Well today I finally decided to address the non-working driver side door speaker on my 99 Sport. Pulled the door panel, took out the speaker, traced the wiring, through the rubber tube on the door. Saw no visible breaks, everything looked good. Tested the wire at the plug and no response. So I pulled my stereo, ran all new wiring from the harness to the door. Fired everything back up and still no response. I was just about to go buy new speakers when I decided to bypass the plug on the speaker and just solder the wires direct...... you guessed it. The plug on the speaker was the culprit all along.

Oh well, that wiring was kind of brittle and discolored anyway. Probably needed to be replaced.

 

Mine don't work either. This is good info... Thanks!

 

Nice work!!! I had a similar problem with both front door speakers but the wires in the rubber boots ended up being broken.

 

Had the exact same problem dude and new speakers fixed mine.

 

mine had a broken wire, not a hard fix but I'd like to the people
responsible for the cheap *** electricals on these jeeps.

 

So did you fix the wires in the boots or did you bypass the boot somehow?

I heard the wires in the boot are bound together pretty tight.

 

I don't know how he did it but I just fed new speaker wire through ther boot.. It is a PITA but it shouldn't take more than 45 mins or so...

 

There was a zip tie around mine where the wires enter the boot. You can't really get anything through there even when you remove the zip tie. I cut a small slit in the boot and threaded the new wire through just above where all the other wires enter the "funnel" part of the boot and threaded it through the tube between the door and the door frame. There was no stress on the wire that way, and it's all behind the kick panel, so nothing's gonna bother it.

 

I just spliced new wire from the boot to some new cheapy speakers until I had the time to rewire and install better speakers

 

Edit: spliced from the connectors on the kick panel

 

It's that way on most cars.... 1000's of parts, all made by the lowest bidder.

 

Originally Posted by DaddyCat
mine had a broken wire, not a hard fix but I'd like to the people
responsible for the cheap *** electricals on these jeeps.

B.S. I've owned and maintained ~25 cars and trucks (and repaired many more ) in my life and never saw brittle wires like my cherokee has... not even in my 60+ year old pick up. Shame on jeep.

 

my wiring looks good in my 90...

 

thanks for the info. My 92 xj still has the original speakers in it. I have not gotten around to replacing them since I have had to fix bigger problems. I will keep this in mind when I look at them again.