ml>RW>  ml> 2. the driver's door speaker doesn't work but the front
ml> passenger
ml>RW>  ml> door speaker does as well as those in the rear deck area...
ml>RW>  ml> any ideas
ml>RW>  ml> on where to look first?? is the door panel easy to remove?
ml>RW>  ml> what about
ml>RW>  ml> getting at the wiring under the dash and behind the console?
ml>RW>
ml>RW> There are covered cables that run from the kick panel area to/thru
ml> the
ml>RW> door. Could be a broken wire, as that cable is flexed everytime you
ml> open
ml>RW> and close the door. At the back of the radio all of the speaker and
ml> power
ml>RW> wires are in a connector that plugs into the radio. I don't think
ml> you'll
ml>RW> find a problem there unless a 'butcher' has been working on the
ml> stereo
ml>RW> system.
ml>JG>     Unless the car was purchased brand new from a dealer, I'd
ml>JG> almost bet it's radio has been butchered.
 
ml> not so in this case... this was a corporate lease vehicle for management
ml> types... my BIL drove it for his job... my mother got it about a year
ml> before she lost her battle with pancreatic cancer... then i got it... it
ml> is in pristine condition with a couple of relatively minor problems...
 
ml> i've not gone under the dash or popped the door panel(s)...
 
There are two other possibilities: 1) the cabling has become disconnected
from the driver's door speaker and 2) the speaker is bad.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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