[Vwdiesel] Weird horn problem!

[Kevin Jack]

Oh no! I thought it was going to be simple. Hopefully mine is the key thing.

Tommorrow ill check it out, if its not that, then maybe Ill pull the fuse.

Let me know if anyone knows anything else.
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Val Christian" <val at swamps.roc.ny.us>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Weird horn problem!


> For the life of my 92 Jetta, I have had this problem, intermittently.
> It's not because of a large wad of keys.  I only carry one key, alone,
> without a ring or fob.  So there's not an extra key getting into the
> equation.
>
> I've had it that after I tap the starter, the horn stays on for a time
> between 100 msec and about 10 seconds.  Usually the duration is less than
> 2 seconds.
>
> Val
>
>
>
> >
> > At 06:39 PM 9/6/03 -0400, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Hey Guys
> > >>
> > >> I havent posted in a while.
> > >>
> > >> Sometimes when I start my car, while the starter is turning the horn
> > >starts
> > >> honking crazy. I have no idea why it does this.
> >
> > You have a lot of keys on your ring.
> > When you start, one of them gets between the base of the steering wheel
and
> > the fixed part of the column, grounding the horn contact on the back of
the
> > wheel, and sounding the horn.
> >
> > Try moving one of the extra keys into that space (ignition must be on)
and
> > prove it for yourself.
> >
> > This has been posted before.
> >
> > Sandy
> >
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