September, 2011 we got a big storm, Irene. My car took on water some how and flooded the passenger side footwell and destroyed the amp. They replaced the amp and it worked intermittently for a little while before just shutting off. I replaced the headunit thinking it might be that and got sound for about 5 seconds.

I went into the footwell and jiggled all the wires thinking it might have just been something loose since it was intermittently working but I still have nothing.

Any thoughts on what to check? It's the non-gps Inifinity system. Should I try just replacing the amp? What I'm reading though makes it look like the amp does a lot more than just the sound. I just want sound again, I don't care about high end stuff stock worked fine for me. What do you recommend I replace it with?

And yes, I know I should have just taken it back to the shop when the initial stuff started happening but I didn't because I had a ton of other stuff going on it at the time. Help a brother out.

 

You did check all the fuses, right ?

You can drive the door speakers fine with just about ANY after market head unit, it's those durn subs behind the seat that you need the amp for.

I you aren't into rattling the body work, then a good choice might be to replace the 2 subs with regular speakers, install a good $100 after market head unit and wire it all up manually bypassing the amp. You will then have left/right & front/rear fader control.

( hint: look at the marine units on crutchfield or sonic, they come in silver that matches pretty closely )

This one is $143 and it has integrated Blue Tooth : http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...rion-M502.html

 

Lied...I fiddled and it worked for about 2 minutes and only the front speakers. I used Crutchfield's supplied harness adapter and it seems to have a lot more wires running into it than out of it.

The replacement headunit is an Alpine CDE-137BT if that matters/helps. I'm extremely frustrated at this moment and just want a car that works like it's supposed to.

 

I'm trying to avoid running wires and pulling interior stuff. I'd like something plug and play.

 

OK.
Why don't you list your location in your profile, maybe another close-by member will volunteer to help .....

( sure sounds like an amp issue to me ..... )

 

Hmm echo's from July..

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...placement.html

 

see post today from tipad5050 - looks like you might have found a good amp !!!!!

 

Sound Ordnance™ M-4050 4-channel car amplifier — 50 watts RMS x 4 at Crutchfield.com would work? And I'm in the Glen Burnie, MD area. Learning more about car audio than I ever wanted...I just like it to play music lol. Thanks for the replies.