Anyone have/had a problem with their 04 SL 6 cd changer not working but radio and tape player is working.
I'm over the factory warranty & not sure of any repair shops in the NY area.

 

damn these things are failing all over. I had mine replaced under warranty but not that its freezing, it might be going haywire on me again.

 

Yeaa Im in the process of changing mine

 

i had mine replaced 3 times under warranty, they blamed it on burned cd's { piece of crap }

 

you should go on nycmaximas.org

i jus posted up a thread with the same issue, go to nissan

service ! asap. Foturenately i didn't have to pay a penny.. good luck

 

yeah they said the same **** to me, but it was a good attempt by

service.. Little did they know The cd's that were in my player

were not BURNED. (peice of crap) couldn't say it any better ankit

 

All I ever play in mine are self-burned CDs. The only problem I have with the unit is that it doesn't like to play CDs when it gets quite cold. When the interior of the Max warms up, the CDs play just fine, again.

Looks like I'm lucky.

There were some threads on this topic back in 04 to the effect that if you play a self-burned CD that has a paper label pasted on the top of the CD -- that extra thickness will mess-up the unit.

 

Mine still occasionally skips...it skipped so bad when i got the car during the first winter I could barely listen to any cd's. They replaced it hwne i had like 10k on the car, it now only moderately has skipping problems in the cold, but its alot better than before, but not perfect..I can atlest listen to it in single digits whereas before it was a joke. The cd changer is flawed.

 

Same here.

 

I live in Minnesota and my cd player in my 04 max sl does not play,,just skips non stop until it has warmed up..Like I said I am Mn and right now its -15..so it takes about 30 minutes to play cds

 

Have any of you had experiences with Best Buy/Circuit City? I'm looking to get an aftermarket HU installed on an 04 Max with Nav and Bose.

 

I hate my cd player. Ive got the same problem.........

 

I love the Bose and it's sound, I'm just annoyed with the repetitive problems with the HU. I mean how many generations/years in the Maxima have had this issue. I seem to remember reading something about this being a common problem in former gens!

 

Tell me about it....that is the one thing I hated about my Maxima. Had the cd player replaced 2 times for excessive skipping due to cold weather, and I live in SoCal so it doesnt take much people! Glad it was covered under warranty, but it's a pain in the *** to have to take time to go to my dealer.

 

I've taken apart an 03 Pathfinder radio, an 03 and 04 350Z radio and a 97 Maxima radio. They all had problems with the CD player, some would not play CD's when cold, some had the "CD err" message and one the Maxima wouldn't eject the CD. One thing I noticed though was that the grease they use to lube the moving parts is thick and not good for cold climates or dusty areas as well as its prone to pick up dust and becomes black and ineffective after lots of use. If you want to get your factory radio fixed, a member in the 4th Gen section told me about the Factory Car Stereo Repair shop in Longwood, FL, their number is (407) 830-0777. I currently have my radio with them getting the changer fixed, their website is "www.carstereohelp.com/shipping.htm", hope this helps someone.

 

well my story is that one of my tweeter isnt working and Im pretty sure that its due to my stock cd player, yet Nissan wont honor my extended warranty for the fix because I added a subwoofer to my stock system. They are such a$$holes...

 

Try another dealer.

 

thanks to everyone who read my post and for posting a reply to the thread.
My cd changer problem has not been fixed but I am working on finding a local car stereo shop that may be able to help.

 

My Max is in Chicago. Cold weather. Did not give any problems.

You may wanna try to clean the lens using a Lens Cleaner kit. It may help prevent skipping.

 

I recently bought a 04 maxima with bose cd changer, in last two weeks I have been noticing my left channel sound comes and goes but right channel stays ok, it even goes in and out if I hit a small bump on the road, but what makes it interesting is when playing the radio it doesn't do that. Is there a possiblity of anything being loose in the cd changer that can cause it?