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Horn(s) Issue

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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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Horn(s) Issue

Ever since last winter I have had an issue with either one horn working or the other but seldom both. Sometimes I have no horns at all.
I have checked the wiring and everything seems good. Usually after messing with the wires one horn will start working and the other won't anymore or vis versa.
Is there something I should be looking for or a way to have dual horns like the car is supposed to?

Thanks all!
 
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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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Haha, mine has started doing the same thing...
 
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 12:37 AM
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I think one of my horns died, I checked my fuses and none of the wires were lose. I'm just thinking about waiting for them both to die, so I can get new ones.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 08:34 AM
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My factory horns slowly died this past year. There was nothing wrong with the wiring, but they were both rusted out internally. I modified the factory clips and installed a new pair of 120dB Hella Supertones for $60 shipped.







 
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 09:49 AM
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Sounds like the horns are a poor design, might have to go with the aftermarket route soon. I was hoping there was a simple cure
 
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Old Sep 29, 2009 | 08:56 AM
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As it turns out I found simple cure for now. The stock horns must have an issue with bad contacts inside of them (perhaps from water). I hit the defective horn with a screwdriver multiple times while someone was holding down the horn switch on the steering wheel and slowly the horn started to come back to life. At this point both horns are working perfectly.
 
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