I have a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban with the factory radio. The radio works fine but when I put in a cd and turn the volume up some, it just stops playing for about 20 sec. It will come back on at a very low volume. If I leave the volume low the cd will play fine all the way through. Do I just need a new radio? It worked fine until a week ago.

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I am having the same problem with my CD changer in a 2004 Suburban. Have you found a solution yet? Chevy dealership told me that I would have to replace the radio.

Sounds like the motor inside player is shot. You will have to pull out player, remove top cover, remove 2 screws holding cradele and remove your cd. Than either install new player or have a new motor put in yours.

Buy adapter harness from stereo shop simplifies problem and keeps factory harne in tack.

Sounds like an internal problem with the radio. There are places that repair factor radios, but for the money, you are better off buying an aftermarket radio. There is a company called Scoche (spelling) that sells a good line of wiring adapters and mounts for aftermarket radios so you can install them yourself. You can get a good radio (some with the new HD radio) and CD player for under $150. The mount kits run about $15 and the wiring harness runs about $10....all abailable at Best Buy or Wal Mart

Have the ignition switch and the pcm checked before getting something you don't really need.

More than likely with a 2003, the speakers that cut out are in the door or doors. Do they cut out of both speakers?

If they cut out of one, then you may have an intermittent speaker ( the wire to the cone becomes partially connected)

If both speakers turn off at the same time and you hear NOTHING on all speakers, then you more than likely have an intermittent connection on the radio itself and probably replacement is probably cheaper than fixing the radio.

One more thing
Factory radios sometimes have an amplifier in them. Sounds funny but they call the Radio in the dash the Head Unit and the amplifier is buried in the dash. You could have a bad amplifier or a loose power connection to it, but that is very unlikely.

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if you have installed a new cd player in there then the propblem could be that your speaker wires and either touching each other or grounding them selfs out.. pull of the cd player and check to make sure all the speaker wires are covered properly and no bare wires are exposed.. if you still have a factory cd player in it then you will probably need to take it to a dealership to have it checked out..

the cd player only is the problem even though it is all in one unit the radio will still play. tr a different disk if no luck then unfortunatley the problem is in the radio itself. you can buy a nice after market radio for alot less money. keep me posted thanks