Speaker Vibration

[GrahamFR]

Hey all, so my door speakers are starting to rattle or at least it sounds like the rattle is coming from them, just the passenger one as well to be honest.

Is there a guide somewhere on how to take off the plastic front? Is it a pita or simple? And I was going to just get some sound proofing strips and packed round it, unless others can advise differently?

[monkeyhanger]

Hey all, so my door speakers are starting to rattle or at least it sounds like the rattle is coming from them, just the passenger one as well to be honest.

Is there a guide somewhere on how to take off the plastic front? Is it a pita or simple? And I was going to just get some sound proofing strips and packed round it, unless others can advise differently?

Warranty job, let the dealership do it.

[GrahamFR]

well it sorta only vibrates at 11... 

[dv52]

Hey all, so my door speakers are starting to rattle or at least it sounds like the rattle is coming from them, just the passenger one as well to be honest.

Is there a guide somewhere on how to take off the plastic front? Is it a pita or simple? And I was going to just get some sound proofing strips and packed round it, unless others can advise differently?

Graham: have a look at the link below. It's an instruction about how to add folding mirrors, but it does show how to remove the door trim.
cheers
Don

http://www.uspmotorsports.com/downloads/M001-Instructions.pdf

[GrahamFR]

So the speaker is fixed to door and not inside a separate compartment? This seems painful, maybe a bash at the stealers might be in order, all i wanted to do was stick a bit of insulation around the speaker

Here's a mk2 leon guide... so much easier lol  http://www.no1wok.co.uk/cupra/dpf.pdf

[dv52]

So the speaker is fixed to door and not inside a separate compartment? This seems painful, maybe a bash at the stealers might be in order, all i wanted to do was stick a bit of insulation around the speaker

Here's a mk2 leon guide... so much easier lol  http://www.no1wok.co.uk/cupra/dpf.pdf

Graham: Yeah, lot easier on the mk2 . On the mk7 the front bass speakers insde the doors are held to the door frame by four pop-rivets (see pic below). Strange that they have become loose - are you sure that it's a problem with the fixings and not an issue with speaker diaphragm?

[GrahamFR]

not an issue with speaker diaphragm?

If it is, would this most likely fall under wear and tear?

[p3asa]

Have you plugged it into VCDS?

My Mk6 had a speaker that was vibrating. I couldn't believe it when it was flagged in VCDS! Dealer changed it no problem.

[dv52]

Have you plugged it into VCDS?

My Mk6 had a speaker that was vibrating. I couldn't believe it when it was flagged in VCDS! Dealer changed it no problem.

p3asa: Wow- that does surprise me!!

I would have thought (incorrectly as it now seems) that if a VCDS cable could detect a fault in a speaker, it would need to be an electrical problem (i.e. something like an open/shorted transducer coil). Sure, a damaged speaker diaphragm does vary the "loading" on the speaker coil, but I assume that this would be a subtle effect.

Anyhow, any new piece of information is always valued!  Can you remember what the error message in the autoscan report was?

[p3asa]

No sorry. I didn't have a VCDS cable then.
I took it to the dealers expecting to be brushed off. I also had a problem with my music stuttering between tracks so had made up short pieces of music on my ipod as I just new they would ask for a demonstration.
So low and behold they asked me to go into the car with a mechanic to show them and while we were there he told me the speaker had shown up on their diagnostics.