2005 OEM Infinity amp keeps frying?? any input please
From : yoyo22
Q: heres the story last week the audio in my truck went out. i have a 2005 dodge ram qc with infnity 7 speaker system. the stereo in dash appeared to be finelights display etc but no audio from amp behind glove box. took it to the dealer they tried to replace the radio but still no audio. they ordered a new amp put it in today. the dealer just called said as soon as they connected the new amp it fried. so now they are ordering a new radio and amp. he says for troubleshooting they checked all my aftermarket wiringamp under seat for sub box under back seat. he says the wiring was fine. he says they were able to get audio from the new factory stereo to speakers by bypassing the amp. he further claims that the old factory stereo would not pass audio to speakers when bypassing the amp. my question is what would cause a otherwise fine stereo to suddenly quit and fry the amp in the process my concern is maybe the issue is not originally with the stereo at all but the pci cluster tia jon .
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From : snoman
on tue 20 mar 2007 104006 -0500 yoyo22 yoyo@yahoo.com wrote my question is what would cause a otherwise fine stereo to suddenly quit and fry the amp in the process my concern is maybe the issue is not originally with the stereo at all but the pci cluster my first guess is a short circuit or mismatch of impedances. also whithout seeing the system and how you are using it there is also a possiblty that you overheated and fried if you had it cranked a lot for a while as those amps can get pretty hot when doing this. a voltage spike can also wipe out some equipment if it is not internally protected. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : bg
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From : yoyo22
on wed 21 mar 2007 113656 -0700 azwiley1 wrote on mar 21 1102 am roy r...@home.net wrote on mar 21 333 am roy r...@home.net wrote hey man in your charger what audio set up do you have regular or premium where are all your speakers located premium. 200 watt kicker subwoofer 276 watt amplifier. it has 11 speakers which are all over the place. i think some are doubles but are part of the 11 speaker count. a kicker system huh what year is it again 06 i thought that they had all changed over to the boston acoustics in 05 - 06 anyway 11 speakers three in dash one in each front door which shuold be subs two in rear deck one each rear doors tying to get an idea of the layout as i might buy one and want to play with a plan for the system i would put in. yup 06. it is not a bad system ive heard worse and heard better. guess it has to do with the configuration of the car. it cuts through the noise of the exhaust unless im really on it. you have the speaker layout about right
From : yoyo22
yoyo22 wrote bg wrote heres the story last week the audio in my truck went out. i have a 2005 dodge ram qc with infnity 7 speaker system. the stereo in dash appeared to be finelights display etc but no audio from amp behind glove box. took it to the dealer they tried to replace the radio but still no audio. they ordered a new amp put it in today. the dealer just called said as soon as they connected the new amp it fried. so now they are ordering a new radio and amp. he says for troubleshooting they checked all my aftermarket wiringamp under seat for sub box under back seat. he says the wiring was fine. he says they were able to get audio from the new factory stereo to speakers by bypassing the amp. he further claims that the old factory stereo would not pass audio to speakers when bypassing the amp. my question is what would cause a otherwise fine stereo to suddenly quit and fry the amp in the process my concern is maybe the issue is not originally with the stereo at all but the pci cluster tia jon for a power amp to fry the most likely cause would be that the output to the speakers is shorted or grounded. high powered amps use a special kind of output called bridged. none of the speaker lines can go to ground with a bridged output. disconnect te power amp and check the wireing. also look for a shorted speaker. bg this saga is apparently over. i was not able to get much detail from the dealer as to the original issue which took out the amp. at this time the disposition is dealer installed new factory radio new factory ampbehined glovebox and everything works fine. they state all wiring was double checked stock and aftermarket they found no problems. they were a bit puzzled when the new replacement oem amp fried on install. they claim after doing some research they zeroed in on the oem stereo. according to them something shorted out in the head unit and transfered itself along the pci bus to the amp thanks for everyones help.. i guess me nor the dealer will ever know what caused the stereo to go and why it affected the amp. i know they were concerned that my pci cluster may have suffered a short so they were checkeing that but it chekcs out fine. omg omg i checked out the dealer work today under my dash !!!!! they cut all the plastic out form the behind the glove box to get at the amp without aking the dash apart. then scraped up all my wires and such. there is electrical tape on my air bag wires!!!!!!!! looks they scuffed them too much and covered it up. there is even duct tape under there hodling wires done!!!!!!!! so freaking pod but does anyone know the difference between the amp numbers 56043295a and suffixes af ae ac .
From : bigironram
omg omg i checked out the dealer work today under my dash !!!!! they cut all the plastic out form the behind the glove box to get at the amp without aking the dash apart. then scraped up all my wires and such. there is electrical tape on my air bag wires!!!!!!!! looks they scuffed them too much and covered it up. there is even duct tape under there hodling wires done!!!!!!!! so freaking pod there arent sufficient words to express my distain for most dealer service departments. id take some good photos and contact a dodge zone office. .
From : azwiley1
dude i am so sorry to see shit like this. they fucked your ride up because they were just plain fucking lazy! when i was installing car audio/video i know it was a bitch at times to work on vehicles but something like this was never done. i would be seeking some sort of law suit against them. bigironram wrote omg omg i checked out the dealer work today under my dash !!!!! they cut all the plastic out form the behind the glove box to get at the amp without aking the dash apart. then scraped up all my wires and such. there is electrical tape on my air bag wires!!!!!!!! looks they scuffed them too much and covered it up. there is even duct tape under there hodling wires done!!!!!!!! so freaking pod there arent sufficient words to express my distain for most dealer service departments. id take some good photos and contact a dodge zone office. heres a few pics of the damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bigironram wrote omg omg i checked out the dealer work today under my dash !!!!! they cut all the plastic out form the behind the glove box to get at the amp without aking the dash apart. then scraped up all my wires and such. there is electrical tape on my air bag wires!!!!!!!! looks they scuffed them too much and covered it up. there is even duct tape under there hodling wires done!!!!!!!! so freaking pod there arent sufficient words to express my distain for most dealer service departments. id take some good photos and contact a dodge zone office. heres a few pics of the damage .
From : me know
yoyo22 wrote bigironram wrote omg omg i checked out the dealer work today under my dash !!!!! they cut all the plastic out form the behind the glove box to get at the amp without aking the dash apart. then scraped up all my wires and such. there is electrical tape on my air bag wires!!!!!!!! looks they scuffed them too much and covered it up. there is even duct tape under there hodling wires done!!!!!!!! so freaking pod there arent sufficient words to express my distain for most dealer service departments. id take some good photos and contact a dodge zone office. heres a few pics of the damage i would take them to court over this. i would want everything that is mucked up replaced with new parts. these pictures are unbelievable! .