Door speakers - Driver's side dies first over the years

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

Has anyone here, who has kept their door speakers for a while, noticed that the Driver's side tends to die first? In the family, a few of us have vehicles that we have kept for 10 years or more, and one of the things I have noticed the most is that I have been asked to replace the driver's side door speaker on almost all of the long term vehicles while the passenger speaker is usually still working fine.

I know this has to do with opening and closing the door on the driver's side more than any other thing. I was just wondering if anyone else here has noticed this?

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[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

no. something may be wrong in your install.

my passenger side comp set cuts in and out every so often only when it rains heavy for a long period of time. i'm sure water is making it's way into my door and onto the speaker causing this.

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

no. something may be wrong in your install.

I hope not because they are usually factory speakers that I am changing over to aftermarket

In fact, that is how my Civic install got started. The factory 6.5 on the driver's side was making a buzzing sound, the volume on the factory radio was going out, and my factory keyless unlocked the car when it wanted to. At first, I told myself that I would just add an alarm, change out the radio, and put in some better door speakers. I should have known from the start that I couldn't "just" do that:laugh:

I'll spare you the gear I have been through since October 2007 in my Civic... Mainly because I don't want to reflect back on how much money I have spent since then