Audio Systems: fading power, neon factory, dodge neon

Question
i spliced some speaker boxes to the rear speakers in my dodge neon. the speaker boxes are "roadmaster" brand. i just added a chunk of wire to the already existing speaker terminals, with the factory speakers also still hooked up, and they were working fine. then i noticed the right side wasn't working so good. i checked out the spliced conection and found the speaker was grounding or arcing on the speaker frame. so i diconnected the speaker box i had hooked up. next the front right speaker cut out. then the whole system would fade like it was  losing power as if it was run on batteries. if i shut the radio off and wait a minute and turn it back on it would go for a while and then slowly fade again. i took the speaker box in my house and hooked it up to the home stereo and it works great.but the radio loses power and fades out but comes back after it's turned off for a while. what did i do to the system and how can i fix it. it's a four speaker system in a 98 dodge neon factory installed with no c.d. player cassette player only  

Answer
Mike,
When you spliced speakers into the factory sound system you caused damaged to the amplifier inside the head unit. The amp/s are shutting down due to heat build up. Your only recourse is the have the stereo repaired by replacing the amp/s inside it. There is a safe way to connect additional speakers to a factory stereo without causing damage to your factory system. please connect direct for more info about this subject.


TOM,
T&D ELECTRONICS
tdeser@zoominternet.net