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Are you Horny-(Horn not working)

pando666

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well horn stopped working,
relay checked-ok,
horns checked-ok,
earthed black/yellow striped wire behind steering wheel horn sounded,
so all that is left is the horn buttons or the springy thing that connects the wheel to the horn wire.
I think its the springy thing, BUT the AIRBAG wires go into it as well does the horn and airbag have there own spring or is it a common one.
Is the springy unit hard to replace?.
Is this a common failure or should I look at the buttons(I find it hard to believe that both would fail).
 

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is there a fuse for the horn under the dash? i think there is and that might be it
 

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No fuse under dash its in engine bay and its fine. I think the problem is the clock spring unit behind steering wheel. Has anyone had one of these fail, and if so how hard is it to change?.
 

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Kasia.. Anya.... Iveta ehat. what oh :) No I haven't had the springy thing or the horn break yet thank God
 

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book calls it a clock spring, the airbag has one to, inside the same unit.
 

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yeah probably the spring thing mine needs replacing as well cos i fixed my horn but it only works wen the wheels is turned to the side lol. its about a ten dollar part and half hours work i've been told
 

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if you are handy with a soldering iron remove steering wheel you will see the brass end of the clock spring build up some solder on the end . your horn will work for a while longer. i have had to do this many times for registration when no parts avail through local holden dealer in darwin
 
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pando666

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Ok, brass pin is only relevent on NON airbag cars. Cars with airbag use a clock spring unit which supplies power to horn and airbag. Mine has failed, I removed it and opened it up today and found the ribbon cable inside had looped back on itself and pulled out of the conector. This is obviously not a $10 part, from Holden looks like it would be $100+ from Ebay range from $45 to $60. Shyt of a job too had to remove shroud and had to go and but a torx bit with a hole in it, another $11-T30H torx bit- to remove airbag. HORN HAS TO WORK FOR REGO.
 

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i also had this problem in my stato turns out when i ripped out my steering controls i f***ed the horn pad lol
 
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