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Old 04-12-2009, 09:30 AM
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i was driving down the road yesterday and all of a sudden my horn started blowing all by itself,scared the **** out of me at 6:00 in the morning as well as my neighbors,i pulled over and yanked the horn fuse to shut this thing up,anyone dealt with this?
Old 04-12-2009, 11:58 AM
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haha I dunno but that's hilarious button stick?
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Ahh, the phantom horn honk is a common problem and is related somehow with a metalic foil airbag sticker in the steering wheel. Mine does it @ 2-3 times a year. Mine once honked at a pleasently plump flag girl at a construction area so I went along with it and smiled at her. http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthr...t=horn+honking
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^^^ Yup, mine does it as well. Supposed to be able to pull the airbag from the wheel and wrap the wires with tape to fix it. I just laugh and wave to whoever looks at me when it happens!
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^^^same here. I had thought my car had been wrecked for a while.
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theres another thread on ls1gto where the person had the mystery honk, and does a step by step on the repair. i dont think it was to tape the wires, i think he just got behind the airbag and cleaned the connections and it went away
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As funny as some of those stories are I hope it doesn't happen to me.
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You probably have a short circuit, probably under the driver's airbag. The airbag should be easy to remove. Take it out and see what you see. Oh yeah, first remove the airbag fuse. The problem could also be a defective horn relay - the contacts could be welded together. The easiest way to test the relay is to replace it.

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Default cant find Horn

I know this my sound stupid but I cant find the horn for the 04 Pontiac gto. It stopped working so cant just honk it. I found the alarm horn and that works but looked all over for the other horn. if any body can describe were it is would be appreciated. even better would be a couple of pics showing were its at thank you.
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Behind the front bumper. Driver side
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Yep, phantom horn honks here too. But mine only sounds for a split second. Happened to me once at a red light sitting next to a lady cop. Just smiled awkwardly and drove away gently. ha!
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Happened to a few local guys around here, ended up being the BCM wires.
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I have looked behind bumper driver side and I cant find anywhere it hooks up also isn't there supposed to be one on the passenger side? there is a connector there for one but again no idea were it is supposed to bolt up to. so please if any one can run out take pics of there horns and were there bolted to and post them would be greatly appreciated.. thank you..



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