I have a 2002 tahoe with a factory deck, 2 orion speakers in the front doors, and boston accoustics in the rear, I also have a 1200watt orion amp with 1000watt sub.
Recently when i play my radio i have no sound coming from the left rear door speaker. If i adjust the balance and it turn it up full blast you can hear a faint sound from the speaker, but will not get loud. I tested the speaker and its fine. All the other speakers work fine. Could the deck die out on me on that rear channel?
When i had my factory speakers they were 4ohm in the front and 8ohm in the back. I then changed it to 4ohm all around.
Any help would be appreciated
Putting a known working speaker in it's place should tell you pretty quickly.
I did do that and it didnt work. Could changing the speakers though accelerate my deck from failing or should I be able to change the from 8ohms to 4ohms with no problems?
I don't see any problem changing the speakers from 8 to 4. It sounds like the deck just has a problem. I have an 02 Silverado that I changed all speakers and added a sub but, I am using a separate amp for the speakers. Instead of spending money to repair the factory deck I would add a 4 channel amp. It would make your system sound better anyway. I don't know how loud you listen but, judging by your sub amp it sounds like you like to crank it up. A good amp to drive those quality aftermarket speakers would be an improvement.