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Front door speakers not work 1998 doge ram 1500 infinity

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Old Apr 12, 2026 | 09:34 PM
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Default Front door speakers not work 1998 doge ram 1500 infinity

Front door speakers quit working after I put in new head unit JVC with Crutchfield ready harness and so I investigated looks like there’s a amp on the front door speakers do I have to do something with that like bypass it and how
 
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The factory radio controls a relay that provides power to the amps at the speakers. Wiring diagram shows a light green wire, is that hooked up somewhere ?
 
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Old Apr 13, 2026 | 02:44 PM
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Yea the green is just disconnected on here. Let me take a picture.

where would I connect this to give the amp power or whatever it needs
 
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Originally Posted by Bob smit
The light green wire on the right side of the black connector is the one that controls the relay. It should connect to the "power antenna" output on the radio which has 12V when the radio is tuned on.
I suppose you could remove the power amps at the speakers and have the speakers connect to the radio directly. No idea how easy that is. Worst case replace the speakers with regular ones.

Edit: I just looked at the wiring diagram for the relay, the power for the amps comes from fuse 4 in the inside fuse panel. Check that as well.
 

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