[V8] Bose rear amps catch fire?

[RICHARD ROMERO]

I gave up trying to get new amps for  my 90 V8Q.  I called Bose (they are 
close to me in Framingham, MA) 2 months ago and sent in my complete rear 
speakers and they replaced the speakers and amps- lifetime warranty. Turn 
around time was 2 weeks.  $75 per speaker- much better than the other sites 
on the web that only replace the amps.  Speakers sound like new now.

Richard Romero

>From: dsaad at icehouse.net
>To: v8 at audifans.com
>CC: ""@icehouse.net
>Subject: Re: [V8] Bose rear amps catch fire?
>Date: Mon,  6 Dec 2004 08:39:16 -0700
>
>They replace my whole amp - speaker enclosure and all with a new (or 
>perhaps
>rebuilt) unit.
>This probably only means that the soldered amps were either a different 
>vendor
>or were otherwise not affected by the bad caps.
>These sort of problems are usually limited to specific date codes for the 
>bad
>parts. It happens all the time to us. Often with caps, but any component 
>can be
>defective in some subtle way.
>
><NAC>
>I was given an older CRT type I-Mac a few months ago that would crap out 
>and
>shut down after a few hours use. Apple had a bad run of computers with this
>problem - and to their dis-credit I am not aware of any campaign to replace
>them. The repair board costs about $300 + $100 or so for labor. The 
>failures
>usually started to happen after the warranty period ran out.
>I immediately suspected caps and replaced the suspect ones to no avail. On 
>a
>whim I noticed two similar opto-isolator chips and swapped them with each 
>other.
>The I-Mac has been running fine ever since.
>The moral is that nearly any component can have some sensitivity that will 
>cause
>it to fail in one circuit but will work fine in another. Memory chips are 
>also
>notorious for this.
></NAC>
>
>Dave
>
>Quoting Ingo Rautenberg <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>:
>
> > Pat,
> >
> > I had brought in my 200 (after I had brought it in earlier) when the 
>parts
> > had arrived.  They said my car DID NOT qualify because the amp circuit
> > boards where the soldered in vs. the plug-in type.  :-(   Apparently, 
>they
> > just unplug the old ones and plug in the new ones.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > -Ingo
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pat Gillen" <pat_gillen at msn.com>
> > To: <v8 at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 12:00 PM
> > Subject: [V8] Bose rear amps catch fire?
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have the specific part numbers of the Bose amplifiers that 
>are
> > suspected of overheating and burning the car?  My 90V8Q was bot used and 
>the
> > original owner had the "radio" dealer-replaced 2 times in 1993; his 
>receipts
> > don't define "radio" or give part numbers.
> >
> > I have read dozens of old posts on this and have missed this data if it 
>was
> > ever written.  As I understand the problem, only the1990 and 1991 model
> > years could have this problem.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Pat
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