intermitant horn

[philr]

Now I don't tend to use my horn much, but the other day some Dodo pulled out on me on a roundabout leaving me option but to brake very hard to avoid hitting him. To me this was enough to warant a blast of the horn so I pressed the button and held it there - but nothing. So the dodo got away scott free !
Later on my journey having periodically tested the horn to no avail, it started working fine again.

Any body got any ideas !

[hut49]

Viagra?

Well someone had to

[R&J]

Damn it Nick. You beat me to it.
Rich

[jeremyc]

hut49 said: Viagra?

Well someone had to

...but only someone in the pharmacutical business.

[schueymcfee]

At least you didn't have a Smokey and the Bandit moment when the Sheriff hits the horn to get people out of the way and the car is so knackered it stays on

I'm easily amused

[hut49]

jeremyc said:

hut49 said: Viagra?

Well someone had to

...but only someone in the pharmacutical business.

OK - it's a fair cop! And no, I don't have any free samples

[philr]

And there was me trying hard to ignore the obvious ones

whitisisms aside, does anyone have any ideas ?

[schueymcfee]

O.K. serious now, I've heard dirt can get in between the contacts on the horn ring and stop conduction of electricity. Try taking the centre boss off and cleaning the contacts.

[hut49]

..but be careful you don't activate the airbag

[paul]

If its intermittant then its probably a contact problem in the horn boss/button. WD-40 is the short-term fix there.

FYI on my '98 Chimaera, the horn and the fans shared the same fuse - I was travelling back to London from Cambridge and noticed the horn wasn't working. I was doing fine until I hit traffic on the Old Kent Road and the radiator went pop. Might be worth checking - 'cos a faulty contact in the button could cause the fuse to blow...

That said of course it wouldn't surprise me if you car has entirely different fuse & relay configuration.

[philr]

Thank you Gentlemen. I'll have a fiddle with it at the weekend - Oh no, here we go again with those smutty comments

I think they must have forgot to fit the airbag on my car - must have been a Friday afternoon car