Kicker Amp Dead (sub only)

[Wedowee_Boater]

Hello all,

Just wondering if others have had this same issue. I have a 2018 23RSB. Has the Kicker sound upgrade with subwoofer. What is in the boat is a kicker 5 channel amp. It has 3 total amplifiers in one box. 2 amps for the regular speakers and one for the subwoofer. Whenever the system is powered on the subwoofer makes a 'thunder/cracking' type of sound. Dealer looked at it last fall and thought they fixed it. I isolated the amp from the rest of the boat and it still makes the noise. Also no audio output from the sub other than the noise. Dealer says I have to bring it in for them to troubleshoot. Its a 91 mile one way trip for me so I thought I would ask here if someone else had the issue and a simple fix.

...summer is just around the corner

 

[Michiman]

Sounds like a warranty issue! Make a day out of it, grab some lunch and check out the new Bennington’s on your dealers showroom floor.

 

[Wedowee_Boater]

Thanks. Pretty much figured that.

 

[LaurencetheAdventurer]

Maybe have a local shop / mobile service diagnose, then send the broken part to the dealer to "diagnose" and replace. A little investment might be worth saving a day of travel.

 

[Wedowee_Boater]

I tried that. I have an electrical engineering degree and am very handy. Installed many car/boat stereos in my life. I diagnosed/troubleshooted all of it and determined the amplifier to be bad. ...even went as far as removing the amp and sub from the boat and connected it to a spare battery. Dealer said that Bennington would not warranty the part unless his tech did the diagnosis.