I haven't heard much about this in the 6Gen forum, and read only a couple of things about it in the Audio/Electronics forum, but the Bose in my 06 skips bad! I find it's mostly when the car is cold still. I am at 29k miles now and it has been doing it since around 20-21k. IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!!!!

I am going to the stealership next week to have it looked at (and hopefully replaced), but I want to go prepared. How many six-genners have had this or similar problems with their Bose?

Maybe a poll for this would be best.

"The Bose premium cd player is neither premium nor plays. Discuss amongst yourselves...."

 

ive been having the same problem. Its random tho. Sometimes it does it, sometimes it doesnt do it. Quality and bose dont mix. It sounds pretty good but its made like crap.

 

Dude, I don't think you count Big Pete. You have so many other problems going on it may skew my findings. Ha! Just kidding, man. Thanks though, it's good to know I am not the only one!

Seriously, I had a 90 Max back in the day with the Bose and it did the same thing. Surely this problem hasn't made it through 3 more generations!

 

hey now! only problems Ive had so far all seem to be common with our cars other then the sensor issue I had (which is fixed)

Shimmy, Sensors, Bose. Thats about it.

 

I know man, I was just giving you a hard time! All in good fun!

 

When its cold mine skips too, and sometimes just for fun it plays louder or only out the right side... if it wasnt for the stock navi it all would have been replaced by now. IMO the sound qualtiy of the bose in my 4th gen was way better and had less issues, but recently i am finding this seems to be the whole car in general.

 

My 6.5 Bose is solid. I'm somewhat of an audiophile with a well trained ear and have no problems with the sound quality.

CD never skips, but it never gets below freezing where I live.

The changed everything else about the center console from 6.0 to 6.5, so it wouldn't surprise me if they changed up the audio system.

 

Mines sometimes skip too when its too cold...... its random only happens to me proly like 2twice a month....

 

try this my cd discs 3,4,5 don't work at all. im from jersey so the weather is getting cold and like shift matt stated i've had this problem since the weather got cold, but with that i never had before till now when my warrenty is done since im over 36k miles. but ya i went to the dealership and they'll fix it 4 u as long as u still have ur warrenty. there just going to take it our ur car and ship it our for about 2 weeks only **** part and when they ask you about what cd's you use to play tell them There originals bought from the store. hope that helps cause i was told its ganna be 400 to repair mine

 

Must be the big boat tires absorbing all the road impacts better

I am pretty impressed with the base stereo, good over all blend of sound and descent bass for not having any subs. I wish I could easily swap in my closet full of equipment but the head unit is holding me back.

 

what are these CDs you speak of

 

I'm getting my sister's old Ipod for Christmas. $Free.99!

Oh wait, I bought it for her college graduation...

lol

 

take it to the stealership. they'll give u a new one.

 

When it's cold, mine skips like a 4 yr old playing hopscotch... Drives me nuts also, when the car warms up it's fine and I rarely have the problem in the summertime...

 

Same here. I can't play the CD at all until 20 minutes after the car is driving and warm. I'll take it in soon. Also, the SSV does not work properly. Most of the time when I slow down it will lower the volume and never return it. I can't bump the sound like I want because the gain is turned down and this is controlled with "SSV".

 

mine JUST starting skipping when cold.

 

What i found that happens when it skips is that when its cold the cd gets cold also, but when you start the car the cd starts to get warmed up in this process the cd's builds condensation on it or rather a light fog on it which ends up causing it to skip. Usually when its skipping remove the cd and touch it you will usually end up seeing where you touch the cd its gets foggy.

 

just turn SSV off. ****s annoying imo.

 

My CD's don't skip...oh wait, I live in South Florida!
Oh great what a jerk, I won't hear the end of this one

 

Mine skips too when is cold until the car is warmed up...

Just be patient

 

During Hurricane season, does it play underwater...

 

^^^^^^^What he said. ++++++1111111111111111

 

roflmao

 

The Bose system in my wife's SUV doesn't do this and my vehicle is garaged and hers is parked outside???

 

lol her car isn't good enough to be garaged? bet she hates it when it snows

 

i live in florida and it skips from one speaker to the other all the time, cold or hot....radio and ipod play fine though...kind of pisses me off, bought it used so no warrenty.

 

I just got my 6th gen and haven't played with the CD player yet. If it is a POS....how hard is it to replace w/ aftermarket? I assume its much more complicated since its Bose?

Many years ago when I was in college I worked for a big box audio/video retailer. We had a saying: "No highs.......no lows.......must be Bose"

 

LOL, actually my wife also has a classic 75 dodge charger (last year made) with a 360 that we were restoring, I gave her a choice as to which she wanted in the garage ON HER SIDE!!!

 

I replaced it at like 20k and now its happening again and I am out of warrenty. Its more often skipping than not and I will be ripping it out for a new aftermarket unit that isnt a piece of **** very soon. It is a lost cause getting it replaced IMO, go aftermarket and be done with it. Bose is junkey overpriced marketing hype for the home theater and they obviously make junk car stereos too. Oh well, not as though we had a choice.

 

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I am speechless...lol

 

wow u have a wife that also is a car enthusiast. lucky guy

 

LOL, actually no, I have a wife that just wanted to keep her old car...

I service and mod all vehicles. But damn that girl can cook so it's a great tradeoff...

 

At least your CD players actually work somewhat when it's cold. Mine will just sit in silence until the car warms up. My car is a prissy little *****!

 

No, actually it only swims along with me...
Oh, what the...you got me bad

 

Glad you can laugh too, we all got our weather, heck in Cali, it gets so hot the CD's melt in the changer...

 

lol, I love me some florida weather. Like today for example, its winter and it was like 78* outside.

 

Glad I listen to xm radio more than cd"s.

 

had that in my car, dealer had to replace some sort of pre-amp (amp) to get it fixed. Works since then.

As to the head unit, it used to skip like a bish and that was replaced later too. This one had couple of hickups last year but I haven't noticed anything laterly so so far I am happy.

 

My 05 max sits outside in northern IL and once I chip enough ice of the car to open the doors my bose is all good never skips . We get all the bad weather 1st and send it to the east coast !

 

I hear you. I live here in Coral Springs and yesterday we had a cold front come thru - at night it got all the way down to a chilly 62*