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Old 07-18-2010, 06:04 PM
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speakers not working correctly

my left door speaker goes in and out and the left speaker doesnt work at all, what could the issue be, the fuses or do i just need new speakers.
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Well.......it's not any fuse.
More than likely it's connections and/or your radio left channel is just shot.
Try banging a little bit down by your right knee on the side of it and see if either one pops back on for awhile.
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i have a driver sides bose for sale if interested 350 its yours
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there's a post in the DIY section about a failed/failing relay in the amps that are mounted in the doors. I have the same issue and I am going to try that fix before replacing the units.
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Originally Posted by Mazurfer
Well.......it's not any fuse.
More than likely it's connections and/or your radio left channel is just shot.
Try banging a little bit down by your right knee on the side of it and see if either one pops back on for awhile.
I already do that and it still pops back out, but on the right side it doesnt do anything.
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Originally Posted by wowo76
there's a post in the DIY section about a failed/failing relay in the amps that are mounted in the doors. I have the same issue and I am going to try that fix before replacing the units.
Can you post back to let me know it that works.
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NJ

Originally Posted by UltrasonicKing
Can you post back to let me know it that works.
i just replaced the relay on the driver side bose amp in the door, and so far no cutouts. my passenger side is still cutting out, but i haven't replaced the relay yet.

I'm extremely confident that this is the correct measure of action for my issue.

if you do order the updated relay, order a spare incase you screw up fitting the pins as the replacement relay is a tad bigger than the oem one.

good luck
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You have a short in the speaker wire.
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Originally Posted by Razz1
You have a short in the speaker wire.
That's what I thought before I replaced the relay on my driver side door speaker, and that was not the case since after replacing the door amp on the drivers side, I've not had a single cut out once.

The passenger side amp hasn't been "fixed" yet, so it is still cutting out. By this weekend, the passenger side should be fixed.

Here's the link to the repair https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/front-door-amp-repair-201080/

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speaker problems

I have a 04 rx8 and my front speakers have sound but seems as if the woofers arent working. i hit a bump and heard the extra lows then it went back off. is this the same problem???
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I was having this issue as well. I took the door panel off, cleaned the connections to the amp and speakers, added some dielectric grease. Problem solved.
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I had the same issue on my car. Sometimes if I closed the door it would work for like 2 seconds till it stopped working at all. I did the fix. It worked like a champ. Worth it. Get you a good soldering iron

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-...ay-fix-218790/
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