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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 07:39 AM
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i was washed the vette last night and i put her in the gasrage and 15 minutes later the horn is going off.i had to disconnect the battery to make it stop,so the question is WHATS WRONG WITH MY VETTE
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i was washed the vette last night and i put her in the gasrage and 15 minutes later the horn is going off.i had to disconnect the battery to make it stop,so the question is WHATS WRONG WITH MY VETTE
I suppose you tried to stop the horn by unlocking the car with the fob....
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Didn't have the remote in your pocket and sit on it did you? Not that I would know anything about doing that...
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Didn't have the remote in your pocket and sit on it did you? Not that I would know anything about doing that...
sounds like a case of sitting on the FOB
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 08:57 AM
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sounds like a case of sitting on the FOB

nope the fob was in the car
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 08:58 AM
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i was washed the vette last night and i put her in the gasrage and 15 minutes later the horn is going off.i had to disconnect the battery to make it stop,so the question is WHATS WRONG WITH MY VETTE

Water and electronics do not get along, maybe some water got inside of a connector and caused a temporary short.
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