoying, either too loud or too quiet half the time!) so I pulled it and put my trusty pioneer deck from my old car in.

 

Thats pretty sad.

 

That sounds exactly like some crazy crap I would do Ive got one sitting on the shelf real cheap if yours takes a dump.

 

i know right..... shouldnt even be allowed to drive!


when i said upside down.. i mean rightside up. I didnt know you were SUPPOSED to put them with the label facing down..... who woulda thought!

only did it once

 

I always put the CD in my monsoon label up, shiny side down, just like any other player. Who flipped yours over?

 

hmm are we all talking about the 12disc player in the back of the car..... because thats what I have................

maybe you guys are talking about cd in the head unit??????????

 

Yeah, head unit. At least that is what I assumed the OP was talking about. But I guess that explains why yours goes in the other way... I knew that

 

haha ok i dont have one in the head unit........ so ill bail out now

thought you guys were talking about the 12disc.... i hope mine doesnt go bad.... damn thing looks expensive

 

mine went out last week, just got a used new one. hopefully no more problems for awhile

 

Mine says err then spits the cd back out to me. bout 15-20 min later it will play. Pisses me off first thing in the morning

 

Mine does that sometimes too, when it comes out look at it. I always find in certain weather the CD will get condensation on it. Usually in the colder months. Holding it up to the heating vent will dry it off and it always works after that.