what do i do abotu the fact that lately when i depress my horn (the whole centerpiece of the wheel, of course), it gets stuck in the down position??

granted, after the car warms up for a while and the heat is on, it loosens up and honks right. but the other morning i pulled out of my spot to go to work and this lady was backing up out of hers. i meant to lightly honk to alert her to the fact that i was there, but it got stuck down and i ended up looking like the biggest a**hole ever.

i even got flipped off!

so how can i stop / fix this? is there like some kind of lube i can use??

 

Just yell out the window and finger her back...

WD40?

 

That was funny! Of course it wasn't me being flipped off. In Boston, you hear horns. Out here, you'd be flipped off or worse if the driver were armed.

I don't have an answer except to get into a dealership for a warranty repair if you're still under the 3/36 bumper-to-bumper. I wouldn't mess with anything involving an airbag.

 

well, see, thats what i was thinking.. something like that. but something about blindly spraying lube in the airbag housing doesnt sound right.

 

Sorry, my attempt at humor...
yeahm WD40 would not do you any good at all...
you say it only happens when you are cold?
does it feel like something in the center is stuck..or the whole rubberized plastic peice? are the sides getting stuck..and the heat helps it expand?

 

its the whole piece. i guess for some reason it contracts and sticks to the part that it slides up against. then i depress the horn and have to literally pull it back up to get it to stop -- and even then it takes a second!

 

another example,

im waiting to make a right turn after the light turns green.. but a pedestrian is crossing. i accidentally hit the horn while turning the wheel and it stays depressed... so it appears as though im angry that hes crossing the street when it says walk!

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

 

I would take the wire clip off of the horn so you stop embarassing yourself. Or if you could just give me your horn because i dont have one on my runner then we would both gain.

 

I still think the finger method is best...who honks anymore..sheesh

 

this is the wrong forum for talk like that !!!

 

BwaHaaaa.. Yep, this is the stereo-typical Boston / Mass-whole driver.. One hand holding the cell phone to head, one hand on the horn button!

j/k buddy, I am a recovering mass-whole myself.. Had to move to CT for re-hab

 

Dude.. he LIVES in BOSTON... You can't take the horn button from a bostonian.. the ACLU will be after ya

 

well i keep my hands off my cell phone when i drive... as well as my turn signal.

DO NOT use your turn signal here.. its like asking someone to block you from changing lanes.

and yes, i will not survive (survival of the fittest!) in this city without a horn of some kind.

by the way, its -12 today.. had to restrain myself from honking 3 times this morning on my way to work just so i wouldnt have to embarassingly pull the piece back up. :pig:

 

Sadly, that is why I moved (grew up there!).
Driving in Boston, if you car about your vehicle, will fry your nerves.
They are some of the most aggressive drivers in the country (even NYC!!!)....totally friggin mental.
People who live there don't get enough sun me thinks.

Quebecois are vocal as hell but not nearly as aggressive.
.......and it is cold as hell up here too.

No offense Lee, I used to me a Ma$$hole too!

 

hah, none taken. im a total masshole when im behind the wheel, but i dont have a boston accent at all, so you'd never know it when you met me.

i can keep up just fine, and the aggro driving style is certainly tiring, but i really feel like ive lost a couple of fingers or something with this horn problem!

i need a vacation :beach:

 

To fix the horn you will likely need to take it apart.
Get a Haynes manual if you don't have one already (shows you how it comes apart).
Then find the possible locations/reasons for sticking....should be very obvious.
then either grease that area or modify/fix it so it stops.
There may be a part broken.....no idea until you get it apart.

......and do be careful not to touch any YELLOW airbag connectors.

 

luckily i have a mechanic i trust with my life, so ill swing by his place, see if he wants to take it apart with me.

 

I lived in Cambridge. I felt safer on my bicycle getting around Back Bay than in my car. It's like this: Portland drivers are suicidal, Boston drivers homicidal.

 

At least they aren't retarded like PHX.

 

believe it or not, i tend to think that its because we have the BIGGEST retard drivers in the world (people pulling the DUMBEST maneuvers) that people drive so aggressively and angrily.

i mean.. some people just make you want to