Alpine CDA-7897 would not open

you can pull on it, and push it back it.......

But seriously, iv seen that a few times , its a $15 part, , average repair cost is around $100.

You should bitch and get your money back from that guy on e-bay.

i don't know how hard it is to replace the part, or what part number it is.  i just have sent a few back to service and read the service forms when they came back.   It was usually a leaver and a spring.  But iv also seen dirt on the gears preventing it from comming out, which may be your case as whell.

If you live in ontario Canada i can get you a number for alpine's service center.

when you hooked up your wires, did you match the colors to the factory harness or did you match the colors to the aftermerket harness. I burnt up a Kenwood CD player, using a bad harness. There is 2 available harnesses for the 4 runner, atleast in my year there is. It worked for a little bit, then it stuynk and it was bad. YEa, I wanted to fight the oh so smart car audio business owner, especially after he called me a liar, because I said that there was 2 and not one. LOL. Don't be so dependent on what everyon tells you about that. I had to rewire a harness, because nobody here had the right one.

Abt, ebay, yes the seller did specify that the unit is untested and sold as is. I guess I got greedy and thought if it works 200 dollars for CDA7897 would be great. Anyways, I can only try to fix it and save the money now.

I matched the aftermarket harness which was already there, but the connections look alright to me, the warness is not only color coded, it also has the things printed on it, so I can match it with those in the unit.  I had a panasonic unit earlier which worked perfectly.

I did make some progress since last 2 days. When I pressed the bottom of the unit hard, it made a bad motor noise and it came out like 10 to 15 mm, so that I can hold and pull. I pulled it. and when I switch it off it does go back, but on starting it wont come out and I have to pull. But, the unit still doesnt work!!! It has a CD stuck in it, it plays with wierd sudden noises and very low volume even at max! DId anyone have problem like that ?. when I try to eject it it tries to eject two to three times and then gives up and gives me this error message: "ERROR" I checked the manual and it says I have to call the alpine dealer. WHen I go back home tonight I will try to press reset again and then try to eject as it says inthe manual. ANy more suggestions??