[Baz]

My 'Tin Top' is a 2001 WH Holden Statesmen. It's a large, luxury sedan and
2nd from the top of the range of GM vehicles in Australia.

It has a 10 stack CD player in the boot. Recently, I couldn't get the CD player to work and was getting a flashing error message with a code No. displayed on the digital readout screen of the radio unit.

I perused the manufacturers Handbook and found the appropriate code No. The printed recommendation was for me to return the car to the local dealer which I did. The Service Manager inspected the car and attached some meters to the CD then told me that the entire CD player and stacker required replacement. It would cost me between $1,200 and $2,500, depending on whether they put in factory or reconditioned parts.

I was walking out of that Service centre dumb founded. There was a guy behind me waiting his turn. He pulled me aside and told me that he had identical problems with his WH Statesman. He was also told the same thing by the dealers representative. A friend of his told him to pull the boot (Trunk) lining out, locate the CD Stacker and pull the plug out, leave it out for about 60 seconds, then replace it.

It's just the same as when your Internet goes down and you disconnect the Modum for a short time. When you re-plug it and try again, everything works fine.

When I got home, I done what was suggested to me. Guess what. The CD hasn't stopped since and it took me about 10 minutes to fix and zero dollars.

I wonder if that's all the dealers do and then rip the s*#t out of the customer. I've only been back once to that dealer and that was to give the Service Manager the biggest spray that he has ever experienced.

Baz.