My Maxima GLE is a 1 owner car. It has radio/6CD/cassette deck inside. I haven't used the CD in a few years. It works fine I THINK.

Problem: When using the CD player the sound will go out from the Left Front speaker ONLY. If I switch to the radio, no problem, and if I switch back to the CD player the sound remains out. The sound drops out when I go over a bump. Only experienced this once in a different brand car. It was a loose speaker wire in at the point of the speaker. Problem only happens to the CD player, never radio, haven't tested tape deck.

I had the car at the stealership for some power window door work. They checked the wires at the speaker, claim no problem, drove it around, couldn't replicate it. I can replicate it within 2 mins!

SO, as I don't know the electronics of this vehicle, where else in the car could this be the site of the problem?

What blows me away is the RADIO never fails, no issues.

Are there different wires for the radio vs the CD player? So 1 set is firm, and the CD set is loose?

If there's only 1 set of wires from the entire head unit for all 3 (CD/radio/tape deck) I cannot figure out how only the CD player seems to be the problem child.

ANY ideas are welcome!

Thanks in advance.

 

Ohm out the wires!

 

super common, if you searched you would find it, but in your defense this is such a common problem no one even talks about it any more, and our cars are old, and no one uses cds any more, sooooo

your bose player is shot, you can replace a ribbon cable inside of it to get another few years again untill the ribbon unseats again which it will, there is no 100% fix for that issue, only ribbon replacement untill it happens again.

my advice for you, get a tape converter play through that or upgrade headunit

 

It's the ribbon cable in the head unit. Happened to me as well..

 

I'm a little confused. What are you saying is likely in need of repair/replacement-- the ribbon cable OR my entire audio system (not including speakers) ?

Is the ribbon cable perhaps loose, like a cable for a computer part, and just needs to be re-seeded?

What does the ribbon cable do?

Thanks people!

 

http://www.shiftice.com/bose_cutout_fix.html

 

if you're in the los angeles area, i have a bose stereo from my 02 i took out years ago. shoot me a message