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Old 03-20-2006, 09:47 PM
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I really need to push my steering wheel hard to get my horn to work. is there a horn pad behind the air bag that i can replace or adjust?
Old 03-21-2006, 12:31 AM
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I'm in the same boat here....sometimes I need to push hard on it three or four times before I get the horn to sound.
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Same problem here too. Have to hit it just right to get horn to sound! GRRRRRR!
Some one hopefully will chime in and help us all.
Old 03-21-2006, 10:08 PM
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I orderd a horn contact from the dealer. $10...we'll see how it goes.
Old 03-22-2006, 01:44 PM
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Might not be the contact in the wheel...those horns are "adjustable" via a screw that changes the resistance of each horn...eventually they get jacked up/out of whack...could be that. I tried to "adjust" mine once when they stopped working well...they became so non functional I cut them both off and switched to 80's dodge truck horns.
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I just replaced the contacts. It worked better, but i was not satisfied.

The airbag hits the contacts, and the contacts hit the wheel when you press it.
I made little plastic spacers and stuck them with double sided tape, on the outside of the contacts. This makes a shorter distance between the contact, and now you dont have to press it so hard.

I didnt see any adjusting screw...
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Screw is on the horn itself in the front left passenger nose area under the battery, accessed from below. There is a thread about that nearby by The Interceptor.




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