Newb here. I just had the head unit replaced on my car, and now it's incredibly loud, and not in a good way. When going by the volume numbers, 5 and up is really loud, and anything past about 8 puts it at horrible distortion. Prior to them replacing the head unit, the numbers coincided with my old 6, where getting up to around 20 was pretty loud, but not causing distortion. Also, at levels 1 and 2, there is an audible hiss/feedback type noise. I had an absolutely horrible buying experience from the dealer (trying to get them to deliver on the We-Owe side of things), so I'm not terribly thrilled with the idea of bringing the car back there.

Any suggestions on what to check, or should I just suck it up and tell the dealer to fix it. I have a feeling they would say "Hey the stereo's working!" and show me the door.

 

Do you have the Bose system? It's possible they hooked up the amplified outputs on the stock deck to the line-level inputs on the amp by accident.

 

Yup, I do have the Bose system. I'll be messing around inside the car this weekend, I'll make sure to check that out. Is it easy to determine if this is indeed the case? Thanks for the quick reply.

 

Fucked if I know, I got my 8 last sunday and I haven't had time to poke around with the sound yet.

 

Well, sure enough, they installed the wrong head unit. Went to the dealer yesterday and they swapped it out. All is normal now. They knew they had installed the wrong one when they did it, too.

 

In the future, you might want to avoid that dealership as much as possible.

 

you got that right. its really scary to think that same person could be working under your hood.

 

Trust me, with all of the headaches I've had there (Mazda of Lakewood), I'm never going back. This was the final thing due on the "We Owe" portion of the purchase. It took them over a month to get everything as we agreed in writing.

 

If they told me that when I brought my car back to them..... I'd have to hold myself back from punching him in the face. I can't believe that.

 

Hey abbidwhat year did that bose one come from and does it have a satilite button on it?