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Corvette Bose Amplifier / Speaker and Car Stereo Repair.
All BOSE amplifier repairs have a Lifetime warranty, car stereo one year.
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How to Troubleshoot Your Bose System

If your car stereo or audio problem is not listed, please email us Car Stereo Repair. All problems are not listed.
 

90-96 Delco/Single in dash CD Player
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'90-91 Corvette Stereo
(Gray face with orange letters)
'94-96 Corvette Stereo
(Black face with white letters)
'92-93 Corvette Stereo
(Black face with orange letters)
16144151
16160761
16172721
CD for Corvette did not become available until 1990.

Back lighting for display dim in spots or out. CD does not work, or will not accept CD the first five+ times then it will, or CD works according to the weather and temperature, or will not eject CD, $190.
 

NOTE - '90-91 Corvettes, we also suggest sending CDM (Tuner Box), when sending any Corvette radio units for repair.

NOTE - '93-96 Corvettes, all stereo functions work, intermittent audio all speakers, power antenna up and down with audio in and out? See CDM below and link to How to Troubleshoot Your Bose System above.
 

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Corvette / BOSE Amplifier Repair

Factory Car Stereo Repair - Delco Bose amplifier - Bose repair
BOSE Amplifier
Repair
Factory Car Stereo Repair - Delco ZR1 / Corvette  - Bose stereo, amplifier and speaker repair
90-96 Front Bose Speaker/Amplifier Enclosure

89 Corvette Front Bose Speaker Enclosure with Bose Amplifier
Factory Car Stereo Repair - Delco ZR1 / Corvette  - Bose stereo, amplifier and speaker repair
 

Speakers snap, crackle, pop, sizzle, have high pitch squeal, sound distorted, low or no output, amplifiers at speakers $80 each.

 

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89-96 Rear Bose Speaker Frames with Amplifiers

How to Troubleshoot Your Bose Audio System


Part numbers,
16169541
16178741
16178751

Stereo unit powers up, no or distorted audio, no FM, some/all speakers work intermittently, or the system is dead.
Repair rate for CDM box $125. However, the '93-96 CDM boxes encounter water damage. With time and age the weather stripping around the rear hatch shrinks and allows water to enter into the rear pockets. The majority of the '93-96 CDM boxes are repairable. However, if the CDM is not repairable, a new replacement is $285. You will be called an notified if your CDM is not repairable before exchanging.

90-96+/- Corvette BOSE Stereo CDM
(Tuner Pre-amplifier) Box
CDM boxes can be found under the dash board on the passenger side ('90-92) or in a rear pocket on the passenger side of the vehicle ('93-96). We have seen the units ('93-96) behind the seat submerged in water and have corrosion, also check connectors at the CDM box. When the head unit is turned on and off you should hear a click from the relay inside the CDM box. If you have snapping and popping from some of the speakers  you will have to trouble shoot to the defective amplifiers separately. See How to Troubleshoot Your Corvette Bose System.
 

We repair all Corvette radio problems. We have listed only the most common Corvette radio problems on this page.

 

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Corvette AC Control - No Display

 

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86-89 Delco Corvette BOSE Radio
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Dead or no power. Before repair, check dome light, cigarette lighter and door chime. If one of these are not working properly there is a blown fuse in fuse panel. (We usually find a coin or metal object in the cigarette lighter.)

 

Weak channel, speakers snap, (usually right front first), crackle, sound blown, distorted or does not work, $100-125.

Does not eject tape, $95-145.

Want to upgrade to CD? The '94-96 Chevrolet Camaro AM/FM/CD player physically fits the opening of the original stereo. However, there is a wire harness adaptor needed along with a small modification to the wire harness. Also see www.corvetteforum.com and www.corvetteactioncenter.com
 

84-89 Delco Corvette Bose

Factory Car Stereo Repair - Delco ZR1 / Corvette  - Bose stereo, amplifier and speaker repair

No Audio?
Stereo Works!


 

Stereo works, no audio from all speakers in Corvette Bose Audio system? Check all fuses first! If all fuses check good, this is a Bose Audio Relay problem. See removal instructions for car stereo and relay.
Cassette ejects after inserted, $185.

Display remains on with ignition OFF. This may drain the battery too, $100-125.
 
The following car stereos are only a list of common problems and possible Do It Yourself repairs.

We no longer repair the following listed car stereos.
 
  00-03 Corvette
12 CD Changer / Pioneer
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We no longer repair this Pioneer CD changer.
 

We purchase BROKEN Bose systems
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Dim or no display see Defective Lamp