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Dead speaker on my FORD Ka
Hey all,
On the drivers side of my 2001 Ford Ka Collection the speaker is dead. We was told this by the previous owners of the car. I don't know much about cars im afraid but im sure it is not a loose wire as they would have probably have fixed it before selling the car.
I do i go about geting the speaker replaced then? The speaker is built in and attached to the side door. Is it best to take it to a garage? How much could i expect to pay?
Thanks
On the drivers side of my 2001 Ford Ka Collection the speaker is dead. We was told this by the previous owners of the car. I don't know much about cars im afraid but im sure it is not a loose wire as they would have probably have fixed it before selling the car.
I do i go about geting the speaker replaced then? The speaker is built in and attached to the side door. Is it best to take it to a garage? How much could i expect to pay?
Thanks
Reply 1
It is very easy on the Ka. Simply take the door card of then you will see some bolts attached to the door frame on the speaker. Simply remove them get a multimeter out and check power is coming from the cables (with the radio playing).
If there is no power then it could be a fault in the wiring into the head unit or a blown MOSFET which would require a new head unit.
If there is no power then it could be a fault in the wiring into the head unit or a blown MOSFET which would require a new head unit.
Reply 2
19
You've checked that the ballance is not set to the passenger side havent you?
Reply 3
12
Also, check the ISO's are in properly in the back of the stereo....
Some numpty I know (ahem) when fitting a tractor head unit spent ages trying to decifier why I had no sound from the speakers. Having nothing but a screwdriver an a hammer (think farmer...) I decided to have the rear speaker out that existed and swap it for the same on in another tractor. On doing this, and finding the problem still there, I decided the head unit was duff, pulled it out and off fell the speaker cable. Ooops.
Minardi
Some numpty I know (ahem) when fitting a tractor head unit spent ages trying to decifier why I had no sound from the speakers. Having nothing but a screwdriver an a hammer (think farmer...) I decided to have the rear speaker out that existed and swap it for the same on in another tractor. On doing this, and finding the problem still there, I decided the head unit was duff, pulled it out and off fell the speaker cable. Ooops.
Minardi
Reply 4
JC.
You've checked that the ballance is not set to the passenger side havent you?
Well pointed out, might be stating the obvious but the obvious is often correct!
Reply 5
19
Ive taken too many things to bits when I didnt need to, Paul NOT to bother checking the obvious!
Reply 6
Lu_ke
Hey all,
On the drivers side of my 2001 Ford Ka Collection the speaker is dead. We was told this by the previous owners of the car. I don't know much about cars im afraid but im sure it is not a loose wire as they would have probably have fixed it before selling the car.
I do i go about geting the speaker replaced then? The speaker is built in and attached to the side door. Is it best to take it to a garage? How much could i expect to pay?
Thanks
On the drivers side of my 2001 Ford Ka Collection the speaker is dead. We was told this by the previous owners of the car. I don't know much about cars im afraid but im sure it is not a loose wire as they would have probably have fixed it before selling the car.
I do i go about geting the speaker replaced then? The speaker is built in and attached to the side door. Is it best to take it to a garage? How much could i expect to pay?
Thanks
Lol well I'm not going to go into technical stuff (because it's completely beyond me!
) but my Ford Ka (1997) developed this fault after I bought it. The garage said it was quite a common thing to happen to Kas but it cost me heaps to fix it - like £150 
Reply 7
ravenous_soup_dragon
Lol well I'm not going to go into technical stuff (because it's completely beyond me! ) but my Ford Ka (1997) developed this fault after I bought it. The garage said it was quite a common thing to happen to Kas but it cost me heaps to fix it - like £150
) but my Ford Ka (1997) developed this fault after I bought it. The garage said it was quite a common thing to happen to Kas but it cost me heaps to fix it - like £150 That's insane! You could've bought two new speakers, and wired everything in yourself for less than £50!
Reply 8
My gf has blown one of her woofers by listening to the music too loud.I am suspecting the problem could be that the amplifier in the KA's unique head unit is probably only about 15w per channel into an 8 ohm load so the speaker was probably clipping when it was damaged.
£150 seems stupid, my mates old Fiesta had a speaker missing, cost him £15, we just bought some cheapo Kenwood speakers, took the door card off, cut ford's unique connectors off and replaced with the kenwood spades by crimping and job was done.
£150 seems stupid, my mates old Fiesta had a speaker missing, cost him £15, we just bought some cheapo Kenwood speakers, took the door card off, cut ford's unique connectors off and replaced with the kenwood spades by crimping and job was done.
Reply 9
12
I put a whole system in said tractor, for £40! (This was when I worked at Argos... and a whole load of Managers specials came in... and I (along with the rest of the staff got first pick!)
Reply 10
19
The first radio and speakers in my spitfire were £20 new!
I was shopping at the pound shop mind!!!
I was shopping at the pound shop mind!!!
Reply 11
12
Thats impressive. I'm still happy with what I got though, Panasonic CD/FM/AM mated to 2 Alpine speakers. Lovely.
Reply 12
Olyy
That's insane! You could've bought two new speakers, and wired everything in yourself for less than £50!
Lol yeah I think it was the labour that cost the money - but seeing as I'm crap with money and with cars I think I would have caused far more damage to the poor Ka than a dead speaker
Reply 13
15
AT82
It is very easy on the Ka. Simply take the door card of then you will see some bolts attached to the door frame on the speaker. Simply remove them get a multimeter out and check power is coming from the cables (with the radio playing).
If there is no power then it could be a fault in the wiring into the head unit or a blown MOSFET which would require a new head unit.
If there is no power then it could be a fault in the wiring into the head unit or a blown MOSFET which would require a new head unit.
Sorry to be pernickity, but it would be easier to check the resistance across the speaker first, put the multimeter to resistance (ohm) and put the wands across the terminals. If the voice coil is ok it should probably read either 4 or 8. If it shows anything less, the voice coil is blown.
You can then check for power from the amp by measuring voltage.
Graham
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