Harry911
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Columbia
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Message Posted: Jan 1, 2008 3:04:47 PM
Peeling dash anyone else with this problem?? GM won't help
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magnifire
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Louisville
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Message Posted: Dec 7, 2006 8:50:32 AM
Great I will check it out.
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91Firebird
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Message Posted: Sep 29, 2006 2:42:04 PM
I'm on there too. Mainly for the repair/maintenance stuff, as I don't mod the 'ho too much.
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Speert
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Message Posted: Oct 3, 2005 12:16:44 PM
Midget - more feedback from the site, pending you sending me any additional info:
There are a couple of issues with cleaning cd's. The brush won't scratch the lens very often, but it will loose the fibers inside of the unit. These get lodged inot the cd and drive mechanism. The most common issue is how it loads. A indash unit loads by griping the side of the cd. A cleaning won't load correctly and either becomes lodged or can strike the lazer as it passes. If the car is a 2003 the HU may still be under warranty. We manufacture OEM HU's for Toyota and GM. Most of the units are covered under the manufacturer for a extended tilme past the GM three year warranty. The GM units are new to our plant, but the Toyotas carry a five year warranty through Fujitsu Ten. If it is not under warranty then list the issues the HU is having. The most common issue is damage due to a misloaded cd. Many problems will show up as a error code on the unit.
Please be aware that most GM Hu's cannot be placed into another vehicle. If the car is equiped with a CAN system (most aleros are) then the HU is given a serial number from the network. If the serial number does not match it will not power up. I am uncertain as to what year that they started placing the security into the HU, but I can verify that all 2003 and ups do. Even if your HU did not have this feature, the owners 2003 alero network will. The only option that either of you will have is to find a dealer that can flash the unit. With your permission, most will send it out but very few can do it in house. The HU uses a serial stream that requires a flashing computer and dedicated software that is extremely expensive.
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Speert
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Message Posted: Sep 28, 2005 12:36:43 PM
Midget,
Got this feedback from the other site:
"First I think you'd need to know if the cd player works at all. Is it the whole unit or just the player? Does it act like it's reading a disc or just do nothing?"
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Speert
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Message Posted: Sep 28, 2005 6:39:00 AM
NOT to? That's odd. I'll have to go back and check out my manual when I get a chance. I've used a cleaning CD in it once or twice without any problems. I'll try to post up your question on Aleromod and see if anyone's got an answer to you about it apart from the obvious "Maybe there's a short" or "Check the fuse box".
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midget05
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Alabama
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Message Posted: Sep 27, 2005 10:13:16 AM
Does anyone know if you can fix the CD player on an alero. I have a 2003 alero. Didn't have a lot of miles when we got it. But all of a sudden it CD player stopped working. I read in the book and it said not to stick a cleaning cd in it. WHY NOT?
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GASPRICESSUCK06
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Ontario
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Message Posted: Sep 26, 2005 3:41:42 PM
Thanks i have been looking for an alero website
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