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Old 03-27-2007, 03:03 AM
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Just starting today i believe, my horn has started emitting a much more high-pitched sound than it did before. It does it both when I honk the horn on the steering wheel and lock my car (the 2 short honks). Do we have 2 horns that activate at the same time? and if we do, would 1 horn dying cause a higher pitched honk? Damn my car and its random *** breaks.
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probably got water or something up inside of it. Take it out and check. Moving to maint.
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Originally Posted by KipMaslonka
Just starting today i believe, my horn has started emitting a much more high-pitched sound than it did before. It does it both when I honk the horn on the steering wheel and lock my car (the 2 short honks). Do we have 2 horns that activate at the same time? and if we do, would 1 horn dying cause a higher pitched honk? Damn my car and its random *** breaks.
Sounds like you lost your 'low' horn. My 2 previous f-bodies came to me this way
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my car does the same thing, its supposedly a horn out, it gets kinda annoying but then again i dont really use my horn, it sounds like a gay little riceburner horn lol, i havent wanted to put money into something i never use, is there a howto on how to switch the horns and put a new one in?
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It's not hard. Just plug and play. You can find replacement horns at auto part stores. They are made by Fiamm. I think there are two versions. They are called hiway blaster or freeway blaster or something like that. One will be louder than the other, I believe. They look very similar but the connectors face different ways which will render your wires too short if bought a wrong one. Just take your the old horn with you when you buy it.

Here's more information
https://ls1tech.com/forums/wiring-stereo-electronics/83503-gm-part-horns.html
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Just fixed it, the low-frequency one had water in it. Unbolt, tilt upside down, rebolt aimed slightly down now. 10mins. Works good as new yay!
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I want a train horn.
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I think this is an age-old problem with GM horns.... My '02 TA does this, as well as my '71 Buick Skylark. I guess an upgrade in the horn design in 31 years is too much to ask!
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Yeah i hate the way our horns sounds, but dont feel like paying to get a new one



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