Well, guys, it finally happened. The Bose 9M81 18T806 BB amplifier in my 2013 2G has finally started to act up. About a week ago I was driving and talking with my wife on the Bluetooth when suddenly all the sound shifted to the left speakers. I started turning knobs, pushing buttons, throwing switches, trying to figure out what went wrong. The door-mounted tweeter works fine, but both front and rear door-mounted mid-range units are silent. Me, being me, I started digging around and found out that these amps are a known problem. So further research led me to the shop manual instructions on how to remove the amp. I did the deed and in no time flat I had it out:
It turned out to be a pretty easy process. It was so easy that I'm surprised that nobody has ever done a tutorial on this. Wait. No. I'm not surprised. There is hardly any information on 2G M6s anywhere. Man. It's seriously a disappointment to see just how uninvolved owners of these wonderful cars actually are. It's a crying shame that owners of these cars were supposed to be a set who were not Camry-types. You know, people who actually care about driving pleasure and know more than a little bit about how cars work. If I didn't know better I would have said that these cars are so reliable that they don't need shade-tree fixing. Anyway, I digress. So after a moment, I went ahead and did a video and uploaded it to YouTube. The link is below:
I'm going to be making an effort from this point onwards to make tutorials whenever I do work on my car. I'm not so sure the HOA around my neighbourhood will appreciate much of this, but such is life. I hope this can be of some benefit to some of you out there.




It turned out to be a pretty easy process. It was so easy that I'm surprised that nobody has ever done a tutorial on this. Wait. No. I'm not surprised. There is hardly any information on 2G M6s anywhere. Man. It's seriously a disappointment to see just how uninvolved owners of these wonderful cars actually are. It's a crying shame that owners of these cars were supposed to be a set who were not Camry-types. You know, people who actually care about driving pleasure and know more than a little bit about how cars work. If I didn't know better I would have said that these cars are so reliable that they don't need shade-tree fixing. Anyway, I digress. So after a moment, I went ahead and did a video and uploaded it to YouTube. The link is below:
I'm going to be making an effort from this point onwards to make tutorials whenever I do work on my car. I'm not so sure the HOA around my neighbourhood will appreciate much of this, but such is life. I hope this can be of some benefit to some of you out there.