So I have had this unit since the winter of 2007. I really like the unit but in the past year it started making a rattling noise coming from the DVD drive. I ejected the disc and found it had scratches on it in a circular shape. I found the 08 east disc it originally came with online and reburned it. everything worked fine...for a while. I ejected it and it scratched in the same way. I went to reburn this dvd and took found the 09 east disc so i upgraded. again everything worked fine for months, then It did the same thing. The drive scratches every DVD or CD I put in there.

It also seems to sound worse when I hit a bump.

Is there any way I can try to fix this without sending it to pioneer? Clean the laser maybe? I can't put the stock headunit back and ive been told id be without a stereo for a month.

Yup, samething with me. My CD's are alright but when I put in my map disc(burned) after awhile it stops workin and have to constantly keep reburning a new one. Haven't tried anything to clean it yet as well. Anybody know a solution???

anyone figure this out?

hmmm id like to know about this too.having the same problem. cwfalconfootball arent u a maxima owner? ur screen name looks familiar

yes im a maxima owner im on the forums and went to maxus09 and maxus10. my car has the g35 sedan seats.

i also noticed that now the headunit will sometimes freeze and restart the unit.