Hey Cats,

My horn stopped working this morning. Any ideas where to start looking?

 

Try the horn relay, or the horn fuse. Both can be located with the owner manual.

 

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Number 11 fuse was blown. Replaced the fuse and relay. Continues to blow fuses. Must be a short somewhere. Anyone ever experience this issue?

 

Check fuse #13 in the engine compartment...is that also blown? There are two horns, and each is on a separate fuse.

 

I checked 13 and it was good. #11 keeps blowing. Blew 3 fuses.

 

Each horn is on a separately fused circuit, common at the relay. This means one horn is not working at all in addition to the one that has a short circuit.

First thing I would do is inspect the wiring between both horns and the fusebox. If the wires are damaged, one could very well be shorting to the chassis while the other is broken.

If the wires look good, disconnect the wires at the passenger side horn and see if fuse 11 stops blowing. If it does, then the passenger side horn probably has an internal short and need to be replaced.

 

Does that mean that the two fuses are in different places?

The horn stopped working as I was using it.

 

Both fuses are in the engine fusebox. I suspect one of horns (the one on fuse #13) was already not working and you just never noticed, and the other one was working until it started blowing the #11 fuse.

 

Thanks WXKR.

 

My 2000 came with one horn dead. They are nothing fancy and I got two "Freeway Blasters" from Canadian Tire that went right in. They even look like the originals. I'd look at replacing the actual horns as well as the relay. Good luck.

 

Craziest thing, I pulled my car out of the garage this morning and the horn is now working.

 

I would still replace those suckers....failure again at the wrong tme can be bad for your health and the car's.

 

Will do!

 

Hi,
I hope somebody is still responding on this post.
The alarm noises of my car are not working any more. A few month ago I noticed that the closing noise isn't sounding anymore. I checked the alarm and horn if its working and it was ok. Afterwards the closing noise worked for a while again. I didn't do anything else because I don't need the closing noise. Two weeks ago I had some time and checked the fuses. Everthing was fine and when I closed the car the locking noise was there again. But just for the day. When I opened the car on the next day the noise was gone again. Afterwards I checked the alert and the horn without luck. Today I checked the fuses again and put on some contact spray. And nothing is making noises anymore. I also checked the battery the voltage is alright. I have no problems with starting the engine. Do you have an idea? Is the sounder brooken down now and died a slow death? Are sounder alarm system, horn and sounder closing/opening noise are different moduls? Then my theory cab't be true or is nearly impossible. I would be happy If you have any further advices.
best regards