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Ok, so out of no where my driver side top dash speaker started cutting out today then by end of my 2 hour drive nothing from it all. Then I check driver door and same thing; nothing.

 

Could this be a Connectivity problem? Are these two speakers running off of each other? Something doesn’t seem right for both to go right at the exact same time.

 

Any help is appreciated.

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Front door speaker and dash are tied together.


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WesternMike Enthusiast

WesternMike

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So one of them may be fine? Meaning if one goes down, they both go down?

 

I’m at a loss of what would cause this to just start to go in and out then all of the sudden just stop.

 

 

 

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On 3/17/2018 at 7:55 PM, WesternMike said:

So one of them may be fine? Meaning if one goes down, they both go down?

 

I’m at a loss of what would cause this to just start to go in and out then all of the sudden just stop.

 

 

 

I'm assuming your system is not Bose and you do not have an aftermarket headunit and your speakers are still stock.  

Both the door speakers and dash speakers are tied together in parallel in right and left channels.  And from what I understand the factory headunit is very picky about the ohm load it sees.  I see your truck is a 2014, it's a good chance your speakers are just worn out and the ohm load now is not within the factory headunit's tolerances.  I would start by simply unhooking the dash speaker and see if the door speaker comes back.  If no change, plug the dash speaker back in and unhook the door speaker.  If still no change I would unhook both speakers, find a speaker that I know for a fact works and rig it with some speaker wire to one of the speaker connectors and see if you get sound then.  

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WesternMike

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They both work again now, but do still go out and in here and there.

One of them must be on the way out then I take it?

May be time to finally add a nice set of speakers and amp now.

Yes, by the way this is non bose with factory HU and no amp right now.

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They both work again now, but do still go out and in here and there.

One of them must be on the way out then I take it?

May be time to finally add a nice set of speakers and amp now.

Yes, by the way this is non bose with factory HU and no amp right now.

Yup, I bet one of them is probably blown. An amp and new component speakers would fix your problem nicely.


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WesternMike

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Yes sir, plan to go with the sundown 2.75 for dash then not sure what to add to the four doors.

Going to start planning this build soon, will do rear fold down seat mod then add amps to back wall.

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May want to check the connectors on the back of stereo unit for being loose.

 

Same symptoms happened to my F150. I had been at the Furd dealer on electrical seat warranty issue and the tech thought he would drum up additional cake work and loosened the plug from the head unit. when the speakers started cutting out 2 days later i didn't take it back to the stealer but got up in there and found the connector cocked on an angle hanging by a thread. Pushed it back in and never went back.

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