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2000 civic Si horn is crazy?! Non stop!?

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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 03:18 AM
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Default 2000 civic Si horn is crazy?! Non stop!?

Well I went and bought my 2nd em1 and of course I loved it as much as my 1st one. Well my first had no horn at all so I said oh we'll. Now I went and got the 2nd one and it did! Well I got her home and looked at it and I pushed the horn button but nothing happened so I checked the fuses and they were perfect then I took the bumper off and checked the horn out. Turns out it was just unplugged. So I said okay an plugged it back in. And as soon as I did it honked non stop. Scaring the **** out of me. I know it's just a horn and not a big deal but id like to have one so any ideas?
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 03:31 AM
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You have a grounding issue. Gonna have to start tracing wires. You didn't mention if it was stock or aftermarket.
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 05:26 AM
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technically it is a big deal. Horn is part of the inspection here in NY. no horn, no sticker.
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 05:54 AM
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No inspections in most of TN.
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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Yeah we can run them open headers here and be alright. lol But yeah its stock.
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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Is there an alarm on it? If not, I would pull the steering wheel off and check the horn contacts first, then proceed from there.
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 11:35 PM
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lol, yea, you're grounded out somewhere. Time to get out the multimeter and start checking for continuity to body ground along the wire(s). If you have a shop manual, the wiring diagrams contained within will help a lot in isolating where it's grounded (under dash, engine bay, etc.) Like previously mentioned, check contacts in the steering wheel first, though, since it's easy and a likely source of grounding. If that checks out, then start looking for an open in the wires leading from the horn itself. Happy hunting!
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