08 Kicker ZX1000 HELP

[TMali 10+ year member]

had it hooked up in my car for about 1 year, then i just quickly pulled the power cord fuse to quick unhook the sub and run some nicer wire to it. I put the fuse back in after all of that and smoke starts rolling out of the amp, i quickly pull the fuse hoping to god nothing happend. i double triple checked everything to make sure it was right...and i put the fuse back in and the amp goes straight to protection. I pulled the cover off and it was a little crispy right where power and ground go in. Anyone know what happed here or maybe how i could fix this cheaply?

Heres a crappy cell pic of where it happened

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[phemps 10+ year member]

blown transistor?

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

just one? that whole area is looking a little crispy

 

[texicanz 10+ year member]

i had the same problem with my kicker amp to somerisen if you read alot of kicker forums on here the newer kicker amps have alot of problems

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

well i emailed kicker to see what they have to say about it. And what it would be to fix. I did buy it new from an authorized dealer but....... i dont have origial recieps

 

[texicanz 10+ year member]

well i emailed kicker to see what they have to say about it. And what it would be to fix. I did buy it new from an authorized dealer but....... i dont have origial recieps

kicker told me that for them to fix mine it would just cost me as much as a new one and he even said personally if he was me he would look into another brand than kicker

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

kicker told me that for them to fix mine it would just cost me as much as a new one and he even said personally if he was me he would look into another brand than kicker

That sounds like total b.s.

I just had my zx2500 repaired BY kicker and it cost me $100 total, including shipping.

To the OP, you're gonna have to send in the amp to kicker and have them take a look at it. It is going to need to be repaired, that's for sure. Luckily for you kicker repairs their amps in-house and are VERY reasonable on the costs.

 

[texicanz 10+ year member]

That sounds like total b.s.
I just had my zx2500 repaired BY kicker and it cost me $100 total, including shipping.

To the OP, you're gonna have to send in the amp to kicker and have them take a look at it. It is going to need to be repaired, that's for sure. Luckily for you kicker repairs their amps in-house and are VERY reasonable on the costs.

well thats what they told me on the phone but i can see you had problems with the kicker zx amp also

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

well thats what they told me on the phone but i can see you had problems with the kicker zx amp also

Yep, it was my fault too.

First and only time I've had a problem with it since I got it in 2006.

But for how many amps they sell, I wonder what their return rate is. Of course there's going to be some problems out there.

Hell, sundown sells 1/100th the amount of amps that kicker does and I hear about their amps getting repaired all the time. Does that mean the products ****?

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

well im hopeing it will be cheap. because having a working amp for a 100 bucks will be better than haveing a broken one lieing around

 

[HOODAUDIO2 10+ year member]

100 bucks sound like b.s to me

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

100 bucks sound like b.s to me

thanks for leaving your crappy input here on your first post ever, why do you think its bs??? ive heard of other amps being fixed for about that

 

[texicanz 10+ year member]

Yep, it was my fault too.
First and only time I've had a problem with it since I got it in 2006.

But for how many amps they sell, I wonder what their return rate is. Of course there's going to be some problems out there.

Hell, sundown sells 1/100th the amount of amps that kicker does and I hear about their amps getting repaired all the time. Does that mean the products ****?

i never said kicker **** i just was telling Tmali that i had the same problem as him and my exprience with kicker thats all

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

100 bucks sound like b.s to me

Need me to take a picture of the receipt and repair ticket for you? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

Not gonna lie about something like that.

$20 for the parts and $80 for the labor.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

i never said kicker **** i just was telling Tmali that i had the same problem as him and my exprience with kicker thats all

Not saying that problems don't happen.

I just disagreed with your "cheaper to buy a new amp" and "buy some other brand" comments.

For some reason I find it very hard to believe that somebody who works for kicker would tell you to buy another brand.