jeepxj1996

First off let me say hello! New to the boards here but a long time Jeep Lover.

I recently purchased a 96 Cherokee Country, On top of the other problems it currently has, I only have one working speaker??

Any ideas on what mat cause this, I pulled the Headunit (Factory Tape Deck) all the wires look good and I pulled the speakers and the wires are good there.

I can only assume the deck, but maybe I am wrong!!

JeepingDan

on that year I've found bad connections in between the front doors and the body. Are the speakers in the doors? I need more detail on this,

jeepgeek2002

could be anything..
wires got pulled out?
the previous owner may have pulled the speakers out before selling you the jeep?
speakers bad?
Stock radio bad?

etc...

mark

jeepxj1996

No the wiring to the radio looks good, the speakers are in place and connected. I even pulled one of the speakers and reconnected it to make sure nothing was loose.

jeepxj1996

The sound bar on the headliner has been removed and the rear speakers are not working either. The only one that gives me any sound is the passenger front.???

jeepgeek2002

replace radio with a good one.. or go on craigslist and find a cherokee stock one for 10$..

Mark

jeepxj1996

That seems like what I am going to do, just didn't know if there were any common probs I didn't know about.

89PBR96

My 99 the fronts don't work i need to look into the problem a little more but welcome from Central IL

Firestorm500

My left front speaker doesn't work on my 92 Laredo. The RF buzzes. I figure the voice coils are worn out, or the speaker cone material is rotted.

I am going to replace both soon. I think the wiring is intact and the factory head unit is ok.

Schmoozer

Check continuity, I've never had the problem but I've heard other people have. Somehow the wiring between the head unit and the speaker just goes bad somewhere in the middle.

89PBR96

My 92 ford did had to run new wire it was common

new2cherokees

Same thing happened to me in my 92. Hoping it's just the speaker, but have read quite a few posts here that say the same thing happened to them, so it's making me wonder. I'm going to replace the left speaker. Not sure if I have rears. I'll update. Good luck!

Drewdertuder

same problem here except my passenger rear worked as well.its the wiring cuz we tried a new speaker and no go-the wires werent even getting power.in the rear i ran the wires from the working speaker to a box with 2 little subs and tweeters-from advance auto for 30 dollars.now sounds pretty good going to have to rewire the driver speaker tho.

BlueXJ

If you have rears they are in the hatch. Thats where mine are anyway.

luketrash

I'm researching the same issue because my '99 is missing continuity to the passenger front speakers in the door (woofer and tweeter.)

I read elsewhere that this is really common. The wires in the rubber bundle at the door hinge break internally.

The fix is to jumper wires from the speaker, back through the rubber boot, into the jeep, and splice them with the speaker wire back inside the jeep.

I'll be doing it tonight and will report back if it works.

To add complexity to the matter, there's an amplifier under the rear seat that the wires from the factory radio run to, and then to the speakers. So there are a few places to check.

The wires in the door are a different color than the wires that are in the radio harness due to the amplifier in between them.