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Anonymous Posted on Feb 25, 2013

Horn not working

I pulled off the steering wheel pad and that looks fine,I know it's somewhere behind the drivers light........

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The horn is base of fuse and a relay. the first test is to check or should i say listen for a click sound which will be coming from the horn relay, if you're not getting no click from the relay check the horn fuse. I am hoping you have a test probe, if the fuse is ok then you locate the horn relay which is normally in the fuse box in the engine and you sick your test light into where the relay that you took out and press the horn,if it lit then you have a faulty relay.

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What,kinda vehicle do u have,ck fuse,ck relay, find horn&run a jumper wire to it to see if it works,

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  • Posted on Oct 24, 2008

SOURCE: SRS light stays on

This is most likely a wiring issue in the steering column.  I advise you not to attempt to repair this on your own unless you are an experienced mechanic.  If you do be very cautious as the airbag wiring runs through there and can be a very dangerous mistake.

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  • Posted on Dec 30, 2008

SOURCE: 1999 toyota corolla Horn doesn't work.

Usually the wire from the steering wheel is Green w/Red and the wire to the horn from the fuse box is White. There is only one fuse, sometimes shared with the emergency lights. Check to see if there is power to the horn itself with a volt meter.

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  • Posted on Jan 27, 2009

SOURCE: air bag light stays on & horn does not work

replace the clock-spring ribbon contact under the steering wheel, that is the problem, u have lost the connection due to a broken ribbon contact.

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  • Posted on Jan 09, 2010

SOURCE: 98 grand caravan horn stuck on, removed the horn

Sounds like it. Can't you take the horn pad off.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 25, 2010

SOURCE: The horn not workingI

The metal plate in reference above has small copper contacts. If they do not meet the horn will not work. We used a dremel on ALL of the contact point and it made no difference, the horn still only works about 5% of the time. After a whole lot of testing (I have the same issue with my 2000 Toyota Sienna) we found that the ground is weak, too weak for the relay most times. At this point I am going to run an alternate ground by "borrowing" the wire for the mute button for audio controls through the clock spring. The existing ground connects to the steering column. Before we discovered this I spent $285 on a new clock spring :(

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Disconnect the battery ground cable before removing the steering wheel. When installing a steering wheel, always make sure that the turn signal lever is in the neutral position.

  1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
  2. If your vehicle is equipped with controls for the radio on the steering wheel proceed as follows:




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Fig. Fig. 1: Pry out the control button assembly with a thin-bladed tool along the top of the edge, being careful not to damage the control assembly

  1. Pry out the control button assembly with a thin bladed tool along the top of the edge of the assembly.
  2. Disconnect the steering wheel control.

  1. On vehicles without the radio controls on the steering pad, take a thin-bladed tool and pry the pad off the steering wheel. On wheels with a center cap, pull off the cap.




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Fig. Fig. 2: Common steering wheel pad types

  1. After lifting the trim off, pry the horn wires from the back of the pad. On some models gently push down on the horn lead and turn left, the wire and spring will then come out of the canceling cam tower.




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Fig. Fig. 3: Carefully pry the lead wire for the horn off of the horn pad

  1. Remove the retainer ring with a pair of ring expanders, then remove the steering wheel nut.
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