car audio only working on right side??PLEASE HELP!!

[bearsfan333]

about 2 weeks ago i noticed that my speakers on my left side did not work what so ever. so naturally i thought it was the speakers and i tested them.and nope theyr fine..so i dont know what it is.but having to drive and have sound coming only out of the right side of your car isnt very cool.

so then wat could it be? and how do i fix this.PLEASE HELP THIS IS ANNOYING!

[PaulD]

what is the rest of your system

[bearsfan333]

pretty basic-

jvc cd player-kd-g230
aftermarket speakers on all 4 doors-pioneers

and thats about it i took out my subs and amp about 2 months ago.

but yea..the speakers are like brand new and i tested em and they are perfectly fine

[PaulD]

well, start troubleshooting logically. Is the balance control set all the way to the right ? Will a known good speaker play on one of the left speaker wires ? Try disconnecting one of the left speakers at a time and see if just one will play.

It sounds like either you have a blown speaker speaker wire shorting out the left side or a bad headunit amp.

[bearsfan333]

no its not the speakers i tried that...and i thought the balance might be on the right but its not,the speaker wires are fine but idk about nething else,im kind of a rookie with internal wiring, i can only do basic thing like installing amps,subz,capacitors,speakers,decks and thats about it but not internal stuff like to know if i shorted out one side...

[PaulD]

do you have a multimeter ?

You can always rewire the harness so that the speakers are swapped. If the problem stays on the left then it's the wiring/speakers. If it moves sides then the amp in the heaunit is bad.

[bearsfan333]

k i just tried that and it stayed the same..i thought it mighta been my decks out put power so i tried the stock one and its the same thing too..how can i fix the head amp?or should i have someone else do it?

[PaulD]

you will have to replace the output IC amp

[bearsfan333]

darnit...any idea how much it cost?or if its hard for me to do it myself?

[PaulD]

if you don't have access to a soldering station and desolderer you can pretty much hang it up. You MIGHT be able to use solder wick in place of a desolderer. Then of course you will have to identify the bad part, remove it and order another one from somewhere.

Unfotunately, having a shop do it will probably cost half or more of what a new unit would cost. Labor costs are usually like $50 minimum.

[bearsfan333]

darnit ok then.thank you