Ford Explorer Stuck CD, turns on and off
coderman101
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I have a 2003 Explorer. The stock stereo is a single CD player. A CD got stuck and won't eject (it's a cd that I've been listening to for months). The weird thing is that it tries to read the cd for about 1 second and then switches to the radio for about 10 seconds, than goes back and tries to read the cd.
When I turn on the stereo it takes me to the AM band and resets the clock. My presets are still the same. Also, if I turn up the volume, when it tries to read the cd and goes back to the radio, it will reset the volume to a lower level.
I've tried disconnecting the battery for about an hour to see if it would eject the cd when I powered it back up, but that didn't work.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
When I turn on the stereo it takes me to the AM band and resets the clock. My presets are still the same. Also, if I turn up the volume, when it tries to read the cd and goes back to the radio, it will reset the volume to a lower level.
I've tried disconnecting the battery for about an hour to see if it would eject the cd when I powered it back up, but that didn't work.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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2 methods have worked so far.
when it is trying to eject, give the top of the dash a whack with your fist.
this actually does work, but not all the time.
other thing to do, my daughter showed me this one, is stick a credit card on top of the cd and exert a bit of downward pressure. i got one out over the weekend with that method.
good luck!
More hints here:
How to Remove a Stuck CD
thanks.
A CD cleaning kit may be helpful in cleaning the CD laser lens and the demagnetizing the CD head. Tony78 reports that this can fix CD players or changers that are showing an ERROR or similar message.