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Horn location?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:27 am
by maniaci137
So I was awoken this morning at 6:30 am by the sound of the horn going off in my girlfriend's 88 GTU. In my half-awake state, I was able to tread into the darkness at 3 degrees farenheit to unhook the battery. I didn't have time to do any more looking before having to go to work, where is the horn located? I'm probably going to unhook it for now.
Sorry if it's in an obvious place, but I was a little out of it this morning.
Re: Horn location?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:22 am
by heavywoody
It's under the driver and/or passenger headlight, behind the bumper.
Re: Horn location?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:54 am
by Thompson128
heavywoody wrote:It's under the driver and/or passenger headlight, behind the bumper.
Sorry for my ignorance, but is it on a separate fuse? That sounds like a pain in the ass.
Re: Horn location?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:04 pm
by DTMAce
Yeah, with the radio.
lol
And it IS a pain in the ass to get to for the plug. Bases had only one horn and I think those were only on the passenger side, not sure how the GT/GTUs were. GTZ Z26 had 2 horns, one on each side.
But I'm pretty sure the fuse for the horn was the same one that did the radio.
Re: Horn location?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:41 pm
by maniaci137
That's what the repair manual says.
It did say there's a relay for the horn under the dash, I guess I can check that out too.
As for this car goes, the g/f knows the PO and she said it does that all the time when it gets really cold out. Weird. Does anyone else have this problem? lol
Re: Horn location?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:25 pm
by Money pit Beretta
The PO? Anyway I'm thinking it's the horn "button" in the steering wheel. Some people tend to mash the horn when they are mad and the contacts get close(bent) over the years. When it's cold the contacts touch do to everything contracting.
Re: Horn location?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:33 pm
by ErichZ26
1988..it may have 2. Upper models have 2 horns and lower got 1.
Re: Horn location?
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:47 am
by themixer
its prob the steering wheel button the plates that trip the horn seem to get bent from smashing it over the years. that piece on the center pops off very easy
Re: Horn location?
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:09 pm
by maniaci137
themixer wrote:its prob the steering wheel button the plates that trip the horn seem to get bent from smashing it over the years. that piece on the center pops off very easy
Yeah, I tried that and to my delight, the horn button snaps off with no tools. And the horn connector is one spade connector.
Super easy fix.