jerparker1

I bought my truck in Jan 2013. I replaced the 4 door speakers in Feb. I used the wiring harnesses that Crutchfield supplied. About a month ago my right front speaker was cutting in & out and eventually went out completely. I called Crutchfield and they sent me a new replacement pair under warranty. I took my door panel off and began removing the speaker. The wiring harness felt damp and I could see water drops on the insulation. I then felt around behind the door panel and could feel more water. The wiring harness was corroded from water damage. The speaker itself was fine and still worked great. I ordered new wiring harness and this time used heat shrink tubing where the wires lead into the harness. I'll see if this solves the problem. If not, I guess I'll remove the harness and just solder the wires. I thought maybe others might be having the same trouble.

ns_redneck

shouldn't the weather stripping be keeping the water out of the door. did you notice where it might be coming in at. and i figured there would be a little drain hole in the bottom of the doors somewhere to let any water out that does get in.

jerparker1

I agree, the doors should not leak! I couldn't find where it was coming in at. I wash my truck once a week so maybe that has something to do with it? There are drain holes. Maybe I need to clarify, there was not standing water in my door. However, there was enough moisture in there to corrode and short out my speaker harnesses in both front doors.

ACTIV68-69

Could it be condensation? Do you have a warm garage and very cold outside temps?

icu66

https://www.f150forum.com/search.php?searchid=6187048

Pauli18c

The weatherstripping on these trucks are complete junk. There was water inside mine as well. Get some speaker baffles that cover the tops inside the door to keep the water off them.

packplantpath

Lol, must be an ecoboost!

Every time it rains and I open my doors water drops onto the door frame below.

jerparker1

I don't keep it in a garage.

When I click the link I get, "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms." What were you directing me to?

It's not the speakers that are getting damaged, it's the wiring harness. Suppose I could tuck the harness into the baffle?

ns_redneck

you should be ok with the shrink tubing. mabey add some dilectric grease to the connectors on the speaker too.

Toddman38

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Its common on these trucks, I had the connectors on my metra speaker harness get rust on them! My rear DS speaker was cutting out is how I noticed, my truck is kept garaged.... Only thing I can think of is water getting past the window seal during washing, I cut the connectors off and soldiered them on!

No problems since, and I wash my truck weekly in the driveway no car washes.... Hopefully your heat shrink fixes it for yah!