Problem W/Speakers

JeepPilot · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:11 am

Howdy all,

For about 3 months now, something has been wrong the speakers in my KJ. Anytime I play music, the bass causes severe vibrations in the front interior of my KJ. Can't exactly pinpoint where the vibrations come from, but I think it's slightly foward of the speakers located in my front doors. Before I had any problem at all, I always kept my bass knob about half-way, never ever bumped all the way up. Now, my bass knob is all the down, and I still get pretty bad vibrations. :evil:

Any idea?? I really hope this is a self-fix, I don't feel like paying to get it taken care of.

jinstall · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:05 am

Sound like the suround on the speaker cone has failed. Maybe something has fallen in the cone of the speaker and that is what you hear as well. Hard to diagnois over the e-net.

tjkoen01 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:02 am

I had the plastic speaker mount break so my speaker was floating around between the door and the panel. The cone could be hitting something to make the noise.

Pull the door panel off and take a look.

JeepPilot · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:44 am

Any instructions on how to take the door panel off? I've never done it. :?:

JIMMY JEEP · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:00 am

2 screws too undo then the rest is just trim clips(trim tool helps but not essential )be careful when disconnecting door handle mechanism clip,they are quite fragile.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:08 pm

When trying to undo the clips, you will think you are about to break the door panel. The first and second clips to undo can be a major pain but after that, they start popping off quite easily.

Remove one screw from the arm rest (in the hand grip recess) and one covered by a plastic cover where the door handle is located. Reomve those (phillips driver) first. No need to remove the door lock knob.

Immediately after removing all the clips, hold the door at normal level and unclip the clip holding the door mechanism (from the inside of panel). Push out the rod from the hole and unclip the electrical connector(s) (if you have power windows/locks).

JeepPilot · **Posted:** Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:18 pm

Alright, I found the time to remove my door panel. Located the buzzing directly in my driver side door speaker, so I removed it in hopes that I can fix it somehow.

As stated before, bass causes the buzzing, nothing else. Any idea why this might be, and if there's a way to fix it?

JeepPilot · **Posted:** Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:39 am

**Update**

I'm almost certain both my front speakers are blown out. Looking to replace them with brand new speakers.

What in the world do I look for? I'm aware that the two front door speakers that need replacing are 6.5", but that's all I know. Was looking for either a pair of Pioneer or Sony speakers, very preferably under $100.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:41 am

Go to Crutchfield. They are a wealth of info.

JeepPilot · **Posted:** Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:54 am

Tokyojoe wrote:

Go to Crutchfield. They are a wealth of info.

Went to the website, and they requested the make, model and year of my KJ and led me right to a compatible list of speakers. Looks like I'm set to go. Thanks a ton Tokyojoe!

MNKK · **Posted:** Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:27 am

can I add on to this post, as to not make a new one...

The other day, I noticed that there was an odd noise coming from the KK. I was driving down a not so decent road, so naturally I just thought that it was the road. Quick fix. Turn up the music. NOT SO. The washbasin road sound, yeah, it turned up. So, I turned the music off and listened to the sound of the Lib... Any ideas? I was really tired at that time, and it is still playing with my head.

KJ Willy · **Posted:** Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:30 pm

Jeep Pilot, mayI ask what speakers ou ended up getting and how are they compared to stock?

JeepPilot · **Posted:** Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:02 pm

i actually never got around to replacing my stock speakers. i'm probably going to do so closer towards the winter months. was looking at these Sony speakers as replacements...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 6236106215

i'll let you know how they work out.

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