xj5

I have a pioneer head unit, kicker speakers and sony subwoofer. everything was working fine until the driver side door speaker stopped working. i found out that it wasn't getting grounded so in order to fix it i just cut the wire and made my own ground to the bolt by the hood latch by the brake It worked great for a week or so and now all of a sudden at a certain volume when i turn it up louder usually 45 + out of 62 depending on the song all door speakers will shut of and only the sub will play. I turn the head unit off and back on and it works again until the volume is turned up and then the same thing happens? what could it be? I had this asme system for a while with no problems. Any thing i should check?

chipmaker

That is the internal amplifier of your head unit going into protection due to the speaker being grounded to the body. This is a big no-no, get the wiring between the cd player and the speaker fixed correctly and you'll be fine.

ss427ci

How did you find out it wasn't grounded? The speaker wire should go from the speaker through the door to a multi-wire connector behind the plastic kick panel by the hood latch and then to the headunit, then everything is grounded from the thick black wire coming out of the headunit. Definitely don't try and create your own ground. As stated above, that is likely the issue.

xj5

Ok question, why would it work for a while and then all of a sudden start to do this?
and what is the best way to follow that wire all the way to the head unit? and which wire would it be there are ton! Is there a likely spot it would be broken?

xj5

I thought it wasn't grounded because when i hit the negative side of the wire by the speaker to the frame it would start working

saltysandy

Simple solution to your problem...both my front speakers stopped working...couldn't find where in the wiring it failed, so I found the main wires on the back of the head unit...where the plug is, and spliced of of them and ran new wires to both front doors...2 writes on either side..now if they fail again it's a simple fix..plus better power transfer

chipmaker

X2, Most of the time it is easier just to run new wire rather than try to find the short in that bowl of spagetti in the dash. Plus as stated above power transfer will be better. After all jeeps arent known for having great wiring.

saltysandy

When running new ones though make sure there is slack in the wires...opening and closing the door will rip a wire apart

xj5

Thank you for all the help!