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Car Forum / MINI / May 2004Horn II
Dave a mate of mine at my local Mini Club has just invested in an X reg Mini Cooper Sport and very nice it is too, the only problem is the horn doesn't work. The horn does sound when the alarm is activated though but as it's a late model it has the two little horn pushes on the airbag steering wheel. Last night after our meeting Dave took one of the caps off and earthed the contacts and the horn then sounded when the button was pushed. Any body know why the buttons aren't working? Is it an earthing problem? And no it wasn't bought from a Rover dealer, but from an ordinary car dealer who have told Dave that the warranty doesn't cover electrics! Yes really. Cheers, Taffy To dwell on the warranty thingy, i would have thought that mechanical warranty would cover electrical failure, i would bypass the dealer and goto the lender who should be the company that provided the warranty. Failing that, if the horn didnt work from the start the dealer has in essence sold a car that does meet, even basically meet a standard mot'd car, so it fails to meet the agreement made between the dealer and the customer in exchanging moneys for a road worthy motor vehicle. Try the warranty company, then try trading standards... Jono  SignatureBarspeed Mini`s - Devoted to the Classic Mini "Persisto Transverbero Adversum" Email - barspeed@hotmail.com The Rover Mini Se7en Register - http://www.geocities.com/minise7en2001/ Barspeed Mini`s - http://barspeed.topcities.com Barspeed Mini`s Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/barspeed Barspeed Motor Album - http://barspeed1.topcities.com If you have received this email in error please click below. barspeed@hotmail.com > Dave a mate of mine at my local Mini Club has just invested in an X reg Mini > Cooper Sport and very nice it is too, the only problem is the horn doesn't [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Taffy > To dwell on the warranty thingy, i would have thought that mechanical > warranty would cover electrical failure, i would bypass the dealer and goto [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jono Ok I'll pass the information on, Cheers, Taffy > > Dave a mate of mine at my local Mini Club has just invested in an X reg > Mini [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.679 / Virus Database: 441 - Release Date: 07/05/2004 Hi Taffy, if you or your friend are tempted to have a go yourselves, just remember to disconnect the battery before you remove the air bag from the wheel, do not reconnect battery with air bag disconnected as this will register a fault, Fitzy > > To dwell on the warranty thingy, i would have thought that mechanical > > warranty would cover electrical failure, i would bypass the dealer and [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.679 / Virus Database: 441 - Release Date: 07/05/2004 > Dave a mate of mine at my local Mini Club has just invested in an X reg Mini > Cooper Sport and very nice it is too, the only problem is the horn doesn't [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Taffy That's in belgium the usual way 6 months warranty on mechanical and only 3 on electric's.But in your case the dealer should at least fix it or look wat is wrong if you just bought it. Greets from Belgium Tom |
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