CD Player

Just curious if anyone else is having this problem: my CD player sometimes sounds like I am playing a scratched vinyl record. It will sound very staticy @ times & start to skip & eventually stop playing & give me an error msg. The odd thing is that it does not always do it ... sometimes they play fine & it always does not mess up @ the same spot on the same CD. When I took it to the dealer they said the player is not guaranteed to play burned CDRs & I have yet to try a regular CD but I thought I would try here 1st

Also, sometimes I hear a very faint rattle on the drivers side that seems to go along w/ the bass line, even when I do not have the volume up high (level 10 even) ...

Thanks all