Center speaker by glove compartment stopped

[Anaconda]

Today I noticed that my center speaker by the glove compartment (the woofer) just stopped working. The door speakers and stereo work fine. I haven't changed anything. It worked yesterday when I had the radio on. Now the car just sounds tinny (too much treble, too little bass).

Could a wire have just wiggled loose, if so is there some place common that the loose wire occurs? Or could the speaker be blown somehow. The actual cone part of the speaker is fine, and everything looks good, but I haven't taken the speaker out of the console.

By the way, what is the best way to remove the speaker from the console?

I have an aftermarket Alpine radio head unit, but other than that, the stereo system is stock as far as I know.

 

[Randy]

Today I noticed that my center speaker by the glove compartment (the woofer) just stopped working. [...]

Could a wire have just wiggled loose, if so is there some place common that the loose wire occurs? Or could the speaker be blown somehow. The actual cone part of the speaker is fine, and everything looks good, but I haven't taken the speaker out of the console.

By the way, what is the best way to remove the speaker from the console?

I have an aftermarket Alpine radio head unit, but other than that, the stereo system is stock as far as I know.

You probably already checked this, but before you start taking this apart, you might want to verify that no-one played with your head-unit controls, like the fader (turned the rear speaker off) - depends on how your aftermarket unit was wired; the rear as a "rear" speaker, or as a woofer (stock unit has it wired as a "rear" speaker, although it is a woofer).

A blown speaker will usually sound REALLY crappy first - buzzing, etc, and not just quit playing, unless you melted the coils (unusual, unless you've really upped the power).

I'd check the amplifier in the trunk, next, as its easy to get to. Make sure you didn't knock any of the connections loose.

Then, if you're sure its a disconnect somewhere, and as you mention its an aftermarket head-unit; did you install it? If so, you'll know the likely connection. If not, its likely (even if its an Alpine unit) that they had to make a speaker conversion cable for the DIN outputs, and thats where I'd suspect a break. So, carefully pull the bezel off around the stereo and A/C controls, then remove the two screws holding the head unit in, and slide it out.

If you don't find it there, then I'd check the speaker itself. That requires removing the same bezel you already removed for the head unit as that covers the screws for the center console, which you have to remove to get to the front screws for the rear bulkhead - the other screws are fairly obvious.

Good luck...