So my left speaker and bass goes in and out, the speaker goes in and out ONLY when I play CDs. I took it to the dealership that I bought the car at and told them that when I bought it it's been like this, they told me it would cost me $400-$450... What should I do? I don't want to waste that kind of money on something that is stock.

 

http://www.yourasic.com/Maxima_02-03...dio_repair.pdf

instead of pulling the ribbon out a little, I suggest you putting some layers of Scotch tape on the back of the ribbon where it goes in to the socket to get more presure to the connection.

 

Sounds dumb...and I thought the same thing...but it works....take your hand and smack the side of the console the head unit is in. I do this once a week, works everytime.

 

I know this problem well. The name only real issue here is the name BOSE

 

I fixed it with the way I said, the problem has not been comming back for months.

 

I did it many times, never worked... May be i didn't find the best point to smack. Did you?

 

Been searching for the sweet spot to smack and get it working since I got my Max on Friday. Not much luck yet... but the search continues.

 

Keep us informed.

 

Sounds like a high-tech innovative fix!!!

And its FREE FTW!!!!!!!

 

lol .. i get cutout too on my 02..POS..

 

I had the cut out for some time, it didn't happen too often and when it did, a quick smack fixed it. Eventually it was really bad, it kept cutting out wayyy too often, so I ended up giving up on it and swapping the deck..You could do the ribbon fix or keep smacking it, but I'm much happier with the new deck..I was sick of 6cds anyway.

 

I smack it right about where my right knee touches the console on the left side of it more towards the back.

 

Yeah, I just got my car and like the stock look of the interior but I LOVE my music so a new deck may be in order. Just worried about ruining the look of the center console with something that may or may not fit well.

 

just fix it, as I said before. it's really easy.

 

Man, 500 dollars could get you a really nice headunit and then some
the pioneer... D3? double din DVD Navigation headunit is like 600? at best buy..

 

Someone told me about a core program that Nissan does. Apparently the 5.5gens had alot of BOSE headunit problems. You give the dealership your headunit and $300 and they give you a "new" Bose headunit. Anyone else heard of this?

 

yeah that's what I did.. my d3 looks pretty good compared to the stock system..of course it's not 'perfect' but looks much better than a single-din would have

 

That stiff suspension will screw up that connection every single time!

 

^good point, I'm sure that my stiffer suspension caused my bose deck to go out at times it otherwise wouldn't have..something to keep in mind if u have stock bose and considering new suspension setup

 

Q4T

 

mine does the same also..

radio plays fine on all speakers.. then when i play CD, all the drivers side speakers cut out. what a pos hu

 

how about you gimme $30, I fix it for ya.
I have open it and fix it twice, not really difficult. I used my way to fix it at the last time, and it's been working without any cutting for 8 months.

 

Give it a good whack on the faceplate, it will work again.

 

My boyfriend's car's sound goes out only when you play CD s. He's been hitting it to get it to work again, but it got worse. Took it to the Nissan dealership and they replaced the radio for $269. The sound still goes in and out. Is it the CD player connection? Radio mode works fine, so I don't think it's the speakers...

 

It's a ribbon in the radio itself. I would take if back to the dealer.

 

ive had enough of this radio my left speakers have cut out completely no matter how hard i hit the radio, So im gonna replace it with aftermarket pioneer.