Drivers side speaker stopped working

[Oliver.Wong]

Was driving normally last night and my drivers side speaker just stopped working. Unsure of which fuse controls this or if it could be something else entirely. Any help is appreciated. 

[GTSBoy]

Fuse?

It's wire all the way down buddy.

Is this a serious question, or are you trolling?

[DashyyPC]

Kick it. mine stopped once. worked fine since hahahaha.

[Oliver.Wong]

1 minute ago, GTSBoy said:

Fuse?

It's wire all the way down buddy.

Is this a serious question, or are you trolling?

I’ve got no clue how any of this works mate, i just assumed there’d be a fuse for it. Any advice on troubleshooting

[GTSBoy]

There is a pair of wires that runs from the back of the stereo/amplifier to the speaker. One of these will be disconnected in some way. Broken wire, broken solder joint, broken connector. Or, the speaker could have shat itself. The voice coil inside is made up of really fine wire and will die under too much power input, or from age, or from getting wet, etc etc.

[Oliver.Wong]

6 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

There is a pair of wires that runs from the back of the stereo/amplifier to the speaker. One of these will be disconnected in some way. Broken wire, broken solder joint, broken connector. Or, the speaker could have shat itself. The voice coil inside is made up of really fine wire and will die under too much power input, or from age, or from getting wet, etc etc.

i’ll have a look. thanks mate

[Oliver.Wong]

13 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

There is a pair of wires that runs from the back of the stereo/amplifier to the speaker. One of these will be disconnected in some way. Broken wire, broken solder joint, broken connector. Or, the speaker could have shat itself. The voice coil inside is made up of really fine wire and will die under too much power input, or from age, or from getting wet, etc etc.

if the speaker is still going just a lot quieter than the other side, has it got to be the wire?

[GTSBoy]

Could be. Could be that you accidentally adjusted the balance to the left. Could be that the amplifier module has shat itself.

Could be a rat died in the door, and its carcass is pressed up against the back of the speaker cone stopping it from moving as much.

[Oliver.Wong]

7 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

Could be. Could be that you accidentally adjusted the balance to the left. Could be that the amplifier module has shat itself.

Could be a rat died in the door, and its carcass is pressed up against the back of the speaker cone stopping it from moving as much.

Any way i can test the amp module?

[GTSBoy]

When I say "amp module", I mean an integrated circuit on a circuit board either in your head unit or in a separate amplifier. I have no idea what sort of car, or what sort of stereo is in it. Doesn't really matter, there is little that you could do to test such a thing.

At this point, you should do what you should have done from the start. Take the door apart and have a look. Consider swapping the speakers from left to right to see whether the problem stays put or follows the speaker. It might even just go away if it was a loose connection.

Failing that, get someone who know about wires to have a physical look at it, in person.

[Oliver.Wong]

36 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

When I say "amp module", I mean an integrated circuit on a circuit board either in your head unit or in a separate amplifier. I have no idea what sort of car, or what sort of stereo is in it. Doesn't really matter, there is little that you could do to test such a thing.

At this point, you should do what you should have done from the start. Take the door apart and have a look. Consider swapping the speakers from left to right to see whether the problem stays put or follows the speaker. It might even just go away if it was a loose connection.

Failing that, get someone who know about wires to have a physical look at it, in person.

thank you

[The Max]

That last bit of advice from GTSBoy is solid. It's a lot easier to work with your doors than it will be to take apart your dash and then the stereo. Swap the speakers around. If the problem follows the speaker, bad speaker. That would be the most likely place to start, especially if you like to crank that very average sound system (in my opinion) that these cars have.