'96 Maxima GLS CD/tuner/tape player w/Bose will not accept a CD. If the radio is on when the car is started, it turns off after a couple of minutes with "CD err". Pressing the FM/AM tuner button resumes play for the rest of the trip. The Nissan dealer says a replacement radio cost $350. Is there an alternate solution to this problem?

 

Welcome to the world of playing burned CDs on your stock bose system. You'll find that many of us had the same problem and nobody has a definite solution for it. Except replacing the head unit.

ZuM

 

I have 95 SE and has the same Bose system, however I never had problems on playing CD-Rs on it. I cleaned the head unit with a CD player disc cleaner a couple times though when I got the car (used). Could it be yours needed a little cleaning too?