Dodge Journey Rear Door Panel Speaker Size
The Dodge Journey rear door panel accommodates a 6.5 inch speaker size and 6x9 inch speakers, with each location supporting one of these 2 unique sizes depending on the model year. Compatible speaker types across the data include midbass and full-range units. The specifications cover the years 2011 through 2020.
| Year | Type | Size (inch) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2019 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2018 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2017 | Full-Range | 6x9 |
| 2016 | Full-Range | 6x9 |
| 2015 | Full-Range | 6x9 |
| 2014 | Full-Range | 6x9 |
| 2013 | Full-Range | 6x9 |
| 2012 | Full-Range | 6x9 |
| 2011 | Full-Range | 6x9 |
Speaker Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 flush-mount location built into the interior door trim, where the speaker sits within a molded cavity and fires into the cabin passenger space.
- Rear door panel installations are typically constrained by the door's internal depth and the structural framing of the panel, which determines the maximum speaker diameter and mounting depth a given model year can accept.
- The Dodge Journey rear door panel used a 6x9 inch speaker from 2011 through 2017, an oval format that accommodates a larger cone surface area than a circular 6.5 inch driver, allowing greater low-frequency displacement from the same door cavity depth.
- The 6x9 inch format in the rear door panel position is listed as compatible only with full-range drivers, meaning a single driver in that location was expected to reproduce the full audible spectrum without the support of a separate tweeter mounted nearby in the door.
- A full-range driver combines a main cone with an integrated whizzer cone or internal tweeter element, enabling it to handle frequencies from the low bass range up through the upper treble within a single enclosure, which suits the rear door panel where no secondary high-frequency driver is mounted.
- From 2018 through 2020, the Dodge Journey rear door panel shifted to a 6.5 inch circular speaker cutout, a smaller diameter than the 6x9 inch oval used in prior years, indicating a change in the door panel's mounting ring geometry.
- The 6.5 inch size in the rear door panel location is listed as compatible with both midbass and full-range types, giving 2018-2020 installations the option of a driver tuned specifically for lower midrange and bass frequencies rather than requiring full-spectrum reproduction from that position.
- A midbass driver is optimized for the frequency range roughly between 80 Hz and 500 Hz, with a stiffer cone and a roll surround designed to handle higher excursion at low frequencies, making the rear door panel-which is physically separated from front tweeters-a suitable midbass position in a component speaker system.
- The rear door panel location places the speaker low in the vehicle and angled toward the cabin floor rather than at ear level, a geometry that naturally attenuates high-frequency content due to directional dispersion characteristics of treble frequencies, which supports the midbass role in 2018-2020 models.
- Because the rear door panel sits within a sealed or semi-sealed door cavity, the enclosed air volume behind the cone acts as an acoustic load on the driver, influencing the effective bass extension and sensitivity of whichever speaker type is mounted there.