Hey Folks,

I live in Malawi, Africa and purchased a 1996 CRV that was sold new in Japan and after about 13 years exported to Malawi. Recently my horn went out, but, quite honestly, I don't trust a mechanic here to wander into the horn structure to fix it until I have some information and try to do it myself. Looking through the internet, I found this website and thought you all could help.

The horn went out very unceremoniously. About three weeks ago, while driving down the road, it started honking continuously until I tapped it a few times on the wheel to stop it. It then worked fine for two weeks. Then, again driving down the road, I tried to use the horn and it wasn't functioning at all. No puttering out, just nothing.

I checked the fuses and everything is good. I tried looking at the wire going into the horn and it looks fully encased (no shorting on metal), but I couldn't see its entirety where it runs into the cabin. On that note, I'm assuming I found the right horn: it is installed under the hood at the base of the windshield right in the middle. I say this because an alarm system was installed before I owned the vehicle and, I think, they put in an additional horn (the alarm sounds different than the steering wheel horn), but it might be wired directly into the stock horn.

I don't have an owners manual or anything else: such is life here. With all that said, any ideas?

One last thing: I had my horn go out on a car at home ('98 Mazda sedan) and to fix it I simply pulled off the steering wheel cover and addressed the connection problem. Before digging into the steering wheel, though, I wanted to know if this model/year has an airbag or other considerations. Does anyone know? Should I simply remove the steering wheel cover and take a look?

This is a weird one, but I figured someone here would have ideas. Thanks!
Zachary

 

Check the connection of the 2 horns behind the front bumper . They are know for getting loose

 

if its not the connection, try other horn (civic, accord fits ) they go for cheap

 

My advice is to first try another horn.

 

^ all great advice.

 

Hey Folks,

I looked in front of the radiator, in between it and the bumper, and found the horns. Turns out the first horn I found was an after-market addition just for the alarm. There weren't any connections that were obviously unhooked, so I unplugged and replugged everything I could find in that electrical circuit. Still nothing. Before I go on a search for replacement horns, any other ideas?

Also, can I simply remove the old horns and replace them with anything that has the same connector? Finding authentic Honda parts isn't easy here, so I'm hoping this would work.

Again, any thoughts are helpful. Thanks!

 

Any horn will work. If you have a multimeter check for high voltage (12.6-14.7) when the horn button is pressed. So you don't ruin the connector, use paper clips instead of jamming the multimeter probes inside the connector.