So I drove my RX8 for the first time today!!

As I was driving and playing around with the stereo, i noticed that the bass came and went.... like if there was a plug loose somewhere, I would get good bass at times and a small bump on the road later and then no more bass....

What could be the problem? Is there somewhere I can look to make sure all the connections are making good contact? I have 6 cd changer with the bose which by the way doesn't work (the cd player lol)


Thanks in advance!

 

do you have an aftermarket sub woofer? or is the radio completely stock?

 

sounds like same problem alot of people have with the stock drivers side door speaker cutting in and out

 

The guy that owned it before i did had a system, so today I got in to turn the car on and let it warm up, as I had just turned it on, I hooked up my ipod to the transmitter and vultures by JM was playing at the beginning you could tell there was bass there, eveyrthing was normal; then i went back to the house locked it up and took off after a couple of mins. Going down the road, Techno started playin on the ipod and i realized that there was no bass wat so ever, and after a while i got on a bumpy road and then boom, the bass came back magically for a little while, so I think there is a loose connection somewhere...

 

if the previous owner franken-wired the stereo then i see a long and painful hunt ahead of you

 

if you have the Bose system factory ammp is located under the rear speakers in the trunk. usually after-market stereos can plug in there maybe they forgot to remove the preamp out or messed with the wires

I would start checking there something might be making the amp clip or speakers short out in the rear I noticed most bass comes from the rear in our 8's

 

Fixed.

 

thanks guys! driving to work this morning, I actually noticed that there might be a bigger problem at hand...
it seems like that some of the speakers on the right size aren't working either because all of a sudden the volume got louder...
So imma have to go in depth on this and see what's up, I'll keep u guys posted.