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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 06:04 PM
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Hey guys, my 2000 WS6 is doing something weird, when i lock the doors either with the keyless fob or from inside, about three seconds later my horn honks twice. I have owned my car for a little over a year now and it just started this like three months ago. I called the pontiac place and they had no idea so i thought i'd hit the LS1 minds on here, Thanks
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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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it sounds like your car alarm. but it is only supposed to honk once when you lock it, and twice when you unlock it with the fob...sounds to me like you have some wire crossed
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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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Well that is what i thought at first but it does do the little one half honk when you do the key fob, then two seconds later it lets out two full loud honks.
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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 11:22 PM
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mine honks twice when i lock it, once if i lock it with and a door or something is not closed all the way, and no honks when I unlock it, unless the alarm was set off.
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had your same problem. your shock sensor is bad. get in the back and remove the plastic where the spare tire and amp is, on the wheel well, there is a little black sensor taped to it. replace that.
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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by NBM-LS1
mine honks twice when i lock it, once if i lock it with and a door or something is not closed all the way, and no honks when I unlock it, unless the alarm was set off.
You are 100% correct, all of our cars do this. foreverzero is mixed up.

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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by bww3588
had your same problem. your shock sensor is bad. get in the back and remove the plastic where the spare tire and amp is, on the wheel well, there is a little black sensor taped to it. replace that.
That sounds good, i'll check it out, thanks for the help this honking is driving me crazy!!
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i got one used on here for 26 bucks shipped.....
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dont mean to hijack the thread but i have a horn problem too...my horn sounds like it comes out of a civic...really really high...any ideas?
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replace the horns, commom problem is the jumper wire between the two horns, but it usually breaks in the horn body itself, so its easier to replace the entire horn assembly, rather than taking the horn itself apart to repair the jumper wire.
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dont mean to hijack the thread but i have a horn problem too...my horn sounds like it comes out of a civic...really really high...any ideas?
You have two horns a high and a low frequency one the low horn probably went out leaving the high one on its own....
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 01:09 AM
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yep, its definitely a high and low frequency thing i wen to my local gm dealership and they replaced it for free, no questions asked
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by bww3588
had your same problem. your shock sensor is bad. get in the back and remove the plastic where the spare tire and amp is, on the wheel well, there is a little black sensor taped to it. replace that.
Well that was it! i found the box and unplugged it locked the car and no more annoying honking!!! Thanks for the help



bww3588 i got one used on here for 26 bucks shipped.....

My friend works at a dealership and can get one for twenty bucks, but thanks for the offer
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Originally Posted by speed n sass
Well that was it! i found the box and unplugged it locked the car and no more annoying honking!!! Thanks for the help



bww3588 i got one used on here for 26 bucks shipped.....

My friend works at a dealership and can get one for twenty bucks, but thanks for the offer
glad that was it, i didnt mean i had one forsale, i ment i picked my new one on here for 26 shipped. lol
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