Just got a new car, a 2001 Mondeo, with the 6006E Radio Cd changer.

Tried to load CD's and got the usual E4 message.

So i looked on this site and found a soloution.

1. Remove the radio using the keys (got mine from dealer for free).
2. Remove all the cables.
3. Unscrew the top 2 screws. These are an odd sized star shaped screw head and i had to buy a screw driver from halfords, a Professional Screwdriver 60mm x T8 star. (£3.49).
4. Remove top cover.
5. Replace cables (dont put cover on)
6. Load a Disc.
7. Press Eject.
8. Disc will half eject itself and the arm with the laser led will remain visible.
9. Use a cotton bud and some regular camera or spactacle lens cleaner and gently clean the lens.
10. Reload the disc.
11. It shpuld now play.
12. Replace cover.
13. Push the Player back into the slot.

I did this and it worked 1st time. This is much cheaper than goinf to Ford, who will charge you £200 to look at it and repair, however if the repairs are less than £200 they will give you the difference.

Pittster, June 2007

Fab thank you for this being female I'm chuffed to bits I've fixed my stereo that I bought Friday off eBay

Catherine, May 2017

I did this and it was fine for a couple of days and then it happened again, so now have to listen to crap radio all the time !

tracy, March 2016

I just followed this fix and it worked first time! Brilliant😃 thanks guys!

stevieboy, May 2014

hey man i have ford fiesta 2004, it has the 6006 rds eon, and now im getting the error code 4, i see you spoke of a key, but i want to know what comes 1st, where is the keyhole?

Nick, March 2013

One happy pocket and a happy wife to thank you!!

Clubmanmad, November 2012

this worked for me as well, great tip, I knew it could be this fault, but I was dishearted about it being difficult to access. This tip showed me how easy it was. I used 4 long and thin nails to pry it out without much difficulty.

Dag in Tønsberg Norway, May 2012

Followed instructions and it worked perfectly, thank you very much

David, December 2010

CD player hasn't worked since I bought the car 2 years ago. 5 minute job, works perfectly now!

Thank you so much!

John, December 2010

I followed the instructions and i'm delighted to say that after too many months without playing cd's i can now do so,it worked a treat.thank you for taking the time to help others..

The Duke, October 2010

Thanks. That worked perfectly!

steve smith, September 2010

Thank you very much, my cd player worked when it felt like it, didn't work at all or hiccuped its way through a cd. Followed your instructions and its working perfectly, just for the price of a screw driver, saved me a lot of money as I had considered sending it away and was quoted about £80 just to have it looked at.

Dr M Lee, July 2010

Thankyou - repeated cleaning three times and all cds now play,

Had to disconect power while lens in view so it didnt auto close after half a minute or so,

Thanks

Pete, November 2009

worked a treat.nice one

jay from beverley(east yorkshire), October 2009

Huuuummm..... getting a few cd error 4's again..... not good... :-(

Richard, July 2009

It's day 4 since trying this, and it's still working perfectly I'm pleased to report....

Richard, July 2009

I've been getting CD Error 4 on my 9006 for ages and it's really been getting me down as I don't really like the radio and love playing my CD's. Anyway, I've tried the above, and after about 1.5 years of CD Error 4, plus my CD seemingly unable to play some Infiniti Lightscribe disks, since Saturday (now 2 days) when I tried the above, all is well and even the Lightscribe disks are finally playing. I have been writing to audio repair companies and have sent the CD player off before at a cost of £70 to have the issue fixed, and it last about 6 months before the error came back again. They said normally it just needs a clean, so I suspect I paid £70 for the above.... now with the right tools, I can do it myself! Will let you know in a week or so if I'm still having an issue or not, but it's looking good so far and as yet, not one cd error 4 has been seen.

Thanks for the above!

Richard, July 2009

Thankyou, thankyou thankyou - have not had the player working for 12 months, and one small repair in the carpark after buying the T8 and kids are delightedly listening to nursery rhymes again - poor me!

Tara, May 2009

Didnt work for me. Still get e4.

Ant, January 2009

ive just followed the instructions and it worked spot on iv waited a month so i could see if it worked and it has
i used glasser cleaner from my old man .

thanks

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bluechip, January 2009

i've just followed the instructions above and it's worked for me. i gently ran the cotton bud soaked with contact lens cleaner then dried it off with a clean dry cotton bud. done this several times to make sure it was clean. het presto!!!! it worked.

thanks man

dovstar, July 2008