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Radio Displays Changer Parked Message - keywords battery CD display int intermittent intermittently no owners park radio

Subject:Radio Displays "Changer Parked" Message

Models:2004-2007 Chevrolet Malibu
2008 Chevrolet Malibu Classic
2005-2008 Pontiac G6



This PI was superseded to update models and model years. Please discard PIC4509.


The following diagnosis might be helpful if the vehicle exhibits the symptom(s) described in this PI.

Condition/Concern:

A customer may comment that the radio will display a "Changer Parked" message intermittently at times, and there is NO explanation in the owner's manual for this message.

Recommendation/Instructions:

This message will display after the CD mechanism has initialized or when you manually park the CD mechanism. Initialization occurs normally upon a battery reconnect. The mechanism will unpark itself once you press the CD load button.

Note: After pressing the CD load button, you will NOT get a message that's it's unparked.

Please follow this diagnostic or repair process thoroughly and complete each step. If the condition exhibited is resolved without completing every step, the remaining steps do not need to be performed.