REAR SPEAKER DISTORTION: STATION WAGON. Pontiac J2000 1982

For 1990-2009 cars

# REAR SPEAKER DISTORTION: STATION WAGON

THE REAR SPEAKERS ON SOME 1982 J2000 AND CAVALIER STATION WAGONS MAY HAVE DISTORTION AT HIGH VOLUME LEVELS OR LACK OF STEREO SEPARATION. THE CAUSE IS THE MIS-INDEXING OF THE WIRES IN THE FOUR-WAY CONNECTOR AT THE REAR SPEAKER HARNESS IN THE TAILGATE. THE CORRECTION IS AS FOLLOWS:

1. VERIFY THE CONDITION BY TURNING THE FRONT-REAR SPEAKER CONTROL (F-R) FULL REAR. TURN THE VOLUME UP, AND TURN THE LEFT-RIGHT BALANCE CONTROL (L-R) BACK AND FORTH. THE SOUND SHOULD BE DISTORTED IN THE CENTRE AND GET CLEARER AT FULL LEFT OR FULL RIGHT POSITIONS. THERE SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENCE IN SOUND IN THE TWO CHANNELS (NO STEREO SEPARATION).

2. REMOVE THE RADIO. REMOVE THE BLUE CONNECTOR (REAR SPEAKER WIRING) FROM THE RADIO. REMOVE THE WIRES FROM THE CONNECTORS (FIG. 1), AND REPLACE AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 2. THIS INDEXES THE SPEAKER WIRING TO OVERCOME THE CORRECT WIRING IN THE REAR SPEAKER HARNESS.

3. REPLACE THE RADIO AND VERIFY NORMAL SPEAKER OPERATION.

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