YACRant: Day old car, and my friend breaks my -speaker-

[Ikonomi]

Jesus. We were driving around town in my new (used) car, my friend and I, and we happened to stop a few places. We saw a movie with a couple other people, and picked up cigarettes and liquor for a party at a few places. Now, every freaking time my friend gets out of my car... he SLAMS the door. I've had the car for one day, and now I can't turn on the radio because the sub on the passenger door RATTLES LOUDLY if you turn the volume above one notch.

We pull up at a restaurant; he slams the door. I ask him not to slam the door.

He's had two beers.

We arrive at the movie theatre; he slams the door. I ask him not to slam the door.

We stop at my house to grab a cell phone charger; he slams the door. I tell him not to slam the door.

By this time I'm wondering what's rattling.

We stop at a convenience store to pick up stuff; he slams the door. I ask him not to slam the fvcking door.

He puts the bottles in the trunk, and slams the trunk shut. Now, the sub rattles every time there's any bass, and the music isn't loud at all.

We roll up to the guy's party; he slams the door. I tell him not to slam the fvcking door.

We make another beer run; he slams the door. I tell him "Dude, don't slam my fvcking door!" I actually HEAR something fall inside the door this time.

Now he's had three beers and a bottle of triple black or whatever, and is getting fvcking hyper. He puts the bottles and twelve pack in the trunk, and SLAMS the trunk closed.

Then he starts playing with the fvcking power window.

NOW I can't turn on my freaking RADIO whatsoever, unless I want to listen to the passenger side sub shake. Jesus, I've had the car for ONE DAY, and something is broken due to my dumb friend disrespecting my sh!t. I asked him nicely several times not to slam the door, and then I told him not to, and he broke my sh!t. I don't even know if the warranties I have cover this -- I never saw either booklet, so I don't know how to find out.

If I knew how to take the door panel off, I'd try to fix it myself, but as it is, I have to take it in Monday and get it fixed, if they'll even do that. I can't believe this sh!t. I can't believe how ANNOYING and HYPER my friend gets when he's drunk now.

Here, I'll give myself a fvcking :cookie;.

 

[Siddhartha]

Turn down the bass?

 

[RbSX]

That wouldn't be your sub in your door, it might be a mini-sub, or your speaker but not a subwoofer.

 

[Ikonomi]

Now with video of the noise, woo.

The bass in this video is at about 75% on the EQ, along with the midrange and treble. The camera is pointing at the passenger side door. The video starts at like the 4th volume notch, and goes up to the 6th. I think I moved the camera closer to the door while filming. You can clearly hear the rattle.

It's just... stupid. First off, I can't believe my friend busted my car, and second, I can't believe they'd build the door so crappy that slamming it would break the speaker. Freaking Chrysler. I shouldn't have to turn the bass down to listen to music at a normal level. This isn't loud in the least.

Also, sorry if it's not the sub... That was just the first thing that came to mind. It's an 8 or 9 inch speaker -- whatever that would be called. This car has Chrysler's "Infinity" sound system. I dunno what that entails; I didn't buy it for the sound system.

I'll see in the morning how difficult removing the panel is... It looks like you have to take the whole inside of the door off to get to the speaker, unless there's a secret way of unlatching the grills.

 

[Eli]

So...

Is your car a Ford?



Edit:

Oh.. Chrysler..

 

[rival]

you shoulda just left his ass after he did it twice

 

[Ryan]

It's chrysler - this type of stuff is just normal wear and tear, along with failing transmissions and an interior that falls apart more than a leaper.

The panel shoudl be easy to take off - find a chrysler messageboard and ask. Behind it you'll find a 6.5 or smaller speaker that is either loose or blown (very liekly).

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: Eli
So...

Is your car a Ford?

Might as well be. "Great" construction, even if my buddy did slam the hell out of the door.

rbloedow, could a speaker be blown by slamming the door? Because I've never had the radio loud since I got the car, except for when my sister turned it way up momentarily (stupid). I try to take care of my things, since I never have nice ones. *sigh*

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: Eli
So...

Is your car a Ford?

Might as well be. "Great" construction, even if my buddy did slam the hell out of the door.

rbloedow, could a speaker be blown by slamming the door? Because I've never had the radio loud since I got the car, except for when my sister turned it way up momentarily (stupid). I try to take care of my things, since I never have nice ones. *sigh*

Hmm.. Well.. I dunno...

I mean, doors.. open and close. That's what they're meant to do. I realize he was slamming it, but still.. sh!t shouldn't be falling apart after 10 hard slams.

 

[isekii]

Just Dynamat that motherfvcker and be done with it
I'm seriously considering Dynamatting my car. It's already pretty silent inside but I can still hear the sound leakin out.

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: Eli
So...

Is your car a Ford?

Might as well be. "Great" construction, even if my buddy did slam the hell out of the door.

rbloedow, could a speaker be blown by slamming the door? Because I've never had the radio loud since I got the car, except for when my sister turned it way up momentarily (stupid). I try to take care of my things, since I never have nice ones. *sigh*

Hmm.. Well.. I dunno...

I mean, doors.. open and close. That's what they're meant to do. I realize he was slamming it, but still.. sh!t shouldn't be falling apart after 10 hard slams.

No kidding, dude. I agree. The car already had 30k miles on it, but that's like two years worth of driving, and the previous owners obviously took care of it -- it's in immaculate condition, or it was. I'm kind of miffed at my friend and at Chrysler. Even if it shouldn't break after slamming the door, he still slammed it after I kept asking him not to. And even if he did slam the door, the stupid speaker shouldn't be busted.

If I had had the car for more than one day maybe I'd be less upset, but Jesus. I barely got to enjoy it and now I've got to fix something.

 

[isekii]

ROFL..
I give this rant a 8/10

 

[V00DOO]

Sounds like the speaker became loose from all the door slamming and the speaker wires maybe grounding the door or touching each other. You'll probably need remove the door panel to fix it. Good luck.

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
It's chrysler - this type of stuff is just normal wear and tear, along with failing transmissions and an interior that falls apart more than a leaper.

The panel shoudl be easy to take off - find a chrysler messageboard and ask. Behind it you'll find a 6.5 or smaller speaker that is either loose or blown (very liekly).

You're right, I looked around and the speaker is a measly 6". My bad for thinking the speaker's as big as the round part of the screen. I'm no audiophile. I found this thread at a 300M website, and everybody is complaining about their 1999 300M door speakers being messed up. Boy, I never read about that one. Of course, mine's a 2000 so it should have fewer intro model woes, right? Yeah right.

I'll take a look at it tomorrow... If it's loose I'll tighten it; and if it's blown I'll... Well, either disconnect it until I can buy a pair of replacements, or glue it. Who knows.

 

[The Stigenator]

time for a new friend maybe.....

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: rbloedow
It's chrysler - this type of stuff is just normal wear and tear, along with failing transmissions and an interior that falls apart more than a leaper.

The panel shoudl be easy to take off - find a chrysler messageboard and ask. Behind it you'll find a 6.5 or smaller speaker that is either loose or blown (very liekly).

You're right, I looked around and the speaker is a measly 6". My bad for thinking the speaker's as big as the round part of the screen. I'm no audiophile. I found this thread at a 300M website, and everybody is complaining about their 1999 300M door speakers being messed up. Boy, I never read about that one. Of course, mine's a 2000 so it should have fewer intro model woes, right? Yeah right.

I'll take a look at it tomorrow... If it's loose I'll tighten it; and if it's blown I'll... Well, either disconnect it until I can buy a pair of replacements, or glue it. Who knows.

Try getting some foam baffles to put around the speakers to minimize the rattling, from the sound, it looks like the woofer part of the speaker is touching something.

 

[AlienCraft]

If I understand you correctly, you're letting your dumbass drunk of a friend off the hook and holding Chrysler responsible for this???
OK, whatever.... I'ld say you need some new friends, not a new car.

 

[Howard]

Get him to pay for the repairs. Drunk ass friend. :disgust:

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft
If I understand you correctly, you're letting your dumbass drunk of a friend off the hook and holding Chrysler responsible for this???
OK, whatever.... I'ld say you need some new friends, not a new car.

No, read again. I was pissed at my friend, and then Eli brought up the fact that doors are made to open and close and shouldn't have something break after ten slams. I think he's kind of right. My friend was being a dumbass, but Eli does have a point. I'm basically both surprised at the speaker quality and surprised that my friend was dumb.

I don't want a new car, by the way. This is honestly the nicest car I've ever driven, flaws and all, and I'm lucky to have it. It's pretty, and drives very well. I knew it would have a few problems when I got it, but at least I knew what I was getting into.

That said, he didn't maliciously slam the door. He just kept forgetting between stops, even though I kept asking him, and would slam it without realizing. Nevertheless, it was obviously hard enough to break something. He was drunk, and being stupid is all. He's not normally like that. I couldn't figure out how to stop him slamming the door short of holding my hand in front of the inside panel to stop it. Maybe it's my fault for not riding him harder about it, but I thought all the reminders would've been sufficient.

Anyway, I actually just sort of fixed the speaker. I figured out how to get the speaker grill off, and found what was wrong -- the speaker was blown on the top quarter and on the bottom left. They were small tears, nothing too bad. I decided to apply a seal of super glue around the entire edge, and brush it into the two tears. I didn't take the speaker off and apply it from the back, because I couldn't find a hex wrench the right size.

For now, it works. I'm sure it'll break again, at which point I'll spend the money to get some decent speakers to replace them with. I hope it holds up for at least a little while. It should, since I don't listen to music loud in my car -- that's what my house is for.

Edit: Wow, I guess I was kind of pissed/tired last night. So much bitching about something that took two minutes to fix. Oh well... heat of the moment and all.

 

[TheAudit]

2/10.

You need to find another friend.

 

[VTEC01EX]

I just got a big smile out of listening to that video... Obviously I wouldn't think it was funny if it was in my car, but for now... that's kind of funny

You might want to beef up the speaker mount a bit. My front speakers rattled a little, Honda decided to use metal clips to hold the speaker into the door. When I put my Infinity speakers in the front, I just drilled them to the door and put some dynamat around it... problem solved.

 

[LongCoolMother]

i like this rant. much more amusing than most others on atot. props to ya ikonomi, and hope you get your car sorted out.

 

[XZeroII]

I would maybe have sympathy for you if it weren't for how your entire day was spent trying to drag society down the toilet.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: VTEC01EX
I just got a big smile out of listening to that video... Obviously I wouldn't think it was funny if it was in my car, but for now... that's kind of funny

You might want to beef up the speaker mount a bit. My front speakers rattled a little, Honda decided to use metal clips to hold the speaker into the door. When I put my Infinity speakers in the front, I just drilled them to the door and put some dynamat around it... problem solved.

yea I was laughing like crazy when I heard it rattle

 

[EyeMWing]

This is why my doors don't have speakers. I HAVE TO slam the door for the door not to rattle

Go 1987!