Horn gremlins
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Horn gremlins
I then took the horn off and connected it direct to the battery, horn worked
I re connected the horn back up, obviously I knew that it wasnt going to work, and it didnt. So, I connected up the black/yellow ( I believe is live) wire to the horn and ran a wire from the batt earth to the horn earth and it was constantly belting out a beep, as if the steering wheel horn was being held.
Is the horn switch connected to earth so when its pressed it makes an earth?
Because I thought it was switched live?
i'm confused to what it could be. It used to work fine, and I havnt touched the steering wheel.
Help?
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VW wire the horn totally differently to the rest of the world. +12v is run to the horn permanently (or at least when ign on) and the switch at the steering wheel earths to -ve.
There are relays involved (on GTIs at least) and the horns draw a lot of juice, any slightly duff connections and they won't work. I'd start be removing the horn/s and testing direct to a battery, even if this works doesn't mean that the horn will work when back under the car. Another trick is to just have one horn on the GL/GTI setup as both seem to overload the system.
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Thanks for helping boys
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Earth on steering column
Spring connection under the steering wheel itself
Relays and fuses
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i also have a problem with my horn..
i have read this topic and will check everything i can..
wanted more details on where this earth is on the steering rack please?
my horn does work but very low, not loud at all (maybe one 1 of the 2 are working :dontknow
would mine be the same problems as mentioned or would someone know whats wrong here?
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would it be possible to sort it out from underneath the car if it was on a ramp?
i couldnt tell exactly where that is but seems like its the left side from looking into the bay..
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