VE Stereo Head Unit HELP! (left not working)

[Junkrat]

Hi everyone, my daughter has just bought her first car (2007 VE SV6 Sedan) and unfortunately there is no audio on left side at all. Would this mean the left channel is "blown"?
She's not really in a position to fork out for a new unit at the moment, and will put up with it if she has to, but I just thought I'd ask here to see if it was a common problem with a possible solution?
Cheers
Jason

 

[Commo64]

It could be just a fuse, but it could also mean you need new speakers... Not going to affect the driveability of the car though...

 

[vc commodore]

It could be just a fuse, but it could also mean you need new speakers... Not going to affect the driveability of the car though...

Fuse???? A fuse blown means no noise at all...

Could be wiring, that channel or speakers...

 

[Commo64]

Fuse???? A fuse blown means no noise at all...

Could be wiring, that channel or speakers...

My bad... I'm not really an audio expert tbh...

 

[Jeda]

The balance isn't set all the way over to the right, is it?

 

[Junkrat]

thanks guys, balance has been checked, I thought it would be unlikely to be speakers as the left side doesn’t work at all , same with wires, thought it would be to much of a coincidence for just the left speakers or wires to stop working?

 

[Fu Manchu]

Open the door, remove the door skin and get a look at the speakers.
Failing that, open the door and pull the harness boot from the body. That gives you access to the loom plug. Check for continuity between there and the door.

Check continuity between speaker and door plug both sides of the harness.

Pull the footwell trans tunnel panel. That gives access to the harness plug for the head unit. Check continuity between there and the speaker.

Check continuity between door harness plug and head unit plug.

Test + and -.

You’ll need a multimeter to do that.

 

[Fu Manchu]

If the speakers work, continuity along the harness is good on positive and negative wires on the faulty side across various points in the harness, then a head unit repair is the best option https://www.aslautomedia.com.au/ve-series-1-head-unit-blaupunkt-bose-audio-repair

 

[lout]

ve head units often respond to the fonzie love tap