04 Going strong as well! i live in Oklahoma where you we have intense heat but also need to use the heater intensely as well lol

 

Its not the heat that is making these units go bad. Its the cheap material they used on the ribbons that is corroding. If you snip part of the ribbon that makes contact these radios will work perfectly fine again. Its sad really.

 

I dont have NAV in my G, but I can tell it gets super hot back there because when I reach in to grab my cell phone out of that storage area, its always really hot in there when the heats on, I cant imagine how hot it is behind all that junk. Maybe some kind of heat wrap on the hvac ducting would keep some temps down? Seems kind of hard core, but if you got a lot of loot invested in your stereo, it may be worth the trouble....

 

I don't think your heater is blowing on the CD player. You are probably touching the heat sink on the back of the CD player which draws heat out of the CD player. SO it's suppose to get very hot. Especially on a unit that is not very well built.

 

I don't think that is true. I currently live out here in Cali, and I rarely use the heat. If I do it's set to 75 and I use my heated seat. But my stereo went regardless of using heat.... But it's a good theory.

 

Had mine since 05 (bought new) and have no issues with the HU or radio. Lived in the northwest for the last five years and have used the radio continually and the heat almost continually - it doesn't get really warm up here.

Don't know what to tell you. Mine works as advertised and will be six years old tomorrow.

 

OP..Leave your Sony cd player on for 1-2hrs with heater off and then touch the same place as before.

 

Mine has been fine and it's an 04'. I know the stock headunits are made by Clarion which usually makes good sound systems imo..

 

I too live in florida and drive an 06 be prepared it will fail. I got mine replaced last year under warranty

 

I don't drive my car in the winter over here.. so I very rarely use the heat in my G35, and my stock head unit's CD player went bad.

If it's as a result of heat that this is happening, at least in my case, it's not because of the car's HVAC system heat. It may be just from heat generated from the radio itself running, or perhaps from heat in the car as a result of it being hot in the summer.

 

That's true...

 

The back of the Sony doesn't even get warm without the heater running (set to blow on my feet).... It also doesn't get this hot during the summer months even without the A/C running.

But it does get hotter than hell with the heater running and blowing set on my feet.

 

My radio just went out last night. Then the A/C blower came on by itself and none of the buttons work on the A/C or radio. Any body know the fix?

 

Hammer fist the CD player really hard..seriously that's how i fixed mine. I got pissed one day cause it kept shutting off and AC kept turning on by itself, SO I hammer fist the CD player and it hasn't done it since

 

LOL, im straight on that. i found a link with the "search" button. "yay me!"