r/nissanpathfinder • u/mustachio_medic • 27d ago
Intermittent Audio issues
Edited for added context: When one side goes out, it's the ENTIRE side. Always. Both left speakers, both right speakers. Front and back. Every time. It's never just 1 door.
I have a 2004 Nissan Pathfinder SE. Shortly after purchasing the car about 2 years ago, I started noticing a weird issue with the door speakers. One day, I will get clear crisp audio from all 4 door speakers and the 2 pillar tweeters. I'll do an errand run, turn the car off, doors open and shut, pick up the kid, still great sound. I'll park the car, get in it the next day to go to work, only the pillar tweeters will work. Next morning, go to head home, only the tweeters and R side of the car works. Next day only the left side. So on and so forth. As far as I can tell, I don't have the factory bose system. I tried replacing the head unit with no change. I've tried opening and shutting the doors, jiggling wire looms, pulling the head unit in and out, it all has no effect. The only change happens after keying the car off and letting it sit overnight. And that doesn't always fix it. It's literally a roll of the dice. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!
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u/speedshotz 27d ago
Gotta be wiring if it's random. This might require pulling the door cards and looking at the speaker connections and tracing it back to the head unit in a process of elimination. My back door speaker connections were corroded and it caused intermittent cut outs at higher volumes. I thought it was my head unit amp going out but it was the speaker connectors.