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Old Jun 11, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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Today i just noticed that my horn honks once when i hit the lock button on the keyless entry. Before today it honked 2 times. Is this just a sign the battery in the keypad needs to be replaced?
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Old Jun 11, 2006 | 11:54 PM
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ditto...i just got home and mine only honked one time....everytime before now it has honked twice...
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 02:40 AM
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Its because your hatch or one of your doors is still open
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 02:40 AM
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If i dont close my hatch all the way mine will do the same and or if i dont close my door all the way
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Jakson
Today i just noticed that my horn honks once when i hit the lock button on the keyless entry. Before today it honked 2 times.
I had the same exact problem for the last week but today when I locked the car it honked two times again. What's going on???
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 02:48 AM
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Originally Posted by stillremains
I had the same exact problem for the last week but today when I locked the car it honked two times again. What's going on???
Perhaps one of the door-ajar sensors having intermittent contact problems?
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 03:46 AM
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Hmm, it could be my hatch, i washed the car today and opened the hatch to get my cleaning supplies out of the back and didn't shut it very tight. I will check it tomorrow.
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 04:01 AM
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is your 98 hatch a bich to close sometimes?
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 12:06 PM
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Ok, checked it this morning, the hatch wasnt closed tight enough. Honks twice again My hatch closes fine, just kinda shut it like the hood. What does yours do to make it a bitch to close? I know it rattles alot going over bumps and such, but i guess this is a common problem..
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 04:58 PM
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i have to slam mine to close it and when i pop it open i sometimes have to pull up on the spoiler to get it to come up..
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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yeah thats how i know if my **** isnt closed, the one honk
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by 10.9@1/4
i have to slam mine to close it and when i pop it open i sometimes have to pull up on the spoiler to get it to come up..
Hmm, i thought this was normal. My hatch is the same way, but i never knew how it operated new because i just bought the car. When i hit the hatch button, it just sounds like it unlocks it and i pull it up myself, is it supposed to pop all the way open by it self?
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 01:31 AM
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Hmm, i thought this was normal. My hatch is the same way, but i never knew how it operated new because i just bought the car. When i hit the hatch button, it just sounds like it unlocks it and i pull it up myself, is it supposed to pop all the way open by it self?
Some of them pop open farther than others. IIRC, there's instructions on installuniversity.com for upgrading the spring it uses, which some people do to improve their weak hatch-popping.
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 02:20 AM
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Mine doesnt honk at all. Should it?
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 02:51 AM
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Jakson, the reason yours doent "pop up" is because the all the 98's do is unlatch it, 99+ their trunks actually open an inch or so when the button is pressed, nothing wrong with yours, just a different design. Oh and sometimes the carpet can get caught on the little switch by the latch and hold it, and the computer will still think the hatch is open and only honk once.
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 10.9@1/4
is your 98 hatch a bich to close sometimes?
mine is, sometimes i have to close it a few times.

It will pop up, but it is hard to open sometimes too
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 11:53 AM
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If I have a 98, could I put in the springs that the 99+ use to have it raise up a little? There's nothing more annoying than coming out of a store with a big armful of stuff and having to open the hatch and juggle around whatever it is i'm carrying.
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 01:13 PM
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mine doesnt even have spring...i know my last camaro, an 01, popped right on up and closed easily, thats why i asked...
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