HELLO ALL,
I BELIEVE MY STOCK AMP IS BLEW OUT FROM THE STOCK STEREO....
SYMPTOMS:
FIRST SIGN I COULD TURN THE VOLUME NOB UP AND DOWN BUT IT DIDN'T ADJUST THE VOLUME...THE VOLUME JUST STAYED AT THE SAME LEVEL....
SECOND SIGN OUT OF THE SPEAKERS CAME THE WORST CRACKING SOUND EVER (AND NO IT WASN'T THE SOUND OF A BLOWN SPEAKER BEEN THERE DONE THAT NOT THE SOUND)
THIRD SIGN NADDDDDDDDDDDA NO SOUND NADA LIGHT ALL COME ON ANTENNA GOES UP AND DOWN BUT NO SOUND??
SO THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT ITS THE STOCK AMP...
NOW I CALLED LEXUS AND THEY WANT $150 IN LABOR AND ANOTHER $600 YES I SAID $600 FOR THIS DAMN AMP SO YEAH i WON'T BE GOING THAT ROUTE....
QUESTIONS FOR YOU:
CAN I GET OR INSTALL AN AFTER MARKET AMP?
WILL IT FIT? I BELIEVE THAT THE AMP NOW LIVES SOMEWHERE BEHIND THE STEREO?
WILL AN AFTER MARKET AMP BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE 6 STOCK SPEAKERS?
HOPE SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN HELP!!!!