Out of warranty
The car has over 50k, so it's out of warranty. I didn't notice anything about a lifetime warranty on radios in the manual, but I also only have a 1998 manual because that was all they could find when we bought the car used (3k on it).
I'm going to try a cd cleaner first to see if just the laser is dirty. The wife would really like to get the 2001 or 2002 radio because it holds 6 discs (in dash) and has a cassette.
Thanks for the help!
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