Cd drive on imac

My iMac is not quite 4 years old and I had trouble with the cd burner from the first two months after purchase. It was replaced but now my Apple care has expired and the cd player/burner is not working again. Has anyone else had trouble with this issue? Any idea of the cost to replace or repair?

Thank you again. I'll look into the cleaning kit and give it a try. I had the optical drive replaced early on when I first got the computer. After a while the drive made noises but worked. When this happened last week I restarted the computer and zapped the pram but it didn't do anything. This was under the direction of the Apple tech support and he suggested I needed to replace the optical drive.
I appreciate you taking time to respond to my query. Thanks!!

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