luder888

I store my foldable sunshade in the gap between the passenger seat and the center console. Today while unfolding the shade it somehow made its way to the volume **** and turned the volume to the max. I was scared ****less and ear was ringing for a few seconds afterwards. Do you think any damage was done to my speakers or amp?

Tony M

Quite simply, if all the speakers work and sound OK, they probably are OK.

Damage is most likely to occur when an underpowered (for the speakers) amp is turned up to distortion levels and kept there for a while. Of course a grossly over-powered amp can cause problems, too.

However, in this case, the amps are matched to the speakers (or at least they should be). So, a brief stint at full volume shouldn't cause any damage to the speakers and certainly not to the amplifier(s), which are probably class D modules.

In the unlikely event that any of the speakers wasn't working or was buzzing or distorting, I'd put in a warranty claim in good conscience as this is meant to be a well-designed, good quality system and should be able to tolerate a very brief full volume excursion without breaking anything.

luder888

Yeah they sound OK, but then again my ears can't tell if there's any minor tears in the speaker. It only lasted about a second so going by what you said they should be fine:

Here is the dashcam video just for kicks. At the 26 seconds mark you can see my windshield went crazy because of the vibration.

adg44

You'll be fine - no worries.

Nickwlauro