My Doors Spontaneously Chirp At Me... WTF?

[DyslexicSquirrel]

It's an electrical chirp for sure... I just can't figure out what's causing it.

It's a rather high pitched chirp... but not really. OK! It's like a high pitched chirp muffled by nasal congestion. I know that sounds funny... but that is EXACTLY what it sounds like.

It only chirps for like .2 to 2 second intervals.

It did it with the old speakers and the new speakers.

I've tried to provoke the chirping by jiggling stuffa sround and trying different things, but it doesn't seem to be affected.

It happens on both doors, SOMETIMES! I would like to say more so on the driver's side, but then again my exhaust is so low and loud that I might just not be able to here it at all on the passenger side.

It did it alot when I first got the car but I kind of forgot about it because I haven't been hearing it for a while... but then again I was away at college and it was sitting for like 6 months.

I really don't know how to explain it anymore than this but will definitely do my best if someone needs more information.

I'd love to fix this as it is just a little embarassing when giving rides...

THANX...

 

[hottscennessey]

LOL this has happened to me before.. its the wiring for the door speakers. I used to think it was the ECU when I didnt know anything.

 

[IJ.]

Mine has a chirp when the Pass Window is gone fully up sort of a quiet honk.

 

[DyslexicSquirrel]

that is exactly what mine sounds like... except nothing provokes mine...

hottscennessey, how did you fix it? where was the wiring problem?

 

[hottscennessey]

LOL, fix problems? Me? I just wait for them to go away.. and it did.. for now.

 

[DyslexicSquirrel]

LOL! me too buddy, me too

 

[BlkSupra87]

Um... this may sound even more wierd... My cell phone is what affects my radio... Since I have changed to Cingular and the phone is right next to it, it makes a wierd sound. Even in the house... around the radios or the tv.

Only since i switched to cingular....:aigo:

 

[DyslexicSquirrel]

My friend's phone does that... Go T-Mobile!!!

 

[bigaaron]

When I did car audio install I saw lots cars that had speakers that were installed in such a way that the terminals on the back would touch metal in the door and short the stereo/amp outputs to ground. It causes weird noises sometimes. Some stereos made noises even when turned off when this happened. Is that a possibility?

 

[CRE]

A friend's car had that problem, turned out his wires were storing electricity due to corroded contacts. Still odd to think about though, do OEM wires typically have that high of capacitance?

 

[bigaaron]

A friend's car had that problem, turned out his wires were storing electricity due to corroded contacts. Still odd to think about though, do OEM wires typically have that high of capacitance?

Hmmm, I think that was someones uneducated guess as to a possible cause :biglaugh: Maybe there was increased resistance or an intermittent open circuit, but not increased capacitance. Installers can be very creative when trying to find ways to sell you "monster cable" or additional labor to rewire a set of speakers. :icon_wink

 

[CRE]

Hmmm, I think that was someones uneducated guess as to a possible cause :biglaugh: Maybe there was increased resistance or an intermittent open circuit, but not increased capacitance. Installers can be very creative when trying to find ways to sell you "monster cable" or additional labor to rewire a set of speakers. :icon_wink

I told him not to take to the dealer...:3d_frown: He paid a fortune.:biglaugh:

 

[SupraDerk]

A friend's car had that problem, turned out his wires were storing electricity due to corroded contacts. Still odd to think about though, do OEM wires typically have that high of capacitance?

Haha, one of the more interesting things I've heard. I agree with BigAaron. If by corroded wires you mean oxidized then your friend most likely had increased resistance which would cause less current to flow. Or if you mean corroded as in falling apart, then it was probably the occassional open circuit. But DEFINITELY not increased capacitance, haha.

 

[encomiast]

Um... this may sound even more wierd... My cell phone is what affects my radio... Since I have changed to Cingular and the phone is right next to it, it makes a wierd sound. Even in the house... around the radios or the tv.

Only since i switched to cingular....:aigo:

That's rather normal, your previous carrier was probably just using another frequency band (1900MHz instead of 850MHz). Cell phones working on a lower frequency tend to induce audible noise into electrical systems whenever the phone is sending or receiving something.

 

[DyslexicSquirrel]

Thanks bigaaron, that sounds good to me... I'm going to take my doors off one of these days and just go to town on those mofo's fixing a bunch of random crap...

Has anyone used sound deadener in their doors to get it to sound more "solid." If so, how much? Where? And were you satisfied?

I have given up on weight reduction... lol...