Loose/broken speaker wire

SDHA4SLine · Jul 27, 2015

Hi,

Has anyone ever had issues with rear (door) speaker wires or connections becoming loose or broken?

Noticed one of my rear speakers has started to play up (sound was on and off) when I was cleaning around this rubber cover between the B pillar and rear door (apologies, the correct name of it escapes me right now)

Anyway was wondering if it (the rubber cover I can't remember the name of) just pulls off so I can take a look at the wires inside it before I start dismantling the door and breaking clips! ?

Regards
Steve

SootySport · Jul 28, 2015

One or more of the wires will be breaking up in there, due to opening and closing the door. If you bend any copper wire multiple times it will eventually break. May not be obvious at first as it can break inside the insulation. Strange though, this usually happens on the most used door, the drivers door first.
I repaired my friends A4 2002 drivers door wiring a couple of weeks ago, his leccy window wouldn't go up or down, mirror wouldn't adjust and the rear remote windows were intermittent.
Prise out the rubber boot at one end or another and have a look. The loom is plugged into the A post and continuous to the door switches and mirrors/window motor.
Expensive repair and most long lasting is a new loom throughout the door. Cheapest is cut and strip the damaged wires, twist together and solder, cover each wire with shrinkdown tubing, tape the lot together and refit the rubber boot. There is just enough room to work on the repair if the wires are broken in the middle of the door to A post gap.

SDHA4SLine · Jul 29, 2015

Soot1 said:
One or more of the wires will be breaking up in there, due to opening and closing the door. If you bend any copper wire multiple times it will eventually break. May not be obvious at first as it can break inside the insulation. Strange though, this usually happens on the most used door, the drivers door first.
I repaired my friends A4 2002 drivers door wiring a couple of weeks ago, his leccy window wouldn't go up or down, mirror wouldn't adjust and the rear remote windows were intermittent.
Prise out the rubber boot at one end or another and have a look. The loom is plugged into the A post and continuous to the door switches and mirrors/window motor.
Expensive repair and most long lasting is a new loom throughout the door. Cheapest is cut and strip the damaged wires, twist together and solder, cover each wire with shrinkdown tubing, tape the lot together and refit the rubber boot. There is just enough room to work on the repair if the wires are broken in the middle of the door to A post gap.

Thanks, this is the rear door but I assume it's the same as in its plugged in at the b pillar. Now I know the boot does indeed just pull/prise out I'll take a look just as soon as this dam persistent rain stops for more than 10 minutes

SootySport · Jul 29, 2015

Could be a loose plug/pin if there is a connector for the back door loom. Your car doesn't seem old enough for the actual wire to break.

SDHA4SLine · Jul 29, 2015

Ok thanks noted, I will check that also

SDHA4SLine · Jul 29, 2015

Well took a look at wires and plug all seems good. However there was a lot of water behind it so maybe that was the issue. Dried it off and will see what happens over the coming weeks.

Thanks for the help Soot1

SootySport · Jul 29, 2015

You're washing the car tooooooooo much, aren't you? :yes:

Charlie Farley · Jul 29, 2015

and those must be the cleanest inner door sections on planet earth, those were not that clean and shiny when new....
you be inline for the cleanest audi avant ever pretty soon.

SDHA4SLine · Jul 29, 2015

A4Rob said:
and those must be the cleanest inner door sections on planet earth, those were not that clean and shiny when new....
you be inline for the cleanest audi avant ever pretty soon.

Haha yes I did spend a lot of time when degreasing those areas when I first got the car, also replaced a few rusty screws just to smarten things up and stop the rot so to speak. I do seem to have a cleaning OCD problem as I'm looking at the rubber boot in the photo thinking I should replace it as it looks a bit grubby. Why not just replace all four whilst I'm at it

Photos do seem to make my car look better than it really is, I doubt it's as clean as you imagine. It's peppered in car park dents and stone chips unfortunately.

Ps
Phase 4 of OCD engine bay rust removal going on tommorow by the way

Charlie Farley · Jul 29, 2015

If there was a concours class for B7 A4 avants , you'd win hands down chap, excellent work and I wish I had the time to do mine the same, I seem to spend all my time decorating so not much time left to lavish on my old bus at present.

SDHA4SLine · Jul 29, 2015

A4Rob said:
If there was a concours class for B7 A4 avants , you'd win hands down chap, excellent work and I wish I had the time to do mine the same, I seem to spend all my time decorating so not much time left to lavish on my old bus at present.

Ahh decorating, just spent the last six years doing every room in my house. I hate decorating now, if we ever move its going to be to a brand new house!

Before you ask not six years constant, that would be ridiculous! Six years saving then doing a room then saving and next room etc etc.

Anyway judging by the huge size of your house (from pictures I've seen in the background of your car) it's going to be a very expensive and long task to complete

SDHA4SLine · Jul 29, 2015

By the way that is my aim in the long run, just need new wheels, respray, BLACK headliner (finding a good one is hard work), couple more new interior parts and I'm there at a concours.... In about 2020!

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