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Car horn started dying last week and is now deceased

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  • 15-11-2008 12:10pm
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    limericklad87
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭


    Any one got any suggestions.....

    its a nissan Almera 2000.. older model

    whats the next step considering i have no mechanical background


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    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Viagra will cure an inactive horn






    or so I heard


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    limericklad87
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭limericklad87


    the title was gonna be something like 'i want my horn back' or 'i lost my horn'..... but it was a little too obvious


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    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Horns are normally held on with one or 2 nuts (ha ha)

    Playing with them too much can break them.

    Resist touching your horn everytime you see a good looking burd.

    Were you at a wedding?


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    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,867 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Slightly off-topic.. but has anyone ever been disappointed by the horn in their car? My Passat has a big manly sounding horn :D but I had a Golf for a few days and I don't know if it was broken or something but all it had was a little beep.. so here I was coming round a roundabout when this idiot shoots out in front of me and all I can do is give him this little tiny beep???!! I was disgusted! :p

    Was so glad to get the Passat back I can tell you!


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    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users Posts: 5,379 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    Kaiser2000 wrote: »
    Slightly off-topic.. but has anyone ever been disappointed by the horn in their car? My Passat has a big manly sounding horn :D but I had a Golf for a few days and I don't know if it was broken or something but all it had was a little beep.. so here I was coming round a roundabout when this idiot shoots out in front of me and all I can do is give him this little tiny beep???!! I was disgusted! :p

    Was so glad to get the Passat back I can tell you!

    That's interesting cause usually the size of the car is inversely proportional to the size of the horn ;)

    limericklad87 wrote: »
    Any one got any suggestions.....

    its a nissan Almera 2000.. older model

    whats the next step considering i have no mechanical background

    Right it could be a couple of things.... Firstly you need to locate the horn, usually mounted in behind the front grill ( should look like one of these http://www.autoectech.com/auto%20accessories/car%20horn/horn.jpg ).

    Take out the horn, disconnect the 2 wires from it (There may only be one wire, if the negative comes from where its bolted on). Then get jumper 12V onto it from your battery and see if it works... chances are it won't...

    you'll pick up a replacement in any motor factors or a scrap yard. The same horn is probably used on lots of nissans... i wouldn't bother going back to Nissan for a replacement...


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    ART6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭ART6


    Check the power supply and earth connections at the horn. Nine times out of ten it's just a bad earth. A clean up and shot of WD40 cures a multitude of ills.


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    limericklad87
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭limericklad87


    kinda comes and goes at the moment very infrequent tho..... bad connection or the horn needs replacing?


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    LightningBolt
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    limericklad87 wrote: »
    kinda comes and goes at the moment very infrequent tho..... bad connection or the horn needs replacing?

    Going by what you said I'm guessing it's the fuse needs replacing or it's loose. Happened on my first car (a punto :D)


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    limericklad87
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭limericklad87


    when i said infrequent i meant that the majority of the time it is not working but when it does work, rarely, it sounds very bad..... i think its the horn itself


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