Driver's Door Top Speaker

[seadoons]

This weekend I noticed a distinct rattle coming from the driver's door/dash/e-brake area - it happens when going over bumps, closing the door, etc...look inside the speaker grill and the tweeter has come out of the door panel and is resting against the grill. What the hell! The truck is only 2 1/2 years old...

 

Has this happened to anyone else? Do I just pull the door panel off and re-attach it? Is is screwed in?

 

Crap!

[budhayes3]

There's actually a bulletin about that. You just gotta pull the door panel and take a look. The little nuts that hold the tweeter in probably loosened up.

 

I'll see if I can find that bulletin for you.

[99-2door]

The speaker has little studs that are held in by keepers. The studs break off real easy. I bet that is what happened. It is just a plastic plate around the speaker. You can put a screw through it and it works fine.

[budhayes3]

Here it is...

 

Audio System - Tweeter Rattles in Front Door(s)

 

Bulletin No.: 03-08-44-011

 

Date: June 27, 2003

 

TECHNICAL

 

Subject:

Tweeter Speaker Rattle in Front Side Door(s), Tweeter Speaker Falls Out of Position (Modify Door Trim Panel and/or Add Grommets and Replace Tweeter Speaker)

 

Models:

1999-2003 Chevrolet Silverado Pickup Models

2000-2003 Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban

2002-2003 Chevrolet Avalanche

1999-2003 GMC Sierra Pickup Models

2000-2003 GMC Yukon, Yukon XL

with Uplevel Audio System (Non-Bose®) (RPO UQ3)

 

Condition

 

Some customers may comment on a rattle noise in either front side door or that the upper tweeter speaker has fallen out of position.

 

Cause

 

A material incompatibility between the door trim and the door tweeter speaker may cause this condition. Over time, the two posts used to attach the tweeter to the door trim may fracture.

 

Correction

 

New grommets have been released that will be placed over the tweeter speaker posts to isolate the two materials and correct this condition. Grommets will have to be attached to the current stock of tweeter part numbers. The new tweeters will have the two grommets already attached to the posts.

 

Replace the tweeter speaker and add grommets as necessary. The door trim panel post holes for any tweeter part number will have to be slightly enlarged to accommodate the grommets.

 

Use the following procedure and refer to the Parts Information for the applicable speaker parts/usage.

 

1. Remove the front door trim panel. Refer to the Trim Panel Replacement - Side Front Door procedure in the Doors sub-section of SI.

 

2. Remove the speaker grille. Refer to the Speaker Grille Replacement - Front Door procedure in the Entertainment sub-section of SI.

 

3. Remove the tweeter speaker retaining nuts.

 

4. Remove the speaker from the door trim panel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Enlarge the two tweeter speaker mounting holes in the door trim panel to 9.525 mm (0.375 in) (3/8 in). This will accommodate the grommets. This step is required before the installation of any tweeter part number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. If replacement tweeter speaker P/N is 15772411 or 15071121, attach one grommet (3), P/N 15204327, to each of the speaker posts.

 

7. Position the speaker (4) into the opening in the door trim panel (2).

 

8. Install the tweeter speaker retaining nuts (1).

 

Tighten

 

Tighten to 1.6 N.m (14 lb in).

 

9. Install the speaker grille. Refer to the Speaker Grille Replacement - Front Door procedure in the Entertainment sub-section of SI.

 

10. Install the front door trim panel. Refer to the Trim Panel Replacement - Side Front Door procedure in the Doors sub-section of SI.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parts Information

 

Parts are expected to be available 7-17-2003 from GMSPO.

 

Warranty Information

 

 

 

 

 

For vehicles repaired under warranty, use the table.

[deepdiver1950]

This happened to me twice. The 1st time the dealer said that they fixed it. It fell out again, the dealer told me that since the tweeter & woofer were made all in one piece that they were going to change the whole thing this time, it has not happened again. No telling what they really did.

[black&grayHD]

Pass. side tweeter studs snapped on the old truck, and I won't be surprised to find the same thing when I pull the panel to replace the speakers on the new truck

[Chuckster]

The speaker has little studs that are held in by keepers. The studs break off real easy. I bet that is what happened. It is just a plastic plate around the speaker. You can put a screw through it and it works fine.

 

Precisely.... I put a small screw through the back of mine.. Be careful not to go too far.. Or you will see it through the grill.

Precisely.... I put a small screw through the back of mine.. Be careful not to go too far.. Or you will see it through the grill.

[asepgrad98]

happened to me on both doors. Drivers side went first then the pass. side when i installed some door handles. Used some screws and fixed it myself.