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my horn seems to have died, need help troubleshooting
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:59 am
by cp_stunna_2011
yes, my horn died, i dont know how, i checked the horn fuse and its not blown, has anyone else suffered this same tragedy? Any help or ideas would be nice.
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:03 am
by Sublimewind
Have you checked any of the wires? Have you tested at the horn for voltage? The horn could have just died, not totally uncommon.. not really normal either though... Maybe it's time for some real horns.. lol..
Re: (Sublimewind)
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:12 am
by keithvibe
showoff.. Quote, originally posted by Sublimewind »
Re: my horn seems to have died, need help troubleshooting (cp_stunna_2011)
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:21 am
by Herb
Can you hear any clicking from the relay when you try to hit the horn?Have you had any work done on your Vibe lately? My horn was "dead" because someone forgot to reconnect the wire. I had to check it myself
Re: (keithvibe)
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:11 am
by Sublimewind
Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »showoff.. You're darn TOOTIN.. lol..
Re: my horn seems to have died, need help troubleshooting (cp_stunna_2011)
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:04 am
by jake75
Quote, originally posted by cp_stunna_2011 »yes, my horn died, i dont know how, i checked the horn fuse and its not blown, has anyone else suffered this same tragedy? Any help or ideas would be nice.My horn is not dead but it has always sounded very very sick!
Re: my horn seems to have died, need help troubleshooting (cp_stunna_2011)
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:07 pm
by silvrhawk7
Quote, originally posted by cp_stunna_2011 »yes, my horn died, i dont know how, i checked the horn fuse and its not blown, has anyone else suffered this same tragedy? Any help or ideas would be nice.as the others have said, check the components, however if it is the horn a quick fix would be advance auto +$20= New and better horn...(cant stand that toyota provided one)Or for a little more, maybe the hella twin horns....
Re: my horn seems to have died, need help troubleshooting (silvrhawk7)
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:06 am
by Sublimewind
Quote, originally posted by silvrhawk7 »as the others have said, check the components, however if it is the horn a quick fix would be advance auto +$20= New and better horn...(cant stand that toyota provided one)Or for a little more, maybe the hella twin horns....Hellas are popular with my Subaru crowd... Problem is, they are about 60+$ for them... While what I showed above is about 30$ on Amazon (so ~60 total for 2 compressors and 6 trumpets..!!) LoL...
Re: my horn seems to have died, need help troubleshooting (silvrhawk7)
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:45 am
by jake75
This would have been a good factory option . . . "Decent horn $60"Nuummi could have quadrupled tripled the cost difference..
Re: my horn seems to have died, need help troubleshooting (jake75)
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:56 am
by cp_stunna_2011
it seems to have come back by itself idk how it died and came back but i didnt do anything to it it just kinda came back on its own. hmmm, maybe ill attempt to put in some loud horns.
Re: my horn seems to have died, need help troubleshooting (cp_stunna_2011)
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:14 pm
by rocket9005
That sounds like a loose connection to me. If it came loose, and then fixed itself once , it will do it again, probably when you really need that wimpy horn; like when a soccer mom in a Excursion is gabbing on her cell phone, and she is doing a lane change without signaling. I've been waiting for my horn to fail so that I can get something louder, like from and Excursion.