[V8] Bose rear amps catch fire?

[Kneale Brownson]

Pat, I don't recall any of the burning Bose cases involving a 1990.  It's
been pretty well documented that the problem amps were installed in rear
speakers in 1991 and later models.  If the system in functioning, if you're
not getting any popping, booming, scratching or screeching sounds from your
rear speakers,  I'd say there's little liklihood of a speaker fire
endangering your children.  If you want to be sure, don't use the speakers
when they are in the car.

At 07:44 AM 12/8/2004 -0800, Pat Gillen wrote:
>Thanks to everyone for all your help.  This is what I have found out so far:

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>Thus, there is no simple "check the model number" answer to the question I 
>originally asked. 

>I've been in denial here, trying to avoid 1) the pain of my big body 
>contorting to remove the rear speakers in that little trunk, and 2) 
>potentially wasting time here to R/R rear speakers, R/R the front door 
>panels, and R/R everything else several times that will go wrong as a result 
>of this "inspection" for speaker assembly's that may not have defective parts.
>
>Oh, well, off to the disassembly process; this V8Q is used solely by my wife 
>and our kids are strapped in the back seat daily.  If it was just my 6 and 
>10 year old boys, they could jump (just kidding).  But the 18 month old girl 
>harnessed to the car seat (?)  For those of you that can remember, we didn't 
>have these exiting problems as kids in the 50's riding on the deck of our 
>'49 Hudson.  Our "seat belt" was the original equipment rope that hung 
>across the back of the front seat.  When you had to get out, you grabbed the 
>baby and ran.  But I guess, that old Hudson radio wasn't running 
>amplifier/speaker sets either....