My wife’s car lost all sound from each speaker. I have done a checklist of possible causes, and everything leads back to the stock amp. This problem started abt a year ago, and it still hasn’t been fixed. We’re both very busy people so these things get delayed. I posted this same request on a Toyota forum, but not a single person responded to me. Which is crazy when you consider that site gets literally millions of views. I guess my issue is not easy. Or nobody cares.
When all of this first started, I searched for stock amps to replace it with, but found it’s just too much of a crapshoot on places like eBay. Really, anywhere.12+ year old amp might blow the very next day it gets installed. The only reasonable stock amp I found was ~ $150 or so. They offer a $50 year guarantee which seems like a fair deal, but what the hell do I know? I don’t know anything about this stuff. How long do these amps generally last? And what typically is the culprit for them to fail? My wife’s car has no system at all. Everything is factory. I guess it’s just old age. 15 years is a long time.
My question is: if not a used stock amp off eBay, can I get a very similar aftermarket amp? Don’t need anything fancy, just want to restore her ability to play music in her vehicle. If you can be as specific as possible in your recommendations, please do so. I really am a novice at this. I can probably figure out how to install it myself, if you guys can point me in the right direction.
-07 Toyota 4 runner
- no built in navigation
- no JBL
- built in CD player
Thank you for any advice given
When all of this first started, I searched for stock amps to replace it with, but found it’s just too much of a crapshoot on places like eBay. Really, anywhere.12+ year old amp might blow the very next day it gets installed. The only reasonable stock amp I found was ~ $150 or so. They offer a $50 year guarantee which seems like a fair deal, but what the hell do I know? I don’t know anything about this stuff. How long do these amps generally last? And what typically is the culprit for them to fail? My wife’s car has no system at all. Everything is factory. I guess it’s just old age. 15 years is a long time.
My question is: if not a used stock amp off eBay, can I get a very similar aftermarket amp? Don’t need anything fancy, just want to restore her ability to play music in her vehicle. If you can be as specific as possible in your recommendations, please do so. I really am a novice at this. I can probably figure out how to install it myself, if you guys can point me in the right direction.
-07 Toyota 4 runner
- no built in navigation
- no JBL
- built in CD player
Thank you for any advice given