Issue with alpine warranty- are my subs covered?

[Ashbrah]

Sorry in advance if this is in the wrong area, I just joined here to ask a specific question;

About a week ago I blew my somewhat new alpine type R's.

They're the 2 ohm 2012's. I have them hooked up to a hifonics gladiator 2200 watt amp.

I dont turned my subs up loud because I have only a 60A fuse breaker.

I was driving, not doing anything unusual. My music was actually playing quieter than I usually play it at, when my subs just got quieter, which I thought was odd, but didn't think too much of it.

Then my battery meter starts dipping way down and my headlights nearly dimmed completely out, so, I turned my music off.

Later on I drove again and tried turning them on- got nothing.

So I looked at the fuse breaker, it was fine, then looked at the subs.

One sub's cone is completely detached from the rubber surround.

The other is blown. Scratches when I push down on it.

But how can that even happen if these subs are rated at 300-1000 watts rms each, with a max of 3k watts? In addition, my fuse breaker only being a 60A?

I got the subs from sonic electronics.

They don't cover blown subs. But I just don't see how they could've blown.

They were definitely installed correctly.

I thought maybe since the cone became detached from the surround, that'd be considered a defect or atleast covered under warranty, and assuming the second sub blew due to the first sub becoming detached.. Maybe they would both be covered?

I mean shouldn't they cover both IF one has a defect and directly causes the other to blow?

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[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

maybe ,pics will help

 

[Ashbrah]

Here:

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

so one is blown and the other the cone detached from the surround?

or they are both blown and one has the cone detached from the surround?

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

maybe ,you'll have to call them and find out

 

[Ashbrah]

I'm not sure if the detached one is blown. How can I tell if it is?

The one that is attached scratches, it's definitely blown.