Hi guys. A couple of weeks back my missus bought a 60 plate Fiesta S1600 which as far as i am aware is a limited edition of the Zetec S. The other day when i was sitting in the back i thought the speakers were faded so that the sound was only coming out the front. We looked in the manual and it explained how to set the front/rear speakers up but when we went into the audio settings there was no "Fade" facility but it did say "Middle", when my step son looked he said he couldn't see any speakers behind the speaker perforations in the door panel. We had to go back to the dealer (Evans Halshaw in Bedford) on Friday about something else so whilst we were there i asked the sales rep and he said he didn't think that the three doors had rear speakers which to me sounds like bullshit bearing in mind all of the other toys that it has on it - i would have thought rear speakers would have been standard issue in any car nowadays.

Can any other S1600 or 3 door Zetec S owners advise or anyone else for that matter.

 

not the first time I have come across this but normally its poverty spec cars not top of the range

 

My mam and dad had a 59 fiesta zetec and that didnt havw rear spwakers either.

 

I looked at a 58 plate Zetec S and that had rear speakers and they sounded O.K.

 

My 12 plate, 3DR 1.25L Zetec has rear speakers. I'm almost certain there's a fade and balance within the audio options.

 

After doing a bit more Googling it appears that the general opinion is that if a 3 door Fiesta and has Bluetooth and USB it will have rear speakers, if it doesn't have Bluetooth and USB it doesn't have rear speakers. How fookin tight is that by Ford? I bet the cost of supplying and fitting speakers on the Ford production line is peanuts yet still they didn't put them in - bastards.
I wonder if the wiring is there even if they aren't fitted?

Thanks to all you guys that have replied, much appreciated .

 

Must be true then as i got Bluetooth USB and Phono for my stereo. Surprisingly the sound system is pretty good.

 

I would think it would be, a lot of things can be retro fitted as the lumes fitted are almost always the same throughout most of the range.