display gone on my Bose
07-03-2003, 08:33 AM
#1
display gone on my Bose
The display is almost completely gone on my Bose in my '96 Max. Is there a fix for this or do I need to suck it up and get a new head unit? It still works fine, cd and all, but the display is sometimes there, then all of a sudden it's gone completely.
07-03-2003, 12:47 PM
#2
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 152
The same thing is is happening to my HU. I had mine serviced about a year ago. I was having a CD problem. They tolded me they checked out everything, but I guess they didn't check out the display. Nothing you can do, unless you feel like removing the HU and sending it in for service. It is a bi*&^ to remove the panels, and putting them back in is even harder. They will never fit as perfect as original.
07-06-2003, 08:02 PM
#4
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 45
Well, mine just started doing it too. Doesn't seem to be a pattern, the display just turns off whenever it feels like it. I'm surprised there aren't more peeps with this same problem! There's gotta be a fix out there besides sending it out for service. 
07-06-2003, 09:23 PM
#5
Yes. My headunit started to lose the display in it from time to time. Shortly after the CD player stopped working also. I wanted to pay to fix it because I liked the clean look of the double din bose headunit, but after awhile I decided Id just get a new aftermarket headunit. Even if you buy a used bose there is a great chance that one will crap out also. If you do want to replace it, I have a nice Sony headunit for sale w/ a 3yr warranty on it.
07-29-2003, 11:30 AM
#7
my 95 max had the same problem. display would go off on the bose pretty much whenever it felt like it. i would beat the hell out of the dash and it would come back on for a while. finally just yanked it and installed excelon hu.
07-30-2003, 02:06 PM
#8
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2
My '98 SE with the Bose option ($900) had the same problem. First the display would fade in and out...then the controls stopped working...now it is totally defunct. That's a pretty good product, huh? Five years and done. Makes me feel good about the extra $900 I dropped. I've been riding in silence for two weeks now...guess I'll have to do something.
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