Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone may be able to shed some light on this for me.
Basically a few months ago our Bose sound system stopped working completely, we checked all the usual things, connections, fuses and so on and all seemed to be fine and we even changed the fuse just to be sure.
We then found out that it may be the amp that sits under the passenger seat, so we removed this and left it out the car for a few weeks while we were looking for a replacement to which we had no luck at all.
We put the old amplifier back in the car and it started to work again straight after plugging it back in.
Now, this has all happened again, no sound, the head unit seems to work as it should, all displays work and appear to function normally, volume up and down etc.
We did try to remove the amp and put it back but with no luck this time.
We have searched eBay and local scrap yards for a replacement amplifier but have had no luck.
We have also contacted Mazda who said they will "look" at the car at a cost of ?45 an hour to source the problem and as far as we are aware it does appear to be the amplifier, so we spoke the parts department and we were told that a new amplifier is a little over ?700!
Has anyone else had these problems with the Bose sound system and if so, how were they rectified?
With the cost of ?700 would it be cheaper to fit an aftermarket head unit and components to replace the Bose system completely?
Sorry for such a long post and we hope that someone can help.
Thanks in advance.