Magellan

Our original equipment radio is made for a specific generation Maxima only and will not fit into other car's slot.

The radio will probably perform without needing repair for the life of the car.

So, there is no incentive for a criminal steal it because it would only fit into another Maxima that doesn't need it anyway.

Therefore, anyone replacing their original radio with an expensive aftermarket model that could be used in many vehicles increases the chance of their car being broken into and vandalized by thieves.

bill99gxe

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The flaw in your logic is believing thieves use such logic to determine which criminal acts they take.

95emeraldgxe

radios do get screwed up and i'm pretty sure they will work on other cars besides the maxima

Padsy

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80% of bose HU's crap out.

And...some people just want a better quality Head Unit.

Magellan

Not that I'm accusing you of just making things up, but where did you get that statistic?

Blu

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mine has already craped out and my car is a little over a year old

deezo

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I had the Bos system in my old company car (Merc S320) and it crapped out too.

Magellan

Well, I guess I was wrong. If two org members here had their Bose system fail, then it must be true that there's a 80% fail rate throughout the world for every one ever placed in a Maxima.

I just wonder how such a manufacturer can stay in business with that sort of quality.

Cumalittle

got bose on a 95 gle and the only thing wrong w/ it is that the printing on the buttons are worn off...

Blu

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I hence a little sarcasm here but face the facts bose is not known for top notch car audio. There home audio is great but my experience with there car audio is crap. Just my opinion

gtr_rider

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My bose is dieing but I keep pushing it, screens dead, cd dead, some buttons dont work when you push the first time.

grody

There's no reason to get p!ssy. Everyone was being polite and reasonable. You asked what caused him to believe that Bose HU's fail, and two people chimed in to back him up. They were in no way being rude or mean about it. What's the deal? BTW, my Bose head unit crapped out on me, too.

2k2kev

20,000 members and 4 post that their HU died.. I know there are more but not 15,996 more.

Fact is most radios DO last the life of the car.

And to your logic, you're right and wrong. If you don't have aftermarket your chances are just the same as everyone else. If a thief is looking for a radio, you increase your chances of a break-in if you have an aftermarket. But, a lot of police depts. consider a radio to be a theft of ... forgot the word. It's usually taken after the thief is in the car and is looking for something to grab (so bill99gxe is right).

Magellan

Hey, I'm not getting p!ssy. I was only pointing out that the few Bose failures here are statistically meaningless vis-a-vis the overall quality of all systems installed as original equipment in Maximas. Don't take my sarcasm so personally.

Perhaps we should do a poll thread. Of course, we would need at least 500,000 responses to ascertain if there really is a 80% failure rate.

99Maxima5sp

the point to this thread is?!





eric

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Zog

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Let's not forget that the HU (in 5th gens at least) aren't made by bose, nor are the speakers. Their placement is. You can't really fault bose for the 5th gens (i'm not sure about other gens that's why i'm only referring to them). The headunit is clarion, correct ?

slavik'sMAX

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my HU carped out as well...........in fact this happened to 4 out of 5 cars that I owned (only one enissan though )

Dreizehn

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RCA outs...

deezo

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Well, I'm pretty sure there are many people on this Earth with a Bose system that will have the same complaints.

I upgraded my system because I love music and couldn't stand listening to the budget system that comes with the 97 GXE's. It sounds horrible. I upgraded my system because I wanted better sound quality and a CD player. Better yet, I added a Sirius Satalite unit so I can listen to more news channels instead of listening to 1 local channel. Overall, it's definitely worth it.

IceY2K1

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The things that intrigue you my friend.

1%, 10%, or 80%, who gives a sheit.

nismos14

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Weasel

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I wish I could find the link to that Maxima a while back on ebay with an AC/Delco stereo out of a Cutlass or something... if that's not a red flag I don't know what is.

Triocet

i own a fully loaded 95 SE, and my Bose stereo is great, the sound quality is awsome, and there is abosultely nothin wrong with the HU or the CD Changer.

Street Reeper

I can answer that, because I need a remote, all that work of reaching up to operate the stereo is too much

nismos14

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NickStam

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non bose radios are much better.

Guest

The Bose is done on my moms car. My friends old max had the bose die twice.

- M

Street Reeper

The bose unit does not come with a remote for the stereo, the Kenwood I have does, does that help.

jkotel

also, some people like mp3 capabilties...

nismos14

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lol yeah my bad :-D

Padsy

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Maggie......

I was just making a general statement that A LOT of Bose HU's have failed.

I was just trying to answer your question.






And to the rest of ya....Maggie knows I'm 29 yrs old. He is like 75 or something. He just likes to rib me more than most.

He's a good ole farrt though.

Magellan

Now you know I'm only 66. And I do like ribbing you. But for a card carrying post *****, you're still OK.

Padsy

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card carrying....I have not heard that in a while.

bill99gxe

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