Hey all and hello.
like the title says, no sound out of the left side, front or back.
yes I tried the balance

speakers check out. I can't imagine there are fuses for left and
right hand side.

Any tips for how to track this problem down? Does each side share
the same ground? I'm wondering if its a broken wire.. but what're the
odds that two broken wires take out left side only?

Thanks!

 

I'm pretty sure they're separate grounds. Factory radio or after market. New problem or old (did you buy the truck with the problem)?

 

Open the front door and trace the wires from your speakers into the bundle by the hinges ,and look through there for a broken wire.

 

X2,The spade connector on my speakers used to vibrate loose all the time,I got tired of pulling the door panels off to fix em every 3 months so the last time I did it I soldered them to the speakers no more loose connections

 

X2 on this, Factory receiver?

 

thats good to know. driver door has no power but driver rear does as well as all the other speakers and its stock headunit never messed with. guess i gotta look into those wires.

 

check wiring harness by the door. it is where the wires go into the door?

 

Stock Chrysler radio. Left speakers weren't working when I got this thing.
Is the sexy 6 preset button unit w/tape deck! CD changer under passanger
seat.

The rubber boot that jumps the door hinge is perfect.. so I didn't think to
look inside. I tear it open see whats going on inside.

Thing thats bugging me is its both LH speakers -- I mean, what're the odds?

 

spend a couple of buks and upgrade to new radio

 

well I checked from the radio connector to the front drivers side speaker and
I've got a good connection. 5-6 ohms or so going down the connector, through
the speaker and back again.

It looks like the radio itself has crapped out on the left hand side.
This stinks.

This jeep is for going where no man has gone before (in a 2WD sedan ) .. I'd
rather put the $100 into something else and not a new radio.. but if it was just
some wiring, I would've liked to get some sound out of all sides.

ah well.

Thanks all!

 

Mine was doing the same thing, I like the look of the factory radio so i search around and bought another one. That fixed the problem. I am sure it will go out again somewhere down the road. When my old radio would cut some speakers out like that. i would give it a good hammer fist and it would usually fix the problem temporarily.

 

my stocky had a bad harness in it= no front ssound... new pioneer (pioneer headunits are deff quality) and all 4 work great

 

I know a lot will disagree, but for a quick go / no go test, I'll "spark" the speaker leads with a small battery (9V). Just a quick brush of the speaker wires in the dash against the battery terminals. If there's a complete circuit, the speaker will "burp". If no burp, you need to look at the wiring. IMO good too if you're trying to decipher someones aftermarket wiring (e.g. is this the wires for the RR or LR speaker) Cause after all, wire only comes in one color.....right?

 

If I can find my old radio you can have it. You just cover the shipping.

 

Wonder how many of those are floating around out there? hehe

I have one of the them too (just sitting on the shelf in the garage)

BTW that was nice of you to make that offer. Thanks