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Toyota dashboard CD player won't eject

It's holding a music CD, that I borrowed from our public library, captive! How can I make it release the CD? Car owner's manual says nothing about trouble shooting the CD player. There's no brand name on the dashboard CD player (orignial equipment, Toyota 2000 Camry) Toyota dealer wants $89 just to look at the problem. Thanks, if you can help!

Posted by avatar on Oct 04, 2007

    • By avatardieselrain Oct 05, 2007

    • I'll give it a try in the morning, in daylight, and get back to you either way. (I hope this is the way to reply to you)

    • By avatardieselrain Oct 05, 2007

    • I tried it this morning, careful to have the key in the ACC position and pressed eject and there was no sound of "whir" --- there was only silence. Tried with the radio button pushed in for "on" and "CD" pressed and also with radio button pressed to "off" position. In all cases, complete silence, no whir. Thank you so much for trying to help. I look forward to hearing step two.

    • By avatarensranchero Apr 03, 2009

    • I have a 2004 Toyota Tundra with a 6 disk CD player, factory stereo. When I press insert I get WAIT prompt for 10 secs but never get the LOAD prompt.

    • By avatarGuest Aug 13, 2008

    • before you spend $$ to have someone do anything, take the radio out of
      the dash yourself. what;s the worst thing that can happen, you break
      the radio that doesn;t work?

      take the top of the radio apart and move the cd around... it's jammed and needed help to set up in the player.

      put
      it back in the dash and push play. it should work. i just fixed mine
      and i am happier than paris hilton in a sausage factory.

    • By avatarbabba booey Jun 26, 2008

    • before you spend $$ to have someone do anything, take the radio out of the dash yourself. what;s the worst thing that can happen, you break the radio that doesn;t work?

      take the top of the radio apart and move the cd around... it's jammed and needed help to set up in the player.

      put it back in the dash and push play. it should work. i just fixed mine and i am happier than paris hilton in a sausage factory.


    • By avatarpaul-nsc Jun 18, 2008

    • 1997 Toyota 4 Runner .CD player displays a E 02 message. Will not operate.Removed cassette from mechanism however, now it will not play. Any suggestions?

    • By avatararkal55 May 01, 2008

    • I have a Tundra with the 6cd player...one cd loaded fine but as I attempted to load a second it would not load and the first one will not eject..seems like the ejector mechism is stuck at the top of the cd player...system says error 3.

      any help will be much appreciated..

      alan

    • By avatarGuest Mar 01, 2008

    • I had the same problem with a 2000 tundra. Brought it to the dealer. They didn't charge me for the diagnosis but didn't fix it either. My options were either ~ $350.00 to maybe fix it or $550 for a new radio. No private electronics shops would touch the OEM equipment (other than to replace it).

    • By avatarianmacdonald Jan 04, 2008

    • I'm having the same problem in a 2004 Solara w/ the JBL factory system. The display reads "ERROR 3" but I have no idea what that means. Any advice?

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I had this say problem with my 2000 solara. Here is the fix, remove one of the car battery terminals for a couple of mins (3-4mins). The reattach the battery terminal back. This would make your cd player and car clock reset. once you start your car you should be able to eject the cds. You'll just need to reprogram all your preset radio station. Hope it helps

  • By Author imagefemi123 Aug 12, 2008

    • By avatarfemi123 Aug 12, 2008

    • I had the same issue with my 2000 solara. Here is the fix, unplug one of your car battery terminals for like 3mins . this causes the cd player and car clock to reset. Once you put the same battery terminal back and start your car you should be able to eject all your cds. It worked for me, the toyota dealer wanted $100 for labor and 380 for repairs for something that took me 5mins to do.

With the key in the ACC position (so the stereo is on, but the engine isn't), press eject and listen to see if you can hear gears whirring. If so, it's trying but isn't progressing the disc. Use a pairof forceps to gently grab the edge of the disc and pull while it tries to eject. If it DOESN'T whir, let me know and we'll go from there.

  • By Author imageMitch Oct 04, 2007

    • By avatarsimplemitch Oct 05, 2007

    • the lack of noise indicates that it's either SERIOUSLY jammed or it's a problem in the circuitry that controls the mechanisms. At this point, the only real solution is to have it serviced by a repair shop. At the very least, they will be able to get the disc out. Call around to Electronics repair shops as they will likely be SIGNIFICANTLY less expensive than the dealership (and faster....).

Otherwise, if you don't have some needle-nose pliers or tweezers, try using something else that's thin, with a handle, like a butter knife or a putty knife, and wrap a thin layer of tape around it (making sure that the sticky side is UP, and the tape is secure so that it won't slide off at all; also, it should be a rather strong adhesive) then stick it inside of the player and push down and pull out; hopefully your CD will come with it! - This method worked for me, (I have a 2002 Pontiac Grand AM) however, now my CD player won't "****" in any other CD's and I don't know how to fix it :( Any suggestions?

hi i got a 2005 grand am gt, i only had it about for 2 months and the other day i put a cd in an now it wont eject. i tried almost everyway possible,the tweezers wont get it out neither will the tape to a butterknife. i cant find how to take it apart..any answers just email me at hawks_cam@yahoo.com

before you spend $$ to have someone do anything, take the radio out of the dash yourself. what;s the worst thing that can happen, you break the radio that doesn;t work?

take the top of the radio apart and move the cd around... it's jammed and needed help to set up in the player.

put it back in the dash and push play. it should work. i just fixed mine and i am happier than paris hilton in a sausage factory.

  • By Author imageGuest Oct 27, 2008

I had a cd jammed in my 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix and when I took it out I couldn't get the cd player to insert or eject the cd. I took a chance and turned off the car and removed the fuse for the radio and put it back in. Once I put it back in the cd player worked just fine!

  • By Author imageGuest May 30, 2008

REMOVE THE UPPER COVER OF CD PLAYER AND REMOVE YOUR CD. IT MUST HAVE STUCK OUT OF CD TREY TO THE BODY OF CD PLAYER.

Toyota 02. 6 disk CD player factory fitted. When i press load insert i get wait but never load prompt

cds stuck in car stereo- error message pops up, advice? I have a 2003 Toyota Tundra with a 6 disk CD player, factory stereo. I have all 6 cds in and "ERROR" now appears on the screen, the cds won't play, and will not eject. I have had this problem for 2 days and have not been able to get them to do anything. I don't see a pin hole anywhere to "eject" the disks. Any ideas? Is my stereo broken?

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by seafoodb... Member since: March 09, 2007 Total points: 125 (Level 1) Best Answer - Chosen by Asker This indicates a malfunction of the disc changer functions.
A: Press the reset button on both the changer and the remote. The reset button on the changer is located on the front panel of the unit, It can beactivated with the tip of a pin.
B: If the unit does not operate after resetting it, remove the magazine by inserting a business card between the magazine and the mechanism. The lock lever will disengage to allow the magazine to eject.
C: Make sure all cds are in the magazine, a CD is found lodged in the carriage, remove all cds from the magazine and reinsert the magazine into the changer.
D: Press the eject button. This should cause the loged CD to move from the carriage into the empty magazine. The magazine should automatically eject and normal operation will return. I Found this on another site as I have the same problem too. 2003 Tundra. I will try the disconnecting the battery first.

  • By Author imageGuest Oct 17, 2008

I've purchased a Toyota Camry 2003 with in-Dash CD changer, the first CD I loaded and played for a minute got stuck.
The problem was solved and the CD was ejected after I used a small tweezer in the CD opening the I pressed Eject button and luckily the CD went out!
Now I wonder whether I can play another CD and face the same problem again or just leave it like that !

  • By Author imageGuest Apr 14, 2008

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