05' Tahoe won't load cds. Reads there are no discs. Won't even switch to cd mode now.

 

well, in it's defense, it is 10 years old. The radio on my Tribute went around 10 years as well. Holy cow, that cars 10 years old I just realized! I still love it. Best $16k ever spent on a car.

I got a new one from crutchfield, for like $80 that doesn't even play CDs!
I looked for a new CD player and was like... none of these play CDs... then realized...
I don't think I own any CDs any more... I checked... Nope, couldn't find any I hadn't burned myself.

Anyway, what it DOES do is play MP3s from a USB stick, or my iphone, or streams pandora from my iphone, and makes bluetooth calls.

I think you can add SIRIUS as well, but with 2,000+ songs on a USB stick on shuffle... I think I'm good.

For the price of 1 year of SIRIUS or 5 CDs I got a new headunit. I actually don't know what CDs cost though as I haven't bought one since highschool...

Moral of the story; just buy a new headunit.

 

Mine stopped taking cd's a couple months ago. 03 tahoe. It seems to be a common problem with the the stock radios. Mine has cd and tape so I would like the same. I don't want a 3rd brand party with a bunch of stupid lights and other crap. I like the plain ole chevy radio. Also mine has the rear seat radio attachment for the passengers and I am not sure if the 3rd party brands would work with that. There is a web site that will fix your radio and send the same radio back to you. This way you don't have to go to the dealer and have it reactivated. But I have not used them and I'll have to look up the address. If you want it I'll see If I can't find it.

Kelly