Hello all
I am having a problem with my CD changer, it stopped working about 3 days ago and i cant find anything wrong with it.It cycles through all the CDs and then says NO CD and turns to the FM radio. i dont wont to have to buy a new one because i have XM radio and i use the stock cassette player with the cassette adapter to listen to the XM. So if you have any info or solutions please help.
thanks Eddie

 

well you could send it off at a dealer but the money it would take to fix it you could buy a radio. there are radios available now with satelite built into the head unit.

 

I bought one from ebay.

It was a royal pain to install.

 

why was it so bad? because it came from ebay?

 

No

It is difficult to get in to remove the old one and install the new one. In the end I had to remove the back seat to get all the plastic around the CD player to go back in place! More work than it should be but that is what I have found on these trucks.

 

Mine does the same thing from time to time. Just yesterday it did it. I popped the cartridge out shuffled the CDs in and out, put it back in the changer and now it plays. Try it before you toss your changer, it's some sort of gremlin.

 

I have a 97 that had that first generation 6 disc factory changer and it started giving me troubles. It was giving me these codes on the radio display, "NO DJ" &/or "NO CD", when I would try to use it. What I began to realize is that it was giving me fits only when it was cooler, (early mornings,& winter), when it started. So I found that I could get it going by warming it with a hair dryer. Sounds silly but thats what it took. I would eject the cartrige warm the internals (not melt it) and it would work just fine til the next morn. My suggestion is this: if this is some what similar to your situation, give it a try. If it gives it a temparary fix then your changer needs rebuilt or replaced. and after all my research I found it to be pretty exspensive. I went to crutchfield.com, (great place by the way), and got a tapeplayer head unit w/changer controls, & a 10 disc changer and some extra nick-nacks for less than rebuilding that factory 6 disc, which would have been $250.00. As far as doing it your self, I didnt think it was that bad. Yea you will need to remove things like the rear seat, but this is coming from someone who enjoys doing things myself. Good luck.

 

Anyone have a link to how to remove it? I've got the one behind the driver seat, like
a couple of you guys mentioned, but mine looks like it bolts in from the bottom? I'm not
seeing anything under the cab of the truck either. If all else fails, I've got a 10 disc
changer waiting. Just in case.

 

I have the same problem as the OP with mine, which is in a 2000 expedition. It is the same exact changer as in my wife's 98 Jaguar. There is a little plastic hook piece that grabs the cd trays to slide them into the player. It is busted off in the expedition, while I can see what an unbroken one looks like in the jaguar.

I am trying to figure out whether I can get that little plastic part to replace the broken one.