Rattling sub help please I am screwed!

[jrmax 10+ year member]

I have never turned my sub up past half volume and now the other day at 3/8s volume it started making this ticking noise and at first i thought i rattled my hatch hydrolic loose but it is the sub I am sure of it only when it goes deep it will make a rattle what the hell is it and what can I do about it?

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[budgetSQ 10+ year member]

voice coil blown? Doesn't sound good.........

 

[jrmax 10+ year member]

Wait a minute that is the best you can do can you tell me why it happened how to check it or anything helpful?

 

[SKMexiFry 10+ year member]

What does the rattling sound like( like metal clicking, maybe an air leak?) Or maybe there is something loose in the box, like a connector fell off or something //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[jrmax 10+ year member]

Ya it is like metal ticking and it is light and only when the bass DROPS!

 

[SKMexiFry 10+ year member]

I would think that the voice coil is maybe broken and has a little edge sticking out at the bottom, and you say it rattles when it hits hard and low, therefore a lot of excursion, so maybe this little edge is bottoming out?? Just a thought, maybe get a new Type-R? (I know, that hurts ) Or it could be just an ever elusive screw or something that you can't see, I know I fought a small rattle for a while, especially when it hit hard, and I found out it was a screw under my dash that was just a bit loose, so you might wanna check that too:banghead:

 

[jrmax 10+ year member]

So is there anything I can do I took my box out of my car to take the sub out havent done it yet what do I look for if it is a fried coil. Plus I bought it off carstereotime.com and installed it not a month ago and ran about rms and never over half volume so how do I get a warranty do I have to send it to the factory since those asses wont even send me the other sub I sent them to replace with a six inch hole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AZMaxima97 10+ year member]

Wow man doesn't sound good. I remember I had this problem as well, most likely a blown voice coil. My first box wasn't the right size and I blew my Sub like 2 times. I know the sound you're talking about (its horrible). Good luck...