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Author Message   Dana Giles (Dana_G) Posted on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 05:14 pm:    As I had a nice sunny, warm afternoon on my hands I decided to fix my intermittently functioning subwoofer problem. I figured it was probably a loose connection somwhere as hitting bumps seemed to trigger the problem. No place to start like the sub itself, so, after removing the 18 screws holding the unit in place I discovered that the connection on that end was anything but loose, much more like cemented together. At this point I figured I'd have to pull the tape deck and check up there, but decided to have a look around while I had the sub pulled. I discovered that one of the wires to the sub connector was uninsulated (at least as far as I could see before it went into the harness) I thought this a bit odd, but hey, it is a Land Rover after all. My guess is that the bare wire is the ground, anything else would be exceptionally silly to leave bare. Now for the odd part. Taking a look at the way the sub mounts, that bare wire could contact the bare metal of the door if being wiggled while driving over bumps. My rote understanding of electronics says that further grounding a ground wire shouldn't hinder operation, but I figured as I already had the thing pulled I'd stick some electrical tape on it. Well, problem solved, the sub no longer cuts out. I'm simply left scratching my head as to how a solution that should have done nothing, worked   Michael Noe (Noee) Posted on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 05:19 pm:    Almost the same exact thing happened to me with my drivers side front seat and the recline motor connector. You should've seen me driving around with my chin on the top of the steering wheel. Bizarre and one to remember.   Brian Posted on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 09:01 pm:    Dana ,check the wire harness where it goes into the body from rear door(where the hinges are)i have seen a few problems in this area,Brian...also check the connectors real good.