Door mounted speakers sound VERY low on 2023 ES350

[J James]

The speakers mounted on all the doors sounds VERY low compared to the sound from the dash board speakers.

Also the rear speaker has no sound at all.

 Anyone had similar issues?

 

 

Edited April 4, 2023 by J James

[Richard marano]

yes i have the same problem and back speakers  are also so low 

[Richard marano]

The speakers in the rear shelve have almost no sound at all going to bring it in next week

[Les Lex 2018]

Hi Richard! From what you said, the rear speaker are connected up properly.

So what happens when you go to setting - Sound, and adjust the front/rear balance to send all the sound to the rear?  Do you lose vol to all speakers?

 

[Richard marano]

Fading to the rear speakers helps the rear door speakers the rear shelf speakers still very low they should be as loud as the front speakers 

[Les Lex 2018]

I tested the 22 300h and everything works perfect with auto-level eq. on and Surround sound either on or off. So off to the dealership.  Some vehicles use a separate multi-channel amp for the rear set.  If so, it is not user adjustable, and it may have been adjusted incorrectly at the factory.

Could you let us know what they find?  I get frustrated with TMC because they do NOT like to discuss the working schematic-level details of their sound systems.

But I presume the Toyota and Lexus call centers are the same support group.

It just seems that way.

[J James]

Richard,  This,to me looks like a design issue.  Don't understand Lexus's logic behind  this.  I found the same issue on 2 other ES350 .

I just lodged a complain to  lexus at https://support.lexus.com/s/questions-comments

You should also do the same.

 

[Richard marano]

Taking it in we’d see what they say and go from their thank you

[Rick marano]

when i talked to them at the dealer  he said they all sound like that , even the Mark Levinson , 

thats the way they want it to be like a concert hall the music comes from in front of you  

[Habenero]

My 2024 ES350 behaves the same way. I have to adjust the balance so its almost 100% towards the rear for the speakers behind the door to wake up and to hear much from the rear speaker.

[Rick marano]

going 100% to rear  screws up the sound to me , called Lexus  they say thats the way it is ,  great car radio sucks , i have another car its front bias but rear speakers are larger and much louder , i do  not no what to do ,  wish some one made a different amp, i would buy it  ,  

[Habenero]

I moved my rear balance ALMOST to 100% rear. Just a tick away from 100% made all the difference. This is not how a balance control should work but in my case it made a huge beneficial difference.