3 out of 4 Door Speakers Not Working (2001 5.3L)

[jayburn22]

Hey all,

I realized last night driving home from work that the speaker on my driver's side door wasn't working.. heck probably been out for awhile and I just noticed hehe.

Played around with the radio settings today (fade/balance/etc) and confirmed the front drivers side is not working and neither of the 2 back doors work either.
Only one that puts sound out is the front-passenger.. Seems like the back/rear speakers in the trunk or wherever they still work pretty well on each side.

All my speakers and the radio are original... After reading around most folks just recommended getting all new speakers whether a set of 2 or 4 and to maybe just get aftermarket/3rd party ones. I honestly do not care about the 2 back doors, I just want my driver's side speaker working again lol.

I highly doubt all 3 got disconnected, just going to assume they all died off they are 24+ years old.. I honestly don't know how to check/test them any further.


What would be a reliable and fairly reasonable set to purchase?

Whether I replace all four or just the two upfront I'm really not trying to rock the entire neighborhood I just can't stand that "mono"-like sound..

Thanks in advance any suggestions are appreciated!

 

[salisburyv]

Ive always had luck with Crutchfield.com . They know what'll fit and work best with your stock set up. Most likely a set of kicker 6 1/2's in the front doors and you'll be good to go. Hope this helps!!

 

[jayburn22]

Ive always had luck with Crutchfield.com . They know what'll fit and work best with your stock set up. Most likely a set of kicker 6 1/2's in the front doors and you'll be good to go. Hope this helps!!

Thanks I will check them out, I remember Crutchfield always being great back in the days.

I was looking at these relatively cheap ones on Amazon.

They don't need to be anything super special and if I remember correctly the worst part of replacing them was popping the door panel off lol. Pretty sure I replaced some on my old S10 Blazes as a teenager.

I do see Crutchfield has a similar Kenwood pair, looks like they come out to about $49 w/ shipping I might go with the KFC-1666S set!

 

[Tonyrodz]

Thanks I will check them out, I remember Crutchfield always being great back in the days.

I was looking at these relatively cheap ones on Amazon.

They don't need to be anything super special and if I remember correctly the worst part of replacing them was popping the door panel off lol. Pretty sure I replaced some on my old S10 Blazes as a teenager.

I do see Crutchfield has a similar Kenwood pair, looks like they come out to about $49 w/ shipping I might go with the KFC-1666S set!

If you wanted to go even cheaper, Advance Auto sells cheap speakers.

 

[jayburn22]

If you wanted to go even cheaper, Advance Auto sells cheap speakers.

I wound up ordering the Kenwood KFC-1666S pair hopefully they arrive early next week, $52 total from Crutchfield.

If they workout well I might just get 2 more for the back.

Crossing my fingers it's just the 3 speakers and nothing else, I can't see what else would be the issue if one is still working (front pass-side).

 

[strutaeng]

Did you get the adapters from Crutchfield also so you don't cut the original wires?

I replaced the front door speaker on my 99 Silverado many years ago (2008?). I finally replaced the factory stereo with an aftermarket from Crutchfield and got the adapter harness a few weeks ago. One of my front speakers kinda cuts out sometimes momentarily. I remember I just cut off the wires and "looped" the wire into the speakers terminals.

The adapter harness is better, or soldering. I think the looping over time corrodes or may loosen up, or both

 

[jayburn22]

Did you get the adapters from Crutchfield also so you don't cut the original wires?

I replaced the front door speaker on my 99 Silverado many years ago (2008?). I finally replaced the factory stereo with an aftermarket from Crutchfield and got the adapter harness a few weeks ago. One of my front speakers kinda cuts out sometimes momentarily. I remember I just cut off the wires and "looped" the wire into the speakers terminals.

The adapter harness is better, or soldering. I think the looping over time corrodes or may loosen up, or both

They threw these in for free with the purchase which was nice, they'll be here tomorrow unfortunately I work all weekend. But plenty of time Monday.

I read the reviews on this harness and saw where a few folks had issues with them being loose, but overall the majority were good ratings. I'll make sure they are nice and snug before I put that panel back on.

I did get my driver-side window's motor replaced about a year ago and saw the guy pop that panel off in about 30 seconds lol.. I just honestly can't remember this speaker ever working since I got the truck a year or two back off my father. He wasn't one for fixing small things like this and he's been a mechanic for close to 50 years.. heck can't blame him he's worked hard haha.

I really do not want to cut or splice anything hoping it's just plug and play.. as long the front 2 work and sound decent I'll be happy.
Maybe down the road I'll grab 2 more for the back doors, I might toss the 1 that works in the back for now, I'll flip a coin for which side gets lucky lol.

 

[Fless]

Can you tell us where your "back/rear speakers in the trunk or wherever" are located?

 

[strutaeng]

Does your rig happen to be equipped with the Bose system? The amplifier can introduce another point of failure. IDK?

 

[jayburn22]

Popped the 2 new speakers in the front doors and they work great.. Sounds so much better!

But now I understand the harness issue some had, honestly didn't even go anywhere and the driver side stopped working, had to take the panel back off and fiddle with it realized exactly what folks were referring to, hopefully doesn't happen again or often I will have to remedy.

Rear speakers I just meant the ones in the trunk believe they are on the ceiling.

Do not believe this is the Bose system.

I put the old stock one that was working in the rear-passenger door and it works decent.. I'll probably order another set of these in the near future.

Honestly pretty happy and content with the front 2 working and sounding as good as they are now.