Bad sound distortion on stock stereo

[shinkle]

My stock radio has a digital clock with cassett player. It works great except for a bad distortion on the left side speakers. Mainly the rear speaker on the bass sound. The beat beat beat rythm of songs is badly distorted. I replaced the rear stock speakers with no luck. It does it on both antenna and cassette tapes.

Any suggestions?

[bd]

Try thoroughly cleaning and verifying all of the connections between the head unit and the speakers.  Validate the ground connection for the head unit.

[mdws1987]

Try reversing the left and right connections at the radio. If the distortion moves to the other side, the radio output may be bad...

[shinkle]

Where would the ground for the head unit be located? 

I'll try the left right swap and see if the distortion follows it

[bd]

Where would the ground for the head unit be located? 

If it follows the factory location, the radio grounds to the left kick panel area or the e-brake pedal frame.  Switching the left rear and right rear feeds is a good idea.

[calif phil]

I sprayed the shafts of my stock ETR radio with Deoxit and it improved the sound immediately.   I took the radio out to do it. 


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[JohnnyPopper]

That stuff is phenomenal! D5 for general purposes, F5 made the same but is good on faders.

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Please post what you find!

[bd]

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