Mercedes-Benz A160 AvantGarde: CD Player doesn't read burnt CDs / skips?

[Dee]

I have a Mercedes-Benz A160 Avantgarde with the original Mercedes front loading CD player (it's not a shuttle). It's a 2002 model and I got the car second hand. Eeverything is great but the CD player REALLY struggles playing CDs I burn myself.

My entire music collection is on my computer (I don't buy CDs, I buy everything online), and even if I burn a disc at 1x speed the CD player either can't read it or it takes a few minutes to load - plus I can't skip between tracks easily because it skips to the middle of the next song.

Has anyone had any success with this kind of CD player - maybe specific ways to burn the CD ...or should I just replace the entire thing?!