i was picking up a friend and i was gonna do the 2 horn warning, to let him know i was there.
It honked once but then the 2nd one didn't go off.....now whenever i press it, it doesn't honk
I now carry my Airhorn in the car, lol
Quickest thing to check is the fuses, though if you blew one it might be a good idea to try and find out why before you just replace it. THey are only suppose to blow if something is wrong.
I'm on my 4th set of horns. When you actually remove them you will find water and debris inside one of the horns or both.
My guess is they crapped out.
With my horns I used to park in an under ground parking and used them every day (going around corners). So I wore them out fairly quickly.
Just remember when you have to put in new ones, the dealer wants big numbers, I have used the cheap hi/ lows from Canadian tire. They virtually sound the same at a considerable less cost than the dealer.
Peter at next mod had hella horns instock last I check. Our stock horn does sound pretty whimpy. Can't have the Batmobile sounding off "meowwww's", right?
So the OE horns are a solid 100% more expensive then the Canadian tire horns. So I went to CT to see what they had.
FIAMM seems to be the horn supplier for CT and they had 3 grades:
1) Horn - low and high sold separately, $21 each
2) Highway horn (5 dB louder) - low and high sold separately, $29 each
3) El Grande, $37 for the pair of high and low
So I went the cheapo route and got the El Grande.
They install w/ ease and are loud. Does the job, but I can see how flimsy they are and will likely not last as long as OE. But lets see. The OE ones lasted 9 years and 208,000km.
Note: I did not face the red side out. They are black and hidden just like OE.
ya. when the supercharger was installed, the FMIC relocated the low-side horn.... also, when the horn was being removed, the metal of the rad support completely gave and tore off.
So I've relocated the horns to mount off the centre hood-latch bolts. So they're more central now.
Used the horns a few times coming in this morning!
Mine still doesn't work. Its not the fuse and I know the horn works because if I set off the alarm, I can hear the horn but when i press the steering wheel...doesn't work. Where can I take it?
Mine crapped out also. I did the relocation mod 5-7 years ago. I will check to see if I need to replace them.
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