All my speakers in Xterra 02 stopped working at the same time

Trajan

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Hi there,

I have a 2002 xterra with an after market sony XAV-AX1000 head unit and am having the problem of no sound coming from the speakers. The two rear speakers were both blown when I got the car and so I have always just used the two front door speakers and A pillar tweeters to play music. However last night when I accidentally activated the rear speakers through the balance/fader options, there was a loud distortion sound and then silence. I was playing music at the time. I have checked all the fuses that are related to the audio and replaced one that was blown labeled electric plug. The rest were ok. The car does not have a factory amp or aftermarket one and so the speakers relied on the small amp which Is built into the Sony head unit. I had initially thought that this may have been the issue but I took the unit out this morning and the fuse was ok and I even tried the factory head unit too, but no luck. I had thought that I must have blown all the speakers at once, but everyone online says thats quite rare. Also I feel like if I had blown the speakers, I’d still hear something if not distortion. Also the Sony unit still turns on and works just no audio. Any ideas? Sorry this ones a long one.
 

Me!Here!

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Hi there,

I have a 2002 xterra with an after market sony XAV-AX1000 head unit and am having the problem of no sound coming from the speakers. The two rear speakers were both blown when I got the car and so I have always just used the two front door speakers and A pillar tweeters to play music. However last night when I accidentally activated the rear speakers through the balance/fader options, there was a loud distortion sound and then silence. I was playing music at the time. I have checked all the fuses that are related to the audio and replaced one that was blown labeled electric plug. The rest were ok. The car does not have a factory amp or aftermarket one and so the speakers relied on the small amp which Is built into the Sony head unit. I had initially thought that this may have been the issue but I took the unit out this morning and the fuse was ok and I even tried the factory head unit too, but no luck. I had thought that I must have blown all the speakers at once, but everyone online says thats quite rare. Also I feel like if I had blown the speakers, I’d still hear something if not distortion. Also the Sony unit still turns on and works just no audio. Any ideas? Sorry this ones a long one.

While it is rare to blow 4 at one time, that's not really the case here...you stated the two rear were already blown, did the front blow trying to compensate for the rear?
 

Trajan

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So I should clarify then when I said blown, they could still produce noise but it would pop severely, so what I had done was just move the balance/fader to the front. However, now there is no response from any of them. It’s like they don’t have power. I don’t know if that even a symptom of a blown speaker because I’ve only been familiar with ones that just crackle. Thanks for replying.
 

Trajan

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Ok thanks Me!Here!. I’ve never replaced speakers before so do most have a universal plug that fits the speaker wiring or am I gonna have to splice?

Hi Prime, the stock radio was not the 6 cd disc changer and didn’t have Rockford fosgate on it anywhere, so I don’t think so.
 

Prime

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Ok thanks Me!Here!. I’ve never replaced speakers before so do most have a universal plug that fits the speaker wiring or am I gonna have to splice?

Hi Prime, the stock radio was not the 6 cd disc changer and didn’t have Rockford fosgate on it anywhere, so I don’t think so.
The speakers are on a proprietary plug. So you can cut/splice or oder a set of adapters from Crutchfield.

The only reason I brought up the RF system is that is uses an outboard amp that lives in the bottom of the center stack. So if you just had the base radio originally, then that's not a concern.
 

Trajan

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The speakers are on a proprietary plug. So you can cut/splice or oder a set of adapters from Crutchfield.

The only reason I brought up the RF system is that is uses an outboard amp that lives in the bottom of the center stack. So if you just had the base radio originally, then that's not a concern.
Ah ok yeah no amp. I’m gonna try a different speaker, but if you guys have any other ideas let me know... I have a feeling it’s something a lot more complicated, but we shall see.
 
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