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low97accord
03-25-2007, 03:38 PM
yea my girl has a 2002 civic and when she had her old radio she had a problem with the rear speakers only working sometime, and after a while just stopped all together...i was thinking it was the radio (since it was a cheap old jvc and i had that problem with my accord with a older jvc) well we put in another radio, i used a new installation harness (just to make sure it wasnt the old one) and put it in...everything works fine but the 2 rear speakers still dont work, the speakers seem to be plugg in fine in the trunk and the speakers are not blown or anything (tested em with my radio)
now b4 i go tearing this girls car apart trying to trace the wire, do any of u guys know what the problem could be?
Steven
03-25-2007, 11:31 PM
check the fade, if thats not it check to see if one of the speakers is grounding out. my money is on the second theory. good luck
low97accord
03-26-2007, 01:14 AM
lol wow the fader...nah that is set correct..tested that out on both radios...
when u say see if the speakers are grounding out...what do u mean? where would i look?
Antonio
03-26-2007, 01:21 AM
dont be a pussy just rerun the wires.
low97accord
03-26-2007, 01:32 AM
lol...dang that was harsh...lol im jus bein lazy...ill do it once i run the amp wires tomm...
just rerun wires. if you really want replace the speakers with others and see if it works
Antonio
03-26-2007, 07:27 PM
you know im joking
Antonio
03-26-2007, 07:32 PM
but yeah rerun them if you want to just kill the problem.
if you say the deck is good and the speakers are good then there's only one problem left.
about the 'grounding out' that someone mentioned. I dont see how this is possible since the speakers are not an amplifier with its own ground, instead they are part of the circuit with the headunit so therefore the wires have to run directly to the deck from the speakers without 'grounding out' anywhere in between.
The wires could be shorting out/cut anywhere from the deck to the rear baffle. maybe when you/someone else/last owner pulled out the deck from the dashboard they pulled it with the harness still on and the wires got cut/frayed/damaged. Or maybe the girlfriend shoved a bunch of shit in the trunk that made the wires stretch or get damages somehow.
It could be a million things. Just rerun a set of new wires neatly and you'll be set.
low97accord
03-26-2007, 08:40 PM
yup that was the problem, when i reran the wires it worked fine...man that was a mission
Steven
03-27-2007, 12:17 AM
but yeah rerun them if you want to just kill the problem.
if you say the deck is good and the speakers are good then there's only one problem left.
about the 'grounding out' that someone mentioned. I dont see how this is possible since the speakers are not an amplifier with its own ground, instead they are part of the circuit with the headunit so therefore the wires have to run directly to the deck from the speakers without 'grounding out' anywhere in between.
The wires could be shorting out/cut anywhere from the deck to the rear baffle. maybe when you/someone else/last owner pulled out the deck from the dashboard they pulled it with the harness still on and the wires got cut/frayed/damaged. Or maybe the girlfriend shoved a bunch of shit in the trunk that made the wires stretch or get damages somehow.
It could be a million things. Just rerun a set of new wires neatly and you'll be set.
what i mean by grounding out is any place in the speaker cables between the head unit and the speaker themselves that could have exposed wire coming in contact with metal. it tends to happen on cars as they age. IMO id just rerun the wires as youll probally spend less time doing that then troubleshooting and have the peace of mind knowing that you have fresh wires ran.
EDIT - just saw this was on an 02 civic. my theory is still something grounding out. another option i just though of as well is that maybe one or both of the rear speakers is bad thus causing the short. just a thought for you to consider when troubleshooting if you dont opt to run the new wires.
Antonio
03-27-2007, 08:39 AM
:ughsmile:
the circuit is either open or closed
'grounding out' is not really an option because a speaker is not an independent component like an amplifier. It is part of a loop.
City Rider
03-28-2007, 10:56 PM
sometimes you can ground the negative while still having it connected to the speaker and that solves these type of problems...Common problem with Dodge Ram trucks...Also check your PMs on sfr please
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