I have a bose factory radio and I turn on the car a few days ago heard the radio for about 3 mins now all I hear is noise. I also can't turn it off I have to turn it down so I wont hear it.. Any ideas?

 

The thing is probably shot.....if you are short on $$ and want try and fix it,try some electrical contact cleaner spray..Crack it open and spray around the ***** while turning the ***** quickly.... maybe that will help it...

 

Is it coming from the front or the back?

You could just unplug the speaker that is making the noise....also there's a place in Dallas called Factory Service Center, that repairs them for a reasonable price. They repaired all 4 of mine since '97, and I have not had any problems out of them since.

I'm even using them now, with an aftermarket head unit.

 

All of the speakers are doing it. I think it's the head unit, I will try what he said.

 

Why do our Bose systems always go bad? I read somewhere that the capacitors they use heat up too much and that causes them to fail.

 

There is not to many stock stereo systems from any car company that last much over ten yrs......Not any car i have had anyway.....

 

i love it (not). i live by dallas and when i needed repairs i couldn't find anyone local. i used johnson-electronics.com outside of boston. i could have saved a week and a half in shipping time.

 

my GM stereos haven't failed yet (20 years old)
of course , the chrysler one we had didn't make it to 5 years before needing repair.

 

Do aftermarket systems prove to be more durable?

 

some lasts longer than others. I prefer aftermarket system because for 1...they sound much better than the stockers and 2...more 'tweakablity' and what-not.

 

My 85 trans am's stocker was really good....Never had any problems with it..

I think early 90's chrysler had about the poorest quality stock systems out there....