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Oh!!... I dont have the chip No. but once you have the amp on a qualified tech's hands It should be easy to find out which one it is, my guy told me that It was the OUTPUT chip, its big and next to the heat sink (I saw it) he also said it was fairly common (and old for this kind of car :whistles: ) so finding a replacement should not be that complicated, the only thing is that the tech has to dissasemble/assemble the amp, and unsolder/solder the chip.

To Locate the factory amp you have to fold the 2nd row seating and remove the spare tire and components. Between the spare tire's space and the beggining of the 2 row seats there is a black aluminum casing from side to side (you will have to remove the upholstery and the plastic pins holding it down) It's easier if yor just remove all the 2nd row seat but it can be done without doing so (you just need to bend a little the aluminum casing) The tech is across the boarder in TJ, but this guy really knows his job. Fortunately I still have his business card!! His name is Jose Luis Lopez, he has an established business over 20 years old located at Av. Constitucion No 1841 Zona Centro Tijuana B.C When I came to him he happened to have the spare component I needed so it just took him like 2 hours to get the job done, If by any chance he doesn't have it I think he can get it but I don't know how long it would take. Hope this helps

I've gone thru the same issue, and it's painful... no sound, everything working ok, antenna, radio presets, cd changer, BUT NO SOUND!!! Dealers told me that the stereo had to be exchanged (after a $115 diagnosis) and the cost of replacing it would be 650 to 700! ...that is of course if ONLY the stereo was damaged, any other damaged part would need to be replaced also. After digging around I took the Rx to an electronics guru to see if he could solve the problem. Good thing is he DID!! for under 80 bucks!! At his explanation, the thing was this: The factory Amp (Located hidden under the second row seating) has two outputs, one for bass and the other for voice, those components (like everything in our cars) is linked to the stereo (so that would explain the lack of response when one tries to change the bass and treble settings) He removed the amp and changed the electronic output for voice component, soldering on the new one in the process, I don't recall the chip number but he said it was fairly common and available in most places. So before you try anything rash (and expensive) try taking your car to an electronic shop to test the amp, I would say with much certainty that if your car has the same symptoms your problem is the same as mine So changing the amp voice output solved this for me. Hope this helps