Again, in my stock 2003 sport. It has the factory single in dash CD/Radio. i bought the car used in Feb and neglected to test the CD player upon purchase...radio was kickin fine. LOL

Anyhow, sometimes when i insert a CD into the player it will just click away like its not fully seating within the player. I eject the disk and the clicking will continue as if the disk is still inserted. I can even turn off the ignition and the clicking will continue for quite some time. After it stops, i can turn the ignition on and it might click for another couple seconds then stops...mind you NO CD is in the player now.

Then I will insert the same CD (or a new one), it might do the continuing clicking thing, ORRRR it might play as normal. after that I can play numerous CDs without incident, then when it feels I've been teased enough, it will start the clicking again with a different CD being inserted - it ALWAYS starts the clicking upon insertion, never just during normal play. the sound is fast maybe 2-3 clicks per second.

I have to eject and reinsert multiple times until the next disc reads and plays and I'm off again listening to CDs for a while. then without provocation, it will start again when inserting a new disk...eject it...clicking continues and eventually stops, whether the car is running or not....I'm perplexed. Is my CD player fried or is there some way to remedy? Reset something? clean it with a CD cleaner or am I looking at replacement. The fact that it will still play CDs for me after fiddling and massaging at least gets me music, but the constant clicking on those days I listen to a lot of CDs is becoming a hassle...I really don't want to install a new one if I don't have to....money's tight right now after spending big bucks on the wife's car fix this morning. ughhh....that's another story.

What are my options? I've seen removed factory KJ radio/cd players on ebay for about $100, and I know the install is not that hard, but would hate to put in another lemon from someones junked KJ. what do you think?

Pote, I had (have) the same problem sometimes with my radio. I've found that after I run the CD cleaner disc threw it that it will stop for awhile. You should clean after every 10 hours of listening anyway with the dust and all in your cabin. I've since installed an ipod cable and use mostly my ipod now. Good luck. Just clean it a few times and see how that goes.

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2005 Liberty Sport 4X2 V6 3.7L Stone White 100% Stock

Mine was doing that too, although mine wasn't as frequent as you report. My solution was to buy an after market deck with iPod control . If I ever sell the jeep I'll put the stock deck back into it, but for now, I'll listen to some clean digital music!

Sorry for being no help.

Neil

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2003 Liberty Sport
Blue w/ Gray trim
3.7L 5 Speed Manual
235/70/16 BFG MT's
65w Phillips fog light mod
AmsOil fluids end to end
SkidRow Front armor
Standard Frankenlift I & Al's U A-arms

no worries guys, thanks for confirming that I wasn't the only one who ever had this....I think a replacement is in order...what kind of systems are you guys getting with the mp3/iPod capabilities...what looks good? whats worthwhile? what might work with a tight budget? LOL

There are a number of options out there right now. Most decks come with an Auxiliary in so that you can run your iPod/MP3 player from your headphone jack.

Not a bad option, BUT you do have to a) deal with two volume controls, b) deal with the batteries running out c) deal with a cable hanging out of the front and d) having to change songs through the iPod/MP3 player. All livable options and the one I chose because I'm a tightwad. The other options (listed below) would have cost me an extra $80 to $150 over and above the Sony CDXGT210 I purchased from FutureShop for $99 CAD at the time.

You can get decks out there that have a USB input on the front of the deck. If you have an iPod, you can charge your iPod, have the various artists appear on the deck screen, shuffle through artists and playlists in folders as well as have the iPod put out music at a constant level that is controlled by the deck. Most of the features listed for the iPod will work for a standard jump drive.

The problem is that you still have the wires out the front, as well as have to put your iPod somewhere. If you just have a jump drive, well that sticks out the front of your deck.

If you do go with a deck that has an iPod control, you can run the cable from the BACK of the deck to your glove box and control what you listen to from the deck itself. The deck will also charge your iPod and run it at a constant level without having to turn up the iPod.

Great features, BUT you will often spend more money for the deck itself, and will often have to lay out extra money for the iPod cable ($30-$100) in addition to the deck.

In either case, you will have to purchase an adapter for the deck to fit into your dash (cost me $25 CAD). I also recommend going with a harness that mates up with the factory harness for your jeep. It was around $15 CAD. It is REALLY nice to be able to wire your deck up when the deck is on your workbench, then clip it into your jeep without the need to clip/splice wires in your vehicle.

You will also need an adapter for the factory radio wire to plug into the new deck. I don't know why the kj's have a different plug, but they do. That's another $13-ish.

Most of the name brand decks out there are pretty decent. However, if I was concerned with the latest and greatest system that could run a 2000W system, I would have spent more than the $99 I did. I'm just at that point in my life where I want something that sounds good, doesn't cost me a fortune, and wont rattle the fillings out of my head. I would rather spend the money on mods that will make my jeep go further down the trail

Neil

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The beauty of a 4x4 is that you can get stuck at inaccessible places
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2003 Liberty Sport
Blue w/ Gray trim
3.7L 5 Speed Manual
235/70/16 BFG MT's
65w Phillips fog light mod
AmsOil fluids end to end
SkidRow Front armor
Standard Frankenlift I & Al's U A-arms

Pote, What I did was keep my radio stock and clean with a CD cleaner disc but I have went to ipod for music and am rarely even using my disc player anymore. What I did was buy an ipod cable adaptor for my stock radio from MP3YourCar.com
The cost is around $150 and the cable adaptor hooks to the back of your stock radio to the CD changer connector. The other end of the cable (ipod connector) comes out of the front through your cigerette lighter or around the side of the center counsol. The cable will provide power to the ipod and you can control the music from your ipod with the radio controls or directly from the ipod itself. Ipod wired. When you sell the car you can sell with cable or remove for another car.
I put all my CD's on ipod and run digital now. The direct cable is better than wireless transimitters for clearer sound and no static distortions that wireless transmitters tuned to 88.5 gives out. Clean good digital alternative to single CD radio while keeping the car stock for resale. The cable is somewhat costly but for people who want to keep stock radio it is a good alternative. Let us know what you do. Good luck and keep rockin'.

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2005 Liberty Sport 4X2 V6 3.7L Stone White 100% Stock