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CD player won't load or eject

A CD got stuck in the player even though it loaded fine and was playing. I managed to extract the CD with sticky tape attached to a shim, but something must be out of alignment now as the player won't load or eject and I hear a ratcheting noise as it attempts to work. Radio still works fine. Removed the fuse and reinstalled after 20+ mins. but still won't load. Everyone says "just get a new one" but I really like the one that came with the car (it matches the dash and doesn't have a lot of juvenile flashing lights and graphics). All local car audio stores only remove and install. It seems crazy to just discard it and buy another when I feel sure that it's fixable if I just could find someone to fix it without costing a ridiculous amount. Haven't tried forcing another CD in to see if that works, in case it gets stuck again and I can't get that one out. Any thoughts?

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Unfortunately I do not have a solution, but I do agree with Laurie. I rather have the original radio as it is far more user friendly than aftermarket and looks right for the car. Out of desparation after trying to repair the original myself, I got one from a used part dealer (auto salvage yard).

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John

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Yes, I got a replacement one from a college professor on-line who sold it very reasonably. It has its own quirks, but they're workable. And it mashes the dash and doesn't strobe neon whizz-bangs at me. Also didn't require a new wiring harness or any adapters. Nice.

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Happened to me. I stuck a bank card in it at the top of the cd and it seems to unhook a broken latch of some sort

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Thanks. I tried that and it didn't work. What did work was wrapping packing tape, sticky-side out, around a very thin shim and sliding it in the slot, tapping the top of the CD, then carefully drawing it out. But, unfortunately, the CD player was broken, which is possibly why it jammed in the first place. (Either that or a well-meaning, ham-fisted friend's efforts, poking some plastic implement around in there.)

Turns out there's an itty-bitty gear in the back on both (I think) ends of a roller that controls the player's ejection and loading functions. It's common for a hairline crack to develop in a gear over time, which means the 2 ends of the roller move at different phases, keeping the CD from ejecting. Watched a YouTube where a guy fixed it . . . by making his own new gears! No one sells them. And it was really fiddly repair, with tiny parts and springs just poised to poing all over the place. So I gave up. But I did get the CD out (it was trashed).

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Mine was stuck on eject with no cd in it. I put a business card in halfway and it fixed the problem.

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