[urq] Horn issues

[Ingo Rautenberg]

I second (or is that 3rd?) the horn button. You may have a weak spring or a
plastic piece might have broken off/is cracked -- leading to premature
grounding -- as grounding is all that the horn button does to make the horn
work.
Which steering wheel are you using, btw?

Ingo

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 4:39 PM, <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:

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>  Yes, it'll be the horn button, or the wire going to it is somehow
> grounding near the steering wheel mount.
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> Try turning the wheel back and forth while sitting still... also rap on the
> wheel a bit too... I'll bet it will honk.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com>
> To: 'audiqtrocp' <audiqtrocp at aol.com>
> Cc: urq <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wed, Feb 9, 2011 2:06 pm
> Subject: Re: [urq] Horn issues
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> Actually - no snow/ice buildup - it was bone dry.  We only have a few
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> of snow - and being so cold it was very dry snow....
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> Thanks guys
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> Brandon
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: audiqtrocp [mailto:audiqtrocp at aol.com]
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:45 PM
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> To: Brandon Rogers
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> Cc: <urq at audifans.com>
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> Subject: Re: [urq] Horn issues
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> Was there some ice-pack around the wires causing it to short out and honk?
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> Maybe the insulation on that old wiring decided to break away rather than
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> On Feb 9, 2011, at 11:19, "Brandon Rogers" <brogers at terrix.com> wrote:
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> > Guys-
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> > So yesterday I was driving home - it was cold - about 5 deg C - and my
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> > horn just started intermittently honking.  I'm sitting at a light - it
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> > honks. I'm passing by a girl at a bus stop - it honks. I pass by a guy
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> > at a bus stop - it honks.  I'm driving along - it honks!  So I did
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> > pull over - was able to pull the wires from one of the horns - but
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> > couldn't get to the other one and it still honked intermittently by
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> > itself.  Usually when I was behind some gang bangers in a '79 Impala
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> > with 24's at a stop light.
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> > Do horns just go bad?  Horn button going bad?  Wiring issue?  Any
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> > BTDT?
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> > Brandon
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