My single-disk OEM CD player had been working fine for a year and a half, and today the eject/feed mechanism decided to malfunction! The CD that was in the player would not fully eject--it was if it was getting stock somehow. So I took some tweezers and managed to pull it out. Now CDs will not properly feed into the player. Actually, the feed mechanism only grabs the CD and pulls it about an inch before stopping. Applying force to the CD doesn't help at all. Has anyone else had such a problem or heard of someone who did? I did a search and could not find anything.

I have a feeling the entire head unit will need to be replaced, because I doubt the service techs will actually work on the internals of the CD player. What I want to know is if this would be a good opportunity to upgrade to the MP3 player. I know replacement of the single-disk player is covered under warranty, so do you think I could get the MP3 player installed by paying the difference in price between the units? If so, that would be nice. If they won't do it for me, I'd hope they'd at least cover the labor for installing the MP3 unit.

 

Just buy the six dish or mp3 player.

 

Yeah, that's what my post was about. I was asking whether there would be some way that I could pay the difference in price between the MP3 player and the single-disk player when I bring it in for warranty repair. It seems right to me, considering that Mazda is responsible for providing me with a new single-disk player and installation free of charge.

 

You might get the CD player to reset by pushing and holding the eject button for a few seconds or disconnect batt. power to radio for a few minutes.

 

i got the bose 6 disc and it wont load or eject without force on my part... have to jam a cd in there to get one to eject.... goin in tom to get that replaced

 

Thanks, I'll try that later today. It would be great if it works. I don't have much confidence though, because I've had an aftermarket CD player do the same thing and it was toast. The feed/eject mechanisms seem very fragile.

 

My cd player just started doing this! Stupid I tell ya!

 

Anybody interested in a stock CD player?? I had my stock unit for about a week before I upgraded to a MP3 Unit. Luckily the MP3 unit has been running close to 2 years without issue. Just the shipping will be close to $10 bucks.. PM me if you're interested...