Car honks when turning right

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by BuicksRock, Jan 18, 2003.

  1. BuicksRock

    BuicksRock Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I've had other car makes do this to me in the past, talk about embarassing (also funny the first few times) :rolleyes: Until I get a chance to tear into the steering column, what would be the best way to disconnect the horn??

    Has anyone else had this happen in their Buick?

    -Chris
     
  2. Yardley

    Yardley Club Jackass

    Open the hood and just pull the wires off the horns. They are held on with a spade connector (on older cars, anyway).
     
  3. brblx

    brblx clueless

    there's also the horn contact inside the wheel. it's only two screws on standard wheels to get the front cover off.
     
  4. alan

    alan High-tech Dinosaur

    The easiest thing to do is don't turn right! :laugh:
     
  5. Eric Schmelzer

    Eric Schmelzer Well-Known Member

    Take three lefts instead:laugh: :laugh:
     
  6. Greg Schmelzer

    Greg Schmelzer What are you looking at?!

    A question

    Chris, if it honks when you turn right and not to the left, what happens when you turn left and then straighten the wheel back out. Does it honk then?:Do No:
     
  7. Claus Moeller

    Claus Moeller White trash...

  8. Madcat455

    Madcat455 Need..more... AMMO!!!

    I rember doing pranks like this in Highschool...lol. with the horn, wiper washers... etc. at least its not every time you hit the brakes:Brow:
     
  9. OLDS442GM

    OLDS442GM Going Fast With Class!

    Sounds like the wire from the horn pad to the colum is striped in an area and grounding out to make the horn go off. If not, then I would assume some electrial gremlin in the column. Check the horn pad contact wire...it takes only 10 min. to get the horn pad off :TU:

    Larry
     
  10. BuicksRock

    BuicksRock Well-Known Member

    Well, the horn doesn't honk when I push the horn button, only sometimes when I turn right, also it seems to do it more often when the right blinker is on. :Dou:

    I'll probably check it out next weekend, I hope it's just something under the pad. :grin:

    -Chris
     
  11. GRNDNL

    GRNDNL Wannabe

    Just change your user name to "BuicksHonk" :laugh:
     
  12. Claus Moeller

    Claus Moeller White trash...

    -Or Buick HUNK!! :Brow:
     
  13. 462CID

    462CID Buick newbie since '89

    I agree with Larry.


    Two years ago, I had a bad ground wire and when I turned my directionals on, I could hear the horn relay click, and the hazard lights would flash. I tore out the entire wiring harness...turned ouy it was a body ground, not the harness:laugh:
     
  14. Joe Kelsch

    Joe Kelsch Eat Mo' Rats

    With my 84 Mercury Topaz GS (my first GS) everytime I turned right the car stalled. Had something to do with putting to much load on the ignition module. Usually I would just coast and put it in neutral and restart it, unless I was going uphill. Then I would get a run at it and then put it in neutral.

    Regarding your problem: my brother recently put on a new GS wheel on his Skylark. He wasn't able to securely attach the horn wiring and its bound to come loose. Maybe a similar situation for you, or at least hope so. I would rather not have to tear the whole steering column apart.

    Good Luck!!
     

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