I know the passenger side rear speaker is faulty and I need to replace....

by the way, there are 2, I assume one is low range and one mid? Can anyone get me the part numbers?

But....the other day I got so pi**ed of with the crackling speaker that I faded the speakers to the front only, it turns out the front passenger side is also faulty (kept going on and off - almost like a loose wire)

will this be a couple of faulty speakers or could something else be the issue?

Anyone got any suggestions?

A common fault is the amp gets water inside it either from a leak or condensation.

Mines suffered this and currently I've only from speakers working.

The amps been removed and looked at and isn't fixable

It's more likely to be the amp than both speakers. TDV8 HST Sport **Current**

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It's a bit disturbing that water leaks into that area so often... I keep reading about it lately. Is it a design fault...

Not really a design fault if my previous cars are anything to go by. I'm surprised they keep dry so long, actually. The oldest LM's are going towards 9 yrs. now - and if seals/sunroof drains/etc. were not serviced properly (who's are?) then at some point, you have water ingress. But I digress...  
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Phil, i had exactly the same problem. Look in the rear left side panel in the boot - there is a socket on the top of the amp with a junction box of numerous wires going in. Take this out and you will see that probably some of the little "spikes" in the cluster (around 12-16 in total I think) are bent and not making a contact with the inserted junction box. That was what was wrong with mine anyway. It's all good now as I used tweezers to straighten out the spikes so the plastic contact box slid on properly and made contact on all the spikes. (I only have one box in the rear as I am poor and only have an HSE!)

SteveMFr wrote:

Not really a design fault if my previous cars are anything to go by. I'm surprised they keep dry so long, actually. The oldest LM's are going towards 9 yrs. now - and if seals/sunroof drains/etc. were not serviced properly (who's are?) then at some point, you have water ingress. But I digress...

had a quick look at the plug, couldnt see any obvious bent spikes but upon refit the whole system sounded much better. May well have been some water ingress as I did use that particular area for storing my fishing waders (always wet ) so much so for trying to use all the of storage space 'smartly'

cheers for your help

liverpoolphil wrote:

May well have been some water ingress as I did use that particular area for storing my fishing waders (always wet ) so much so for trying to use all the of storage space 'smartly'

You're kidding, right? 
RRC 2Dr, RRC 4Dr,
P38, and 2 L322s
(wife thinks I'm nuts - prob right, too)

just like to say i had water coming in to the boot/entertainment area and after taking the whole back end to bits finally found that under the outside e pillar covers the trim clips have a foam water stopper on and over time these wear down and let water passed what i did was took the e pillars off and the trim clips and put some all weather sealant (not sanitary sealant as this will go mouldy after time)round the trim clip that goes onto the body and then refit this has stopped my water getting in anyway hope this helped anyone

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went back to normal on way home bit more investigation in order I think

spent some time on this this morning.....noticed a clear difference in sound quality between the left rear and the right rear.

I removed both door cards and swapped the speakers, it was then obvious there was nothing wrong with the speakers (as the ones I thought were dud worked perfectly on the other side)

So I guess its something to do with the amp / wiring.

The right (faulty) side seems very intermittent, it you go over a bump or close the door heavily, it goes really crackly and shi**y sounding

Where do I go next? (had a quick look over the amp plug but cant identify anything wrong that end)

You need the amp testing, or perhaps swap with someones who's works to check if it's your speakers. TDV8 HST Sport **Current**

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are the amps expensive? Do they have different types (for different models) may just buy one of 'the bay'

Not sure on new but they are around £250-300 on fleabay. TDV8 HST Sport **Current**

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