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Old 01-02-2012, 11:30 AM
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Horn.....

Horn don't work, checked fuse it is fine, ideas?


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unplug wire from horn, get 2 wires with aligator clips to make it easy and ground one spade on horn and other touch the + on your battery if it honks then ruled horn out, my guess is the contact behind steering wheel went bad, mine did way back when I had my 87 and I wired up and used a momentary switch on dash for the horn, or you can replace the contact assembly on steering column with new or used one, but used one would end up wearing out too :}

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Horn frozen?
Mine stopped working a few weeks ago when the temp dropped into the single digits..
Then when it warmed up it was fine
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T-shooting should be pretty straightforward. Unplug the horn and use the jumpers or use a test light and have someone press the button while you watch the light. On my 94 Toyota, the horn was located on the right hand side (passenger side) in front of the radiator toward the top. I remember it was a bugger because the radiator fins are sharp and cut the back of my hand open.
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If the light does not illumintate then you might have a bad switch, a bad relay (assuming there is a relay) or an open circuit (broken wire or bad ground).
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yeah it's the horn itself, got power going to the horn, I took it off and shook it and it rattles. Hard wired it and it vibrates but no horn, think the horn itself is bad. thanks for the help guys!
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Now that you have it figured out put in a better horn. It is easy to do. Just plug the new horn into the positive source and use the body as the ground.

I ended up getting a 76 cadillac horn and it is 1000 times better. Now when I hit the horn I get peoples attention.

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I replaced my stock horn on the 94 because it sounded pathetic. This Caddy horn sounds better than the stock.
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Caddy horn sounds awesome, nice mod!!!! :}
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