Car Audio Problems

[SubaruWrx]

Okay - so I've had this issue for a long time now and I'm getting really annoyed. The audio works fine and dandy and then sometimes when it rains, or just at random the audio cuts out. It muffles, speakers slowly lose audio till they die. The head unit still has power just the audio cuts out. The head unit works fine in fact I just replaced the head unit and all the wiring is good. I didn't check the harness that is older for lose solder connections yet. I DID replace the back two speakers but they shouldn't be touching anything. Again - I find that unlikely since this issue has been since I got it a year ago but always assumed it was the head unit. It has gotten worse though as I've tried to mess with it. I do not have access to any OHM testing or DMM testing. At this point - I honestly feel like a speaker wire has gone bad or something... I have NO idea what else to do - any thoughts?

Side note - new head unit will give error message saying "check wiring - reset". The manual says "that's typically speaker wire touching - check connections." Sooooo thoughts ? How much bad news do I have.

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[daboyfrumdabx 10+ year member]

Inspect all speaker wires from the deck and each speaker as far back as you can trace them. Honestly, you can pick up a a half decent DMM from walmart or radioshack. Not much money for what you will get out of it. My first one was from walmart and lasted 3 years, being tossed around like nothing. I have no complaints with how useful they were for me in those first 3 years. Harbor freight sometimes gives cheapo ones away at times. No guarantee, I got one there and it was broken before I even used it once, but if you get a functional one, it'd be worth the trip to find out, even if it only diagnoses one problem.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

just rerun all new speaker wires ,not too hard to do.

 

[SubaruWrx]

Would the speaker wire be directly from HU to speakers ? And what gauge?

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

Would the speaker wire be directly from HU to speakers ? And what gauge?

yes 16 gauge will be fine

 

[CrossoverOre 10+ year member]

Before rerunning all the wires I would check the condition of the front speakers. The doors will get wet inside from the rain. If the speakers are in bad condition then when they get wet they will short out, water being a conductor of electricity.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Do you have a factory amp?

 

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Before rerunning all the wires I would check the condition of the front speakers. The doors will get wet inside from the rain. If the speakers are in bad condition then when they get wet they will short out, water being a conductor of electricity.

If his speakers are getting wet, hes got bigger problems.