2006 ford explorer cd player says load error how to fix

Remove the cd player and most likely replace - but try taking it out and finding the reset button - - hit reset and there u go - sometimes it works - also check and make sure no one stuck something smaller than a cd in the hole --

A little late but fixed. Our 06 was in a ding and we did not notice that the cd player was giving us a load error (wife does not use her's much). Tried the power cycling and everything else, there were no cd's in it. Load button would cause it to stir and wirr about but then it would Load Error right away. Tried the Load/3/6 audio check, nothing changed. Even tried pulling it and cleaning the ribbon cable contacts with an eraser to no avail. It seems there are conditions under which the player will jam and cannot recover.
The fix was brute force and a bit of finesse. I pulled the player and plugged everything in and ran it with the player out of the radio and the radio out of the dash. I manually inserted a cd in the top (6) spot. Hook the cd under the tab and then pull back a wee little slider in the center section where the hole of the cd is to retract the keeper and the cd will drop into place. On the underside of the player are a vast array of sliding arms and such. I pressed load and selected a slot and held the mechanism so it could not move then released it. It complained but then cycled through all the cd locations and found the CD in 6 and started playing it. It has been fine since.