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Old Sep 18, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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No...it's not what you think!!!!

Can somebody tell me why my horn only works some of the time. I checked the wires and they are all secure.
I tried both and neither one will work.

After it sits then the horn works again.
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Old Sep 18, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by photoguy
No...it's not what you think!!!!

Can somebody tell me why my horn only works some of the time. I checked the wires and they are all secure.
I tried both and neither one will work.

After it sits then the horn works again.
Me too, same problem on my '92. It (almost) reliably works when the car is stationary, but (almost) never when moving on the road. I think someone told me there is a conductive 'ring' behind the steering wheel that can either corrode or come loose that can make one intermittently horny....
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Old Sep 18, 2006 | 01:10 PM
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It's the actual buttons on the wheel. The way it's set up is pretty crappy. But, that horn "button" has 2 long prongs on the under side which push down on copper pieces and touch a contact that sounds the horn. Those long prongs are only plastic and bend over time. They become so bent that they don't even touch the copper. Sometimes you may get contact.
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Old Sep 18, 2006 | 01:17 PM
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Is there an "easy" fix for this or should I just let it go??
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