Bad Connection or Speaker itself?

[hollowpoint 10+ year member]

The speaker on the front passenger side of my jeep is either dead or something, I dont know. I change the fades to the front right and nothing comes out but sometimes there is static or some low freq. coming from it. I was thinking Id switch a speaker around to see but its a pain in the butt to do for just one thing so I was wondering if its a bad connection with the wire or is the speaker itself messed up?

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[Gary S 10+ year member]

It's probably the speaker, but the only way to know is to test/switch them. Does it sound different on AM/FM vs. CD?

 

[hollowpoint 10+ year member]

It never worked with both and since I have my ipod I only use that and still dont work and does that weird noise once and awhile

maybe Ill switch them tomorrow or tonight and see. Theres no other way of seeing though?

 

[Gary S 10+ year member]

If you can find and tap into the speaker wires and touch the terminals of a flashlight battery to the wires... if the speaker "pops" when you make the connection, the speaker works.

 

[hollowpoint 10+ year member]

If you can find and tap into the speaker wires and touch the terminals of a flashlight battery to the wires... if the speaker "pops" when you make the connection, the speaker works.

hmmm...I think Ill just switch the two rights around and see what happens. Im pretty sure I know what you mean but finding the wire would end up in me taking the door off and etc. so might as well. Thanks for the help. Ill probally post back my discovery and see what everyone thinks after

 

[kross 10+ year member]

but finding the wire would end up in me taking the door off and etc.

Would it be easier to get behind the dash, to get at the wires behind the HU?

 

[hollowpoint 10+ year member]

Would it be easier to get behind the dash, to get at the wires behind the HU?

yeah your right but I dont want to take the chance right now and eff something up with the wires taking out the headunit, like pull and snap goes that wire, ya know? I only have 1 HU at the moment and really no tools here to fix any wiring issue

 

[hollowpoint 10+ year member]

Wellll, It must be a bad wire somewhere. I swapped the speakers and of course that couldnt be the problem had to be wiring. Ohwell no sence in really re-wiring it or w/e if Ill be getting new ones later on