Why are my car speakers not working properly?
If your head unit turns on just fine, but you don’t get any sound from the speakers, it’s easy to jump to the conclusion that the speakers are the problem. However, the fact that the head unit is turning on doesn’t mean it’s working properly. Before you do anything else, you’ll want to:
Where are the speaker wires in a car?
Since speaker wires are often routed behind panels and molding, under seats, and beneath the carpet, it can be difficult to visibly inspect them. Depending on your situation, it may be easier to check for continuity between one end of each wire (at the head unit or amp) and the other end at each speaker.
How can I tell if my car speakers are blown out?
The surest way to test whether car speakers are blown out is to disconnect the speaker and check for continuity. If there isn’t any continuity between the speaker terminals, that usually means it’s blown.
If your head unit turns on just fine, but you don’t get any sound from the speakers, it’s easy to jump to the conclusion that the speakers are the problem. However, the fact that the head unit is turning on doesn’t mean it’s working properly. Before you do anything else, you’ll want to:
Why does my Toyota head unit stop playing sound?
PROBLEM: Toyota head unit is designed to stop playing sound upon any connection errors. In other words if a speaker, or auxiliary device is malfunctioning it will stop playing sound. This includes anything after market or *extra installed by the dealer.
What to do when your car has no sound?
SOLUTION: Disconnect the axillary device on rear of head unit, check speaker connectors (especially if your Toyota type has a trunk as the speaker clips are exposed and can be *hit by items in the trunk). In my specific situation, the Toyota installed DVD player in the back malfunctioned and put the head unit in this (NO SOUND) mode. Good luck.
What to do if your car head unit stops working?
However, the fact that the head unit is turning on doesn’t mean it’s working properly. Before you do anything else, you’ll want to: Verify that the head unit hasn’t entered an anti-theft mode that requires a car radio code. Check the volume, fade and pan settings. Test different audio inputs (i.e. radio, CD player, auxiliary input, etc).
However, the fact that the head unit is turning on doesn’t mean it’s working properly. Before you do anything else, you’ll want to: Verify that the head unit hasn’t entered an anti-theft mode that requires a car radio code. Check the volume, fade and pan settings. Test different audio inputs (i.e. radio, CD player, auxiliary input, etc).
How can I test my car car speakers?
You can also “test” car speakers by unplugging the wiring harness from the head unit or amp and touching the positive and negative wires of each speaker, in turn, to the positive and negative terminals of a 1.5V battery.