today on my way to work my two front door panel speakers stopped working on my 2000 xj. no popping, static, or anything. they just shut off. i pulled my stereo and made sure everything was connected and snug. i also checked the fuses but the only one i could find was for the whole radio.

i'm not very good with electrical so any help and advise would be appreciated

 

factory head unit?

maybe could have taken a dump?

 

do the other speakers work?

 

MOD EDIT: my computer is spazing! i just wrote a poaragraph on this and it went away!!!! no!!! so, yea, im gonna shorten it this time: your wiring harness by your feet, or your stock head unit is to blame. try jiggling the wiring harness by your feet first, then throw a diff. head unit in.
when i got my jeep, the stock head unit wasnt pushing the front two. put my pioneer unit in and they work great. on occasion, the fronts will cut out. literally, all i have to do is open the drivers door and they come back to life...
Like with us:
Head Unit: Brains
Speakers/Subs: Lungs
Amp: Heart
Wiring: Circuitry

 

i have an alpine head unit that's less than a year old. and yes the two rear speakers work great

 

Check the speaker wires that run from the doors into the kick panels. It's very common for these wires to break where they have to bend when the door opens.

 

i agree. run some new speaker wires to the front 2 speakers. Same thing happened to mine (and to most xj's), with some better longer wires youll probably never have the problem again. I havnt ever since rewiring.