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Comment by stavros

1 year ago

Those are the two randomest things to couple together in a single fuse.

worse in subaru's... both front speakers AND the mic. bluetooth phone calls no longer work, and, your music only comes from the back.

similarly it is /possible/ though a giant PITA to take apart the front of your car and make those work again, per some blog post i saw 4 years ago and can no longer find.

  • >phone calls no longer work

    I think this is also true on the Toyotas, but I do not carry a phone with me so it's just me streaming tunes on the XM radio [don't think this tracks/listens].

    >your music only comes from the back

    However, you barely notice the single missing tweeter, and it is *but a small item on my car-care maintenance list [to add back the sound via harness jumpter/bypass].

The tracking module uses this speaker for Emergency Communications in the event of a crash.

  • Right, but it doesn't have to be powered by the same fuse, no?

    • I guess the point is that if the emergency module is powered the speaker by nature would also have to be powered. A fail safe of sorts.