Horn doesn't work
Horn doesn't work
Now that I replaced the defogger relay/harness (thanks guys, especially Grants!) and re-wired my deck, I have another problem:
-My horn doesn't work... At all.
Due to the severity of the symptom, I'm pretty sure it's not just a corroded switch. Before I try anything radical, I want to replace the fuse (since I have some automotive 10s, 15s, 20s and 30s lying around), but I don't know which one's responsible for it. For starters, can you guys tell me which one it is and where it's located?
-My horn doesn't work... At all.
Due to the severity of the symptom, I'm pretty sure it's not just a corroded switch. Before I try anything radical, I want to replace the fuse (since I have some automotive 10s, 15s, 20s and 30s lying around), but I don't know which one's responsible for it. For starters, can you guys tell me which one it is and where it's located?
Carthago Delenda Est
In that case I won't need luck... I already have your guidance lol I'll see if I can get to it tomorrow, as long as the relay itself doesn't cost me an arm and a leg. I can always buy another one of those light wiring kits and eventually have all of my relays hanging by plastic ties lol
Carthago Delenda Est
My horn stopped working too.
Search function is not working well. Can't find older threads posted showing how to replace the relay, anyone got a link?
I had replaced my dying horn with a nice and loud dual horn. It worked like a charm for many months. But suddenly one day, the horn wasn't working at all. No sound whatsoever. I press the horn on the steering wheel, and nothing happens.
-Ed
Search function is not working well. Can't find older threads posted showing how to replace the relay, anyone got a link?
I had replaced my dying horn with a nice and loud dual horn. It worked like a charm for many months. But suddenly one day, the horn wasn't working at all. No sound whatsoever. I press the horn on the steering wheel, and nothing happens.
-Ed
"Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are."<BR>-Brillat Savarin
I can only hear a physical switch of some kind when I press the steering wheel center, but no "click" or something else.Grants wrote:Can you hear the relay click under the dash? Its not very load but you should be able to hear it with the engine, etc, off.
I'll double check with the engine off.
-Ed
"Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are."<BR>-Brillat Savarin
Try that first and if the noise you hear is coming from under the dash it means the relay is probably ok (unless the main contacts are burnt out).
You ok with a voltmeter? If you can locate the relay you should have 12V to the GREEN / WHITE wire at the relay at all times and 12V to the GREEN / YELLOW wire when the horn button is pressed and the relay clicks.
Let us know how you go and if we can be of some more assistance.
You ok with a voltmeter? If you can locate the relay you should have 12V to the GREEN / WHITE wire at the relay at all times and 12V to the GREEN / YELLOW wire when the horn button is pressed and the relay clicks.
Let us know how you go and if we can be of some more assistance.
“You’ll find, that the only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that’s hardly worth the effort.”
Wow hey my horn stopped working two..then one day it just starded blairing at me, so i cut some blue wire that i was SURE was the horn, but it kept going so i just to the wire out by the horn.
Now I just don't know what to do about it. White and red you say? I'll check it out and see if they're not connected or corroded or something...w/e
Now I just don't know what to do about it. White and red you say? I'll check it out and see if they're not connected or corroded or something...w/e
Anyone got a pic of where the relay is?Grants wrote:Try that first and if the noise you hear is coming from under the dash it means the relay is probably ok (unless the main contacts are burnt out).
You ok with a voltmeter? If you can locate the relay you should have 12V to the GREEN / WHITE wire at the relay at all times and 12V to the GREEN / YELLOW wire when the horn button is pressed and the relay clicks.
Let us know how you go and if we can be of some more assistance.
I have a DMM, so I can measure the voltage.
I'm pretty sure the relay is dead, because I have never heard the clicking. I'm heading to my MX-3 soon, so I'll have a listen.
-Ed
"Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are."<BR>-Brillat Savarin
The relay is under the dash above the pedals sort of...
If you can hear it clicking it means there is power to the relay (so the fuse must be ok as the relay uses the same 12V supply to both energise the coil and provide power to the line side of the relay contact) and the switching is working ok.
So I'd be going straight to the horn itself and checking the connections and seeing if you get 12 volts there. Hopefully its just a bad connection.
If you can hear it clicking it means there is power to the relay (so the fuse must be ok as the relay uses the same 12V supply to both energise the coil and provide power to the line side of the relay contact) and the switching is working ok.
So I'd be going straight to the horn itself and checking the connections and seeing if you get 12 volts there. Hopefully its just a bad connection.
“You’ll find, that the only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that’s hardly worth the effort.”
Of course, this involves removing the turn signal lamp assembly and the headlight. If I have to replace it again, I'm going to relocate the horn, what a stupid place for it in the first place.Grants wrote:The relay is under the dash above the pedals sort of...
If you can hear it clicking it means there is power to the relay (so the fuse must be ok as the relay uses the same 12V supply to both energise the coil and provide power to the line side of the relay contact) and the switching is working ok.
So I'd be going straight to the horn itself and checking the connections and seeing if you get 12 volts there. Hopefully its just a bad connection.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll be taking my trusty Fluke DMM to my MX-3....
-Ed
"Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are."<BR>-Brillat Savarin