Rear Speakers Stop Working After Car Loses Fistfight With Deer

[sleepwalker]

2003 P5, 99% stock + eBay CAI.

The night before Halloween, I hit a deer. Driver front corner. Like so:

(Okay, maybe the car WON the fight - she was in the hospital for a few weeks, but the deer didn't survive.)

After the collision, my tail lights, turn signals, reverse lights, and hazards no longer functioned. Brake lights still worked.

The collision shop had it for three weeks or so, got it back the day before Thanksgiving. ON Thanksgiving, driving to see family, I discovered that the rear door speakers don't work anymore. Front speakers balance just fine, but fade to the rear, and all sound vanishes.

Um...

...I guess my question is, WTH?

 

[Fresco]

considering the fact the impact is right in the area of the fuse box i would check there....but first take a test light or a volt meter and fade the sound to the rears and see if your getting a signal in the lines

 

[stjohans]

considering the fact the impact is right in the area of the fuse box i would check there....but first take a test light or a volt meter and fade the sound to the rears and see if your getting a signal in the lines

+1 your fusebox probably recieved some damage

 

[P-Funk!]

-1

There is no fuse for the speakers!
If the radio and fronts work - the fuses are fine.

What damage did the collision shop fix to get the lights working? May be related...

Check the connection behind the radio. All speakers go through one connector so it is not 'likely'. If you have an aftermarket sound system - please describe it.

 

[blkspdfreak]

lol....-1, whats the score now?

 

[CheeseHelmet]

lol....-1, whats the score now?

+1 + -1 = ???

I agree with P-Funk!, it sounds like someone broke some wiring leading up to the rear speakers. A great way to test the wiring is to remove the radio then connect an AA battery across the pins for each rear speaker. If you hear a scratchy popping through the appropriate speaker (it won't be very loud) then you know the wiring is good.

Here's a great pinout of the connector on the back of the radio (SU VX): http://www.miata.net/garage/nbaudio/index.html#Pinout

Connect your AA battery across pin S and U to test the left rear and go across pin V and X to test the right rear (or follow the color codes in that table).

 

[P-Funk!]

^or i have a boom box with speaker wires and use that to test speakers too.