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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / June 2005'96 850 Wagon - now horn won't work!
First my rear wiper won't work....now my horn doesn't work. It is on the same fuse as the front wipers and those work fine, so not the fuse. What else could be wrong? Is this this a common 850 issue? Is this something I can fix myself? I'm wary of doing anything with the steering wheel because of the air bag. > First my rear wiper won't work....now my horn doesn't work. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > something I can fix myself? I'm wary of doing anything with the > steering wheel because of the air bag. I don't know if this applies to your situation, but my '96 850 started having all sorts of strange electrical problems when the ignition switch went bad. Try wiggling the keys around in the ignition to see if that modulates the problem or not. John Interesting. Since posting the message I've driven around town doing errands and the horn sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. I'll try jiggling the key around next time it isn't working to see if that makes it work. Thanks... Atif > > First my rear wiper won't work....now my horn doesn't work. > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > John The wires leading to the horn aren't protected all that well... but they are tucked away behind the bumper, a broken connection here would cause the horn to not work at all... And most likely one tone would still work (Volvo's have two horns, one is a higher pitched, the other is a lower pitched horn). I'd look at the ignition (well i'd get someone to)... Volvo's and VW's are two brands of cars that (I know for sure, probably other european makes as well) don't let you honk your horn unless the key is in the ignition, and you are in position II (I believe, might be position I)... meaning a faulty connection here could cause trouble for the horn and other systems (radio, headlights - other systems that seem to only come on with the ignition on a Volvo). > First my rear wiper won't work....now my horn doesn't work. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > something I can fix myself? I'm wary of doing anything with the > steering wheel because of the air bag. My horn seems to work fine now. Yesterday when it stopped working it was raining. It has been raining here on and off for the last few days. Today was the first non-rain day and the horn seems to be working fine now. I see the next time it rains if the horn stops working. If it does I guess that means there is an exposed wire or something that is getting shorted out in the rain? > The wires leading to the horn aren't protected all that well... but they are > tucked away behind the bumper, a broken connection here would cause the horn [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > something I can fix myself? I'm wary of doing anything with the > > steering wheel because of the air bag. Dampness causes all sorts of weird problems when cars get older (and the rubber seals around electrical connections start to age)... I wouldn't say rain water was shorting out the horn (a true short would cause a fuse to blow)... I would say the water caused and open connection (breaking the path for current to flow)... Could have even been cooler/warmer temperatures, or vibrations - we had a speaker in our old 1991 Golf that would randomly start and stop working (for days at a time, or cutting in and out at random)... And a headlight that for some reason when out... I got mad at the car, kicked the bumper and the light came back on :-). Crawl under the car and look at the connections on the horn if you want... But those are all permanent style connections - the first connections that tend to go are on contacts (in the ignition, or the horn buttons/button) Do you use your horn a lot? (seems like it)... I never seem to have to use mine, I wouldn't even know if it started to act up for weeks... Volvo horns seem to have a good enough sound to wake up other drivers, but if yours goes completely you could always wire in an air horn ;-). > My horn seems to work fine now. Yesterday when it stopped working it > was raining. It has been raining here on and off for the last few days. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> > something I can fix myself? I'm wary of doing anything with the >> > steering wheel because of the air bag. Thanks for the input...I think your dampness theory makes more sense. > Do you use your horn a lot? (seems like it)... I never seem to have to use Um..I'm originally a Boston drive. I live in Upstate New York now so it took a LONG time to learn NOT to honk as much as I did in Boston. So to answer your questions...I don't use it as much as I use to. I don't know when it stopped working. But as soon as I noticed it *REALLY* bothered me because I USE to rely on it quite a bit. > mine, I wouldn't even know if it started to act up for weeks... Volvo horns > seem to have a good enough sound to wake up other drivers, but if yours goes [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >> headlights - other systems that seem to only come on with the ignition on > >> a |
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