Dead amp?
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Does anyone know where the amp is grounded? The reason I ask is because I think I know what caused the problem. I had a cabin air filter leak and my floors were soaked. I'm actually still draining water from it. Anyway, I think the amp ground must have got wet and fried the amp. I want to make sure the area around the ground is dry before I go and replace the amp. Thanks.
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I found the amp ground. It's under the carpet by the passenger door. I ordered a new amp and...NO LUCK! If it's not the head unit and it's not the amp, then what could be the problem? A blown speaker? Before I start taking my doors apart trying to figure out which speaker it is, anyone have any other advice?
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Dude I have the same problem. Water on the floor thru cabin filter radio stopped working then started again then Bam nothing. Took it to carmax they told me a connector under the carpet was corroded. wanted to charge me $170 to fix figuered I could do it myself. No Luck. Pulled seats dont see any connectors. Did you ever get yours to work? I need help!!!
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Dude I have the same problem. Water on the floor thru cabin filter radio stopped working then started again then Bam nothing. Took it to carmax they told me a connector under the carpet was corroded. wanted to charge me $170 to fix figuered I could do it myself. No Luck. Pulled seats dont see any connectors. Did you ever get yours to work? I need help!!!
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I just fixed an amp from 2001 monte carlo, it was cutting in and out with temperature, and occasionally when hitting a bump or if the sub was cranked. The trunk mounted amp gets audio from the head unit, then sends it to the speakers. The amp chips have a mute and standby line - I didn't follow the traces to see which one was the culprit, but I did measure a couple dead resistors in the area. They are near a blue capacitor next to the incoming choke filter circuit, and covered with soft glue. Thankfully the glue comes off easily, but it's a commonly known issue that too hard of a glue on components can crack them - which I assume is what happened.
My fix was R706 and R707, both measured well beyond their rated values when in circuit (and the amp was off). These are both 0805 package, 5%, 1/10W resistors, and should measure as follows:
R706, labeled as 104 = ~100K in circuit (bad one was way higher)
R707, labeled as 103 = ~10K in circuit (bad one was way higher)
After replacing those two resistors, the amp worked just fine, no cutouts - and it had been completely dead for months, and cutting out for a couple years prior.
Good luck fixing, e-mail me and i'll try to fix yours for a fee
Dave - easily found as djs2571 in many places if IM / PM doesn't work here.
My fix was R706 and R707, both measured well beyond their rated values when in circuit (and the amp was off). These are both 0805 package, 5%, 1/10W resistors, and should measure as follows:
R706, labeled as 104 = ~100K in circuit (bad one was way higher)
R707, labeled as 103 = ~10K in circuit (bad one was way higher)
After replacing those two resistors, the amp worked just fine, no cutouts - and it had been completely dead for months, and cutting out for a couple years prior.
Good luck fixing, e-mail me and i'll try to fix yours for a fee
Dave - easily found as djs2571 in many places if IM / PM doesn't work here.
I just fixed an amp from 2001 monte carlo, it was cutting in and out with temperature, and occasionally when hitting a bump or if the sub was cranked. The trunk mounted amp gets audio from the head unit, then sends it to the speakers. The amp chips have a mute and standby line - I didn't follow the traces to see which one was the culprit, but I did measure a couple dead resistors in the area. They are near a blue capacitor next to the incoming choke filter circuit, and covered with soft glue. Thankfully the glue comes off easily, but it's a commonly known issue that too hard of a glue on components can crack them - which I assume is what happened.
My fix was R706 and R707, both measured well beyond their rated values when in circuit (and the amp was off). These are both 0805 package, 5%, 1/10W resistors, and should measure as follows:
R706, labeled as 104 = ~100K in circuit (bad one was way higher)
R707, labeled as 103 = ~10K in circuit (bad one was way higher)
After replacing those two resistors, the amp worked just fine, no cutouts - and it had been completely dead for months, and cutting out for a couple years prior.
Good luck fixing, e-mail me and i'll try to fix yours for a fee
Dave - easily found as djs2571 in many places if IM / PM doesn't work here.
My fix was R706 and R707, both measured well beyond their rated values when in circuit (and the amp was off). These are both 0805 package, 5%, 1/10W resistors, and should measure as follows:
R706, labeled as 104 = ~100K in circuit (bad one was way higher)
R707, labeled as 103 = ~10K in circuit (bad one was way higher)
After replacing those two resistors, the amp worked just fine, no cutouts - and it had been completely dead for months, and cutting out for a couple years prior.
Good luck fixing, e-mail me and i'll try to fix yours for a fee
Dave - easily found as djs2571 in many places if IM / PM doesn't work here.
i yhink thats the third tyme i seen that .....lol......where was this wire corroded at cause mines been cutting out and coming baack on for a while and on the way home today it seemed like it was gonna die any second....i guess i need a factory amp......lots of static and ....getting loud noise from bass when it stops running music to my speakers...........SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!
Last edited by MONTE2000SS; Mar 29, 2012 at 09:02 PM.
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