left side cuts out?

[toby campbell]

I have a 93 xlt with a stock stereo, the left side (front and back) cuts out and i do not know why. When i first turn the stereo on both sides come on but after a second the left side cuts out. My guess is it's a short some were between the stereo and the amp. Any suggestions?

 

[JTang]

Unfortunately, this seems to happen every once in a while for Explorers from 91-94. There are quite a few people this has happened to on hear, and it's always the driver's side, whether it be the front, rear or both. It IS a short, but no one ever really finds it, except for one person that actually took it into the dealer, but then it cost him just as much and he could have just bought a new (and better) radio and speakers. It happened to me as well, however, I hit a bump and the crackling went away. However, the amp was never the same, and I could always hear a slight hiss from the speaker. Whether it's because the amp was damaged or there was still slight grounding, I don't know.

Sorry,

Jon

 

[explorer93xlt]

toby campbell & JTang I had this same problem a wile back if you remember, My friend works at a place in NJ called auto image, well anyway i had the sane problem with my speakers cutting out what he did was run some kind of test on the amp and their was a short in it (channe l front-left), possibly from lisseing to it to loud, what we did was re-wire all the speaker connectins from the headunit to the amp with 16gaug wire then still ran a amp by-pass kit and it was fine as has bine since them. we only re-wired it up to the amp that way we did't have to feed the wire threw the doors to the speakers. If you have a aftermarket head unit put the by-pass in see if it does the trick.

 

[mrsteve]

If you can't fix the problem don't take it to the dealer and ask them to fix it. They'll try and get you to buy a new stock stereo and charge you something crazy like $350. If this happens go out and buy a decent aftermarket deck and bypass the amp. You'll be impressed with what the stock speakers can do with out that stock amp draging them down.

Steve