bradizle
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Hey guys well I own a 2011 VE SS series 2 REDLINE ute.
It has 50,000KMS on the clock. very well kept after. I bought it from the showroom roughly 7 months ago and has been perfect running ever since I got it. I love it!!! BUTTTT
Basically for the last 2 weeks something strange has been happening...
I thought it was a weird clutch problem... Id be at the traffic lights.. clutch in and what I could hear is my horn randomly going off.... except it wasnt the full blown horn noise...Sort of half way of noise.. It is however, The horn. It seem's to go away after i take my foot off the clutch and brake at the lights.... Maybe that's not related, im unsure.....
I also can trigger this weird horn noise by turning on my highbeams!?? I can activate the horn by flicking on my highbeams ... on / off ... on / off... .and then sometimes, it doesn't do it...
About roughly 80% of the time It is doing it, and now im noticing the horn will activate quietly ... get a little louder... then go quieter when im not even in the car... Car was in neutral while I was getting smokes at the servo this morning...
It's becoming very embarrasing while sitting at the traffic lights when people think im blowing them off and in return I get the finger, and people yelling at me..
I took it to a mechanic down the road from me and he swapped the relay (HORN 17A) with the (FOGLIGHTS)....I put on the highbeams and it didn't do it anymore! while I was leaving the mechanic and thought .. hmm must of been a sticky relay or something... It started again... randomly and triggered by the highbeams again...
Ahhhhh!! So guys.. what do I do? where Should I investigate? very odd and embarrassing problem which is probly going to start some fierce road rage attack with the dodgy area im living in at the moment, so its quite urgent lol. The car has just ran out of car warranty aswell! I hope its not going to be one of these problems where an auto-electrician cant find where the problem is coming from and half the car is torn apart to get inside the dash wires etc, costing me over a grand to fix in labour and time......, what on earth could of even started this problem in the first place for a new car that is so well kept after? this car is Comeplty stock. I have not fiddeled wires and installed an aftermarket stereo, There is no other issue with my car except this.
There is a video that im currently uploading and will link to youtube today so keep posted.
Cheers! BRAD!
It has 50,000KMS on the clock. very well kept after. I bought it from the showroom roughly 7 months ago and has been perfect running ever since I got it. I love it!!! BUTTTT
Basically for the last 2 weeks something strange has been happening...
I thought it was a weird clutch problem... Id be at the traffic lights.. clutch in and what I could hear is my horn randomly going off.... except it wasnt the full blown horn noise...Sort of half way of noise.. It is however, The horn. It seem's to go away after i take my foot off the clutch and brake at the lights.... Maybe that's not related, im unsure.....
I also can trigger this weird horn noise by turning on my highbeams!?? I can activate the horn by flicking on my highbeams ... on / off ... on / off... .and then sometimes, it doesn't do it...
About roughly 80% of the time It is doing it, and now im noticing the horn will activate quietly ... get a little louder... then go quieter when im not even in the car... Car was in neutral while I was getting smokes at the servo this morning...
It's becoming very embarrasing while sitting at the traffic lights when people think im blowing them off and in return I get the finger, and people yelling at me..
I took it to a mechanic down the road from me and he swapped the relay (HORN 17A) with the (FOGLIGHTS)....I put on the highbeams and it didn't do it anymore! while I was leaving the mechanic and thought .. hmm must of been a sticky relay or something... It started again... randomly and triggered by the highbeams again...
Ahhhhh!! So guys.. what do I do? where Should I investigate? very odd and embarrassing problem which is probly going to start some fierce road rage attack with the dodgy area im living in at the moment, so its quite urgent lol. The car has just ran out of car warranty aswell! I hope its not going to be one of these problems where an auto-electrician cant find where the problem is coming from and half the car is torn apart to get inside the dash wires etc, costing me over a grand to fix in labour and time......, what on earth could of even started this problem in the first place for a new car that is so well kept after? this car is Comeplty stock. I have not fiddeled wires and installed an aftermarket stereo, There is no other issue with my car except this.
There is a video that im currently uploading and will link to youtube today so keep posted.
Cheers! BRAD!