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Car Radio Problem - Nissa Sentra - Sound only coming through right side speakers - Can anyone help?

This happened suddenly. The sound in coming through the passenger side speakers only (both the rear speaker and the door speaker). If I isolate the driver side speakers and turn up the volume I believe the pillar mounted tweeter is still working....but the rear and door driver side speaker are completely dead.

Anyone have any idea why this would happen? Is it a problem with the radio? This is a 2003 Sentra GXE with the stock CD Player AM/FM Radio.

Or could it be a wiring issue?

Thanks for your help!

Update:

IMPORTANT EDIT:

I got a chance to inspect the car today and it turns out the sound IS coming through the drivers side speakers (all of them...door, tweeter, and rear) except it is EXTREMELY light.

When I isolate the drivers side speakers and turn the volume up really high I can hear the radio playing very light through all the speakers.....to me this would seem to suggest the radio went bad? What do you all think?

Thanks!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    If the left side door speakers are dead but the pillar mounted tweeter is still working, then you need to test the speakers. The tweeter is wired in parallel to the front speaker, so if it works, and there is not a broken wire going to the front door speaker, it should work.

    A more common problem would be that none of the left side speakers would work. This would indicate a problem in the radio, whether it is the stock system, or the premium system with the Rockford Fosgate amp in the trunk. It would be unlikely that two speakers would fail at the same time.

    Source(s): 30+ years OEM stereo repair
  • RPM
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Highly unlikely it is the radio. The tweeter mounted on the pillar would not operate if this is the case.

    I'd check the wiring to the door ... possibly you may have opened the door too wide and something somehow got disconnected and the like. Since this happened rather sudden, I doubt you blew both left side speakers together at once.

  • 5 years ago

    Have you checked the 'Balance' option on your radio? You could have it balanced to the right side. Yes, it could be your radio. Often the channels are linked by side (front and rear left; front and rear right). It doesn't sound right to me though, with somthing coming out I suspect it's your balance.

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