99 taurus radio
fishdelux
09-14-2005, 11:21 PM
The rear speakers in my 1999 Taurus wagon do not work. I thought it might be my receiver, but I bought a second one to test the fader from E-BAY and performed the same (Fronts work, rears do not.) It is the climate control receiver, not the manual. This is a wagon. Help please.
TomV
09-15-2005, 11:06 AM
If you have a multimeter you cab perform the following tests:
Disconnect the cables to the speaker terminals. Using the OHMS function, probe the two speaker terminals with the meter. If the speaker is working you should hear a thumping sound when the meter is connected/disconnected from the terminals. No thumping sound means an open speaker voice coil.
If you hear the thumping sound that means the amp may not be working. I do not have a 99 wiring diagram (my book is for 96-98) but I believe the actual radio/amp is still somewhere in the rear of the wagon, not in the front control head that you swapped out. If you swapped out only the front then the radio/amp is the most likely culprit. I doubt that the wiring harness would have a separate connector only for the rear speakers that could have worked loose.
Disconnect the cables to the speaker terminals. Using the OHMS function, probe the two speaker terminals with the meter. If the speaker is working you should hear a thumping sound when the meter is connected/disconnected from the terminals. No thumping sound means an open speaker voice coil.
If you hear the thumping sound that means the amp may not be working. I do not have a 99 wiring diagram (my book is for 96-98) but I believe the actual radio/amp is still somewhere in the rear of the wagon, not in the front control head that you swapped out. If you swapped out only the front then the radio/amp is the most likely culprit. I doubt that the wiring harness would have a separate connector only for the rear speakers that could have worked loose.
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