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ajsierra016

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I bought a 2016 Sierra SLT with the Bose 8 speaker system 5 weeks ago, and the front right speaker already sounds awful. I haven't turned the bass much up at all, but it sounds blown. Even when i turned the bass to negative numbers it still cracks. Would a dealer replace this for free? Can anyone give me some advice on his to fix this. Thanks for the help

DAY11 Enthusiast

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I swear my left front speaker cracks some too. I plan on having them take a look at my next service.

 

I would imagine it will be covered as long as you are all factory still

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

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Could be a bad speaker or it could be a bad amplifier too. Or possibly someone miswired the system. Anyway, bumper to bumper warranty should take care of it. Assuming that the tech who gets to job can hear it.

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I bought a 2016 Sierra SLT with the Bose 8 speaker system 5 weeks ago, and the front right speaker already sounds awful. I haven't turned the bass much up at all, but it sounds blown. Even when i turned the bass to negative numbers it still cracks. Would a dealer replace this for free? Can anyone give me some advice on his to fix this. Thanks for the help

This is so unfortunate. I have a 2014 1500 Sierrra SLT and this crackling drives me NUTS! I have taken it in multiple times for this issue. No fix. They replaced the speakers, changed all bass/trebble etc. Something with the antenna, nope.....

 

There is a buge thread dating back to 2013/2014. Im actually looking for it now as im takin my truck in Tuesday for another issue. I was curious if there was a fix yet...

 

Here is the kicker.... the 2014 SLE truck that doesn't have the BOSE radio, the speakers sound great . (I drove their loaner which was a SLE and it sounded great.) So we paid more for SLT with BOSE but sounds worse.

 

A.M radio sounds awful. Pisses me off when dealer says you can listen in I heart radio... Im like no.... 50k truck I should be able to listen to my a.m radio.

 

Arrrrrhhhhh so frustrating.

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Henry Daugherty New Member

Henry Daugherty

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I bought an '18 Sierra about 1 month ago.  when I test drove, the dash speakers were crackling.  I had them replaced by the dealer, and they worked for about a month/ 2k miles.  Then it started up again out of the blue.

 

It only happens when I listen to really full, bassy music on certain notes (glass animals - Helium).  I speculate that since the replacement speakers did the trick for a month, its not necessarily a wiring issue, or maybe even an amp issue.  I estimate that it may be a filtering issue.  I think the frequency getting to the dash speakers goes too low.  

 

Im going to attempt to get a new pair o higher quality speakers and add a high pass filter.  

 

anyone that has intimate knowledge of this issue have any thoughts?

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