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Old Oct 11, 2003 | 08:20 PM
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Default HORN Doesn't Work! Fuses OK, what else can it be?

Hey everyone..i did a search for "horn" and read about just rechecking the fuses. I checked the fuse under the hood, and 2 fuses that were recommended to check under the dash. Fuses look ok. If i push on the horn button...i only here a quiet clicking..but no BEEP. Anybody know what it may be? Thanks in Advance
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 12:12 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iH8RICERZ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey everyone..i did a search for "horn" and read about just rechecking the fuses. I checked the fuse under the hood, and 2 fuses that were recommended to check under the dash. Fuses look ok. If i push on the horn button...i only here a quiet clicking..but no BEEP. Anybody know what it may be? Thanks in Advance</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sounds like the problem is at the horn itself. Clicking should be the horn relay. It may be that the relay is bad, but power is flowing into the relay and it is switching. Whether the juice is flowing out is another story.
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 02:15 AM
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ive got the same problem... its gonna be fixed on monday so if u pm i will remember to let u know whats up .. it makes the clicking noize yet it doenst want to sound..
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 07:26 AM
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Default Re: HORN Doesn't Work! Fuses OK, what else can it be? (iH8RICERZ)

i have same problem , but i got no clicking noise. mine works wen its parked outside wen its really hot outside. it works for a lil bit then stops working. where is the horn relay?
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 12:42 PM
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Im calling a misgrounded wire. I had the same problem about a year ago when I bought my car. I forget what i did but one of the wires wasn't grounded properly and I fixed it and my horn worked. It was pure luck.
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 01:56 PM
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My horn wasn't working, I looked under the car and it was unplugged.
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 03:40 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4505 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My horn wasn't working, I looked under the car and it was unplugged. </TD></TR></TABLE>
yup thats exactly what happend to me, the horn wouldnt work and it would click when i pressed it. most likely its just unpluged
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 03:44 PM
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where is the plug underneath the car...exactly what should i be looking for.....?
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 05:02 PM
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check if anything is actually physically touching the horn
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 06:11 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integraautox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Im calling a misgrounded wire. I had the same problem about a year ago when I bought my car. I forget what i did but one of the wires wasn't grounded properly and I fixed it and my horn worked. It was pure luck.</TD></TR></TABLE>

did your cruise not work either before you found this missing ground??? if so, let me know..........thanks

as for your horn.....if it's clicking, the relay is probably working fine, other than that, probably some grounds somewhere......
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 06:11 PM
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passenger side, inside the lower portion of the front bumper, near the radiator. It is a black circle you can't really miss it.
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 09:12 PM
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Default Re: HORN Doesn't Work! Fuses OK, what else can it be? (integraautox)

my horn spontaniously failed after a bad rain storm. One day it worked, one day it didnt. As far as i know any honda hord as far back as 87 will plug in, and bolt on in the same place. I have been running with an 88civic horn for about 4 years now from a junk yard. Its probably the horn itself.

Good luck
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 10:37 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NeoGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

did your cruise not work either before you found this missing ground??? if so, let me know..........thanks

as for your horn.....if it's clicking, the relay is probably working fine, other than that, probably some grounds somewhere......</TD></TR></TABLE>

Cruise control and the horn ground are unrelated. If the horn relay (by the under dash fuse block) works, then the cruise should too, since it is branched just before the horn switch
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 07:01 AM
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Default Re: HORN Doesn't Work! Fuses OK, what else can it be? (Bill Hook)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bill Hook &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Cruise control and the horn ground are unrelated. If the horn relay (by the under dash fuse block) works, then the cruise should too, since it is branched just before the horn switch</TD></TR></TABLE>

alright, thanks
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 07:48 AM
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Have you figured out your horn problem yet? Disconnect the connector going directly to the horn. Get a test light a probe one end to each wire/ terminal at the connector. Have someone press the horn button at the steering wheel. If the test light illuminates than your horn is bad and the whole circuit to the horn is functioning. If the test light doesn't illuminate than the problem is somewhere else in the circuit. Good Luck
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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 03:27 PM
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Replace the horn... I had same symptoms and replacing it worked.
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