Speakers crackling

ajsierra016 · August 11, 2016

I bought a 2016 Sierra SLT with the Bose 8 speaker system 5 weeks ago, and the front right speaker already sounds awful. I haven't turned the bass much up at all, but it sounds blown. Even when i turned the bass to negative numbers it still cracks. Would a dealer replace this for free? Can anyone give me some advice on his to fix this. Thanks for the help

DAY11 · August 11, 2016

I swear my left front speaker cracks some too. I plan on having them take a look at my next service.

I would imagine it will be covered as long as you are all factory still

pm26 · August 12, 2016

Could be a bad speaker or it could be a bad amplifier too. Or possibly someone miswired the system. Anyway, bumper to bumper warranty should take care of it. Assuming that the tech who gets to job can hear it.

Edited August 12, 2016 by pm26

AaronIROCZ · August 12, 2016

My 2016 Silverado does this also so your not alone here.

ajsierra016 · August 13, 2016

Glad to know I'm not alone. If anyone gets it checked out let me know, I'll do the same

WhiteMike · August 31, 2016

I bought a 2016 Sierra SLT with the Bose 8 speaker system 5 weeks ago, and the front right speaker already sounds awful. I haven't turned the bass much up at all, but it sounds blown. Even when i turned the bass to negative numbers it still cracks. Would a dealer replace this for free? Can anyone give me some advice on his to fix this. Thanks for the help

This is so unfortunate. I have a 2014 1500 Sierrra SLT and this crackling drives me NUTS! I have taken it in multiple times for this issue. No fix. They replaced the speakers, changed all bass/trebble etc. Something with the antenna, nope.....

There is a buge thread dating back to 2013/2014. Im actually looking for it now as im takin my truck in Tuesday for another issue. I was curious if there was a fix yet...

Here is the kicker.... the 2014 SLE truck that doesn't have the BOSE radio, the speakers sound great . (I drove their loaner which was a SLE and it sounded great.) So we paid more for SLT with BOSE but sounds worse.

A.M radio sounds awful. Pisses me off when dealer says you can listen in I heart radio... Im like no.... 50k truck I should be able to listen to my a.m radio.

Arrrrrhhhhh so frustrating.

WhiteMike · August 31, 2016

Here is link to similar radio issues. http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/index.php?/topic/156620-Radio-Reception-

Henry Daugherty · December 23, 2021

I bought an '18 Sierra about 1 month ago. when I test drove, the dash speakers were crackling. I had them replaced by the dealer, and they worked for about a month/ 2k miles. Then it started up again out of the blue.

It only happens when I listen to really full, bassy music on certain notes (glass animals - Helium). I speculate that since the replacement speakers did the trick for a month, its not necessarily a wiring issue, or maybe even an amp issue. I estimate that it may be a filtering issue. I think the frequency getting to the dash speakers goes too low.

Im going to attempt to get a new pair o higher quality speakers and add a high pass filter.

anyone that has intimate knowledge of this issue have any thoughts?