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robinjJun-24-03 06:46 PM
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#51232, "horn buttons don't work (well)"


          

got cut off by an old lady the other day (oh, the shame...) my right horn button hasn't worked since I got my car a few months ago, the left one's getting more funky. I ended up using my intake as a horn, she got the point. emoji so, my question is how to go about testing the buttons, i.e. would I remove some panel on the wheel?
I was hoping the guy that stickered my car earlier today wouldn't ask for the horn, since I knew the buttons suck... fortunately he didn't. regardless, I might've been asking this earlier in the day.

- robin

  

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TeamDR1665Jun-25-03 05:44 AM
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#51263, "RE: horn buttons don't work (well)"
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I think I know what you're talking about. When you hit the horn they sort of crackle, right? They just don't seem to stay on constantly and you feel like a doosh when you use them. I would suggest disconnecting the battery and waiting about 5 minutes before you mess with any wires near the wheel. :o You could get an vohm meter out and find the horn wires to check for continuity then. Good luck. Let me know what happens, mkay? emoji

  

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robinjJun-25-03 12:13 PM
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#51296, "RE: horn buttons don't work (well)"
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how would I go about getting at the horn wires themselves? I suspect it's the buttons or contacts inside the wheel, but I couldn't figure out how to get at 'em. and, yes, the left button does that brief crackle and doesn't stay on... the right side's completely dead.
I'll have to borrow a multimeter from radioshack sometime.

- robin

  

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dj bildoJun-28-03 09:11 PM
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#51631, "RE: horn buttons don't work (well)"
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yea i have the same problem with the shitty buttons on the steering wheel. they suck, i have to press them in really hard sometimes to get them to work.. lol. i was thinking of just rewiring new buttons somewhere on the back of the steering wheel for the horn instead.

  

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blinkbizkit500Jun-28-03 10:12 PM
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#51636, "RE: horn buttons don't work (well)"
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i found that pushing them both in at once works much better than just hitting one (either the left or right) by itself.

  

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