Replacement speaker stopped working after 30 seconds

[tpex]

I was driving and my driver side door speaker stopped working suddenly, so I took it out and found out there is no conductivity.

I ordered replacement speaker with same codes and everything but it is from other model of the car brand. (original speaker: https://ibb.co/7tBf75np replacement: https://ibb.co/qMdgjVJv) When I plugged it in it played for like 30 seconds and died. So again I checked for conductivity and found that the same spot is losing conductivy (but other wire, marked in photo here https://ibb.co/qMdgjVJv).

Is there something wrong with the car? There is no external amplifier though. Or I ordered wrong speaker?

Second question is - am I losing sound quality with this wire connector: https://ibb.co/v6B0RcHP I cut out the spot that was bad and the original speaker seems to be working now?

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[SbassLaser]

Are you testing resistance from one terminal to the other? Does your meter read OL?

 

[tpex]

Are you testing resistance from one terminal to the other? Does your meter read OL?

Yes I'm testing terminal to terminal, my multimeter shows the same "I" or "1" before and while testing

 

[SbassLaser]

Yes I'm testing terminal to terminal, my multimeter shows the same "I" or "1" before and while testing

Huh that's odd that the wire would be breaking there. I don't think that would have anything to do with your car. Looks to me like they've got that wire pulled tight from the factory, making it break with any more force on it. The repair you made added some length to it so if it's working now I'm betting it was a factory defect on those speakers.

 

[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

Is there something wrong with the car?

I do not think so. IMO it looks like a design flaw. The lead is too short mounted to a solid point causing metal stress and breaking. The way you repaired it is better because the length allows flexing before getting to the solid mount. That terminal is solid metal and designed for conductivity so I would not worry of any quality loss. As long as it does not slap on the cone, it should be ok.

 

[tpex]

I do not think so. IMO it looks like a design flaw. The lead is too short mounted to a solid point causing metal stress and breaking. The way you repaired it is better because the length allows flexing before getting to the solid mount. That terminal is solid metal and designed for conductivity so I would not worry of any quality loss. As long as it does not slap on the cone, it should be ok.

Good to hear, I was thinking about glueing connector so it wouldn't move