Horn Replacement?
02-12-2020, 08:20 AM
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Horn Replacement?
My horn has been sounding pretty sickly lately. Is the OEM horn a 2-tone horn? What's the deal on horn replacement—any point in replacing with OEM, or should I just get one of those loud-*** aftermarket horns like from Wolo? How hard is it to get at the horn? TIA!
02-12-2020, 11:32 PM
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Just my personal preference, but I would go with the OEM horn. It is plenty loud enough to get someone's attention.
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02-13-2020, 08:49 PM
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You can do it from under the car without removing the headlight quite easily. Remove the passenger front lower trim piece (a few 7mm bolts) and a 13 or 15mm for the horn bracket itself, one connector, and it's out.
20 minutes tops.
20 minutes tops.
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02-14-2020, 10:02 AM
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the horns sometimes corrode up and can be revived with use. I read that in a helpful post here. I would suppose a little cleaning would also free up a stuck aluminum membrane.
I sprung for fresh new ones, but I suspect I may also need a new membrane switch in the steering wheel. Super glad a replacement switch is now on the market, because the do it your self switch posted here, scrounged from blood pressure cuffs or whatever, looked a little doubtful that I could build and instal the thing correctly on the first try. not that glad that the broken switch is a common enough problem that it can support an aftermarket need, or that GM doesn't support the need.
I sprung for fresh new ones, but I suspect I may also need a new membrane switch in the steering wheel. Super glad a replacement switch is now on the market, because the do it your self switch posted here, scrounged from blood pressure cuffs or whatever, looked a little doubtful that I could build and instal the thing correctly on the first try. not that glad that the broken switch is a common enough problem that it can support an aftermarket need, or that GM doesn't support the need.
02-14-2020, 10:47 AM
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the horns sometimes corrode up and can be revived with use. I read that in a helpful post here. I would suppose a little cleaning would also free up a stuck aluminum membrane.
I sprung for fresh new ones, but I suspect I may also need a new membrane switch in the steering wheel. Super glad a replacement switch is now on the market, because the do it your self switch posted here, scrounged from blood pressure cuffs or whatever, looked a little doubtful that I could build and instal the thing correctly on the first try. not that glad that the broken switch is a common enough problem that it can support an aftermarket need, or that GM doesn't support the need.
I sprung for fresh new ones, but I suspect I may also need a new membrane switch in the steering wheel. Super glad a replacement switch is now on the market, because the do it your self switch posted here, scrounged from blood pressure cuffs or whatever, looked a little doubtful that I could build and instal the thing correctly on the first try. not that glad that the broken switch is a common enough problem that it can support an aftermarket need, or that GM doesn't support the need.
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