pjderyck

Hey everyone,

I've got a question about the audio system in my XJ.
It has a stock (chrysler) radio and the original speakers in it.
But only 3 of the 4 speakers actually work. (its the one in the left front door that fails.)
Now i've tried to measure the ampèrage and voltage and that seemed normal to me. But the resistance (OHM) was about 150 K OHM while at the others peakers it was about 15 - 30.
Whats the problem then? The wiring to this speaker? Or someting else?

Thanks in advance,

PJ

Cheap$200Jeep

Try step 2 of the comon since trouble shooting guide...

Step 1. Mechanical Agitation. (Beat the Hell out of it)
Step 2. Comparative Trouble shooting. (Swap it with a know good part)
Step 3. Re-engineer it. (Take it apart, put it back together without all the parts)

pjderyck

Tried step 2: used a rear speaker and tested it on the front left door, didn't work. Altough the rear speakers aren't broken.
Also did the opposite, front speaker did work in the other door and ceiling. Not in the front left door.

Then step 1 came along

So the speaker itself isn't broken, maybe the wiring or the radio is?

CanadaJeep

Mine did the same thing, it was a broken wire in the door (from opening and closing so much). Had to run a new wire.

pjderyck

I'll try that, could be a possible explanation. Thanks

xj17901

x2..... use a little bit smaller gauge wire when you run it that way u have more contact. I used monster cable from wally world and its been working good for about a year now

jonjon99xj

mine did the same, its just the door with all cherokees, i redid the wiring and its been great ever since

Cheap$200Jeep

The front speaker wire runs pretty close to the screw that hols the Kick Panel on. Do a quick check to see if someone nicked it when screwing the Kick Panel back on... Could be easier than pulling new wire! Running heavier wire to those speakers is realy not needed unless you are going to run some serious power and if you are going to change the wire size pull new wire to all your speakers keeping the length of your left and right the same.

pjderyck

It might sound really stupid, but whats the kick panel?

asatxj

Check out my post
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/doo...nt-work-11592/
click the links, should help a bunch.

pjderyck

Thanks
This will really help me out, i'll try it out tomorrow.

MrJCRod

I just fixed my driver door speaker yesterday... after I took off the lower kick panel I found the brown/red wire and the green wire that goes to the speaker, I cut those two and ran about 12 inches of leftover speaker wire I had laying around and that was it... the original green wire was broken in the harness going through the rubber sleeve... the brown/red wire was the negative side to the speaker and the green was the positive...