CD's Won't eject or play! Now what?!

[scubamis]

A few weeks ago the battery died in my 2002 Explorer XLT. We got a new one and we're back on the road.

Just after that incident I did check to make sure I could play all 6 CD's in the stock CD changer. Today, I went to play a CD and it will not play any of them and will not eject any of them.

What can I do now? I need to either get them out or get them to play....any ideas?

Thanks and Merry Christmas.

 

[Hitchhikingmike]

hmm.. Does your radio even have power? Does it display the clock? Check the fuse.

 

[scubamis]

I do have power to the radio. Clock display is fine. I can change stations without problems and programmed stations work just fine.

When I try to play a cd or eject it, it tries to, then when it can't follow through everything shuts off and just displays the time.

I guess I'll have to hope Santa brings me a new Explorer tonight.

 

[daveleeander]

Mine does the same thing. I get the message "CD Error" whenever I try to get one to do anything. I just assumed it had gotten tired, and gave up the ghost.

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[racin8]

Bought mine that way, seller told me there's a bunch of CDs in the radio, you can have 'em if you can get them out!!

I also had the ERROR code on the radio display no matter what I tried.

So, I grabbed a thin cooking pin from the kitchen the kind you use hold up a cooking bag and has a round finger ring to pull with.

Bend the tip over to make a hook, reached in and snagged a cd through the center hole and pulled it out. That was a victory!! But, still the error code, I then disconnected the battery for a minute, re attached, hit cd eject and to my amazement it started pumping out cd's!! Got some nice classic rock cds like boston, journey, etc.

All is good now, hope this helps

 

[Hitchhikingmike]

Otherwise just take the radio out of the dash and take the radio apart piece by piece. Perhaps you can find the problem and fix your radio.

 

[Curtis]

If you make your own CD's, don't put labels on them.

I had heard this before but I still put one in yesterday.
Sure enough, it would not eject...
When I would press eject, I could see it try to come out, but maybe with the label it was a little too thick to come though that fuzzy.

So some tiny tweezers, and I was able to grab it.

Plus if the label comes off inside - your "shagged"