Dodge Charger Rear Door Panel Speaker Size
The Dodge Charger rear door panel accommodates a 6.5 inch speaker size, and also supports 3.5 inch and 6x9 inch speakers across various model years. Compatible speaker types for these locations include midbass, full-range, and midrange units. The specifications cover a range of years from 2011 to 2023.
| Year | Type | Size (inch) |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2023 | Midrange | 3.5 |
| 2022 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2022 | Midrange | 3.5 |
| 2021 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2021 | Midrange | 3.5 |
| 2020 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2020 | Midrange | 3.5 |
| 2019 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2019 | Midrange | 3.5 |
| 2018 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2018 | Midrange | 3.5 |
| 2017 | Midrange | 3.5 |
| 2016 | Midrange | 3.5 |
| 2013 | Full-Range | 6x9 |
| 2012 | Full-Range | 6x9 |
| 2011 | Full-Range | 6x9 |
Speaker Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Midrange | A driver for the middle of the audible range, typically from about 300 Hz to 5,000 Hz, where vocals and most instruments sit. It is often paired with a tweeter and a woofer. |
| Midbass | A driver tuned for upper bass and lower midrange, roughly from 80 Hz to 500 Hz. It has longer cone travel than a full-range unit, which supports stronger bass in doors and panels. |
| Full-Range | A single driver that reproduces bass through treble without a separate crossover network. It is the simplest replacement option and is common in factory audio systems. |
Additional Notes
- The rear door panel is a lateral, door-mounted position within the cabin, placing speakers along the lower side walls of the rear seating area rather than in overhead or deck-mounted locations.
- Door panel installations typically constrain speaker depth due to the internal architecture of the door cavity, which includes window mechanisms, wiring harnesses, and structural reinforcements behind the mounting surface.
- The 6.5-inch diameter accommodates a cone area large enough to move sufficient air for midbass reproduction, covering roughly 80 Hz to 500 Hz, which contributes body and warmth to the lower-midrange portion of the audio spectrum in the rear door position.
- A 6.5-inch speaker in a full-range configuration extends coverage beyond midbass into the upper midrange and partial high frequencies, allowing a single driver in the rear door panel to handle a broad portion of the audible spectrum without requiring a supplemental tweeter at the same location.
- The 3.5-inch size, by contrast, produces a smaller cone area that limits low-frequency output but supports accurate midrange reproduction, generally spanning approximately 200 Hz to 5 kHz, which in a rear door panel position reinforces vocal intelligibility and upper harmonic detail for rear passengers.
- Midrange drivers, as a speaker type, are engineered with a focus on the frequency band most associated with human speech and instrumentation, making a 3.5-inch midrange unit in the rear door panel acoustically suited to presence and clarity rather than bass reinforcement.
- The 6x9-inch oval format presents a larger cone surface area than either round size in the specifications, allowing greater air displacement and extended low-frequency reach within the rear door panel cavity on 2011, 2012, and 2013 Dodge Charger models.
- The 6x9-inch format is listed exclusively as full-range for the Dodge Charger rear door panel in the 2011-2013 model years, meaning a single driver in that location handles the entire reproduced frequency range assigned to that position.
- An oval 6x9-inch speaker requires an oval mounting cutout, which is dimensionally distinct from the round cutouts associated with the 6.5-inch and 3.5-inch positions, indicating a physical change in the rear door panel design between the earlier and later model year groupings.
- The rear door panel location, being positioned near seated ear height for rear occupants, means the directional output of midrange and full-range drivers at this position radiates toward the rear cabin listening area more directly than floor- or deck-mounted alternatives.
- From 2018 through 2023, the rear door panel accommodates 2 distinct speaker positions simultaneously - one 6.5-inch and one 3.5-inch - indicating the door panel structure in those model years includes separate mounting locations for each driver within the same door.
- In 2016 and 2017, only the 3.5-inch midrange position is listed for the rear door panel, indicating the door cavity in those model years does not include the larger 6.5-inch mounting location present in the 2018-2023 grouping.