Horn not working?? *RESOLVED*

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S.Kayani wrote:yeah i can hear it clicking when i press the horn, how did u figure it out to be that??
A mate who is a VAG technician checked power supplies and no power was reaching the horns themselves. It's a real pain to get to the rear of the fuse panel too :(
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arghh, if i got someone to put a VAGCOM cable to the car you reckon you might be able to tell thru that?
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S.Kayani wrote:yeah i can hear it clicking when i press the horn, how did u figure it out to be that??

i can too, it still sounds like a switch clicking when you press the wheel.
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Thatll be either the contacts in the wheel, or the horn relay clicking. And no, vagcom will be of no help.
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Mine has stopped working too! The fuse is OK, and the relay behind the fuse panel is firing, so I'm thinking it must be a dodgy connection at the horn end! Will be having the car up on the lift to have a look at the weekend and report back, hopefully its just a loose connection somewhere accessible though!
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the_mini_mole wrote:Mine has stopped working too! The fuse is OK, and the relay behind the fuse panel is firing, so I'm thinking it must be a dodgy connection at the horn end! Will be having the car up on the lift to have a look at the weekend and report back, hopefully its just a loose connection somewhere accessible though!
Check that you are getting power to the horns. If you are then your horns are shot. If the relay is clicking there is a loose connection between the relay and the horns. This will probably be something to do with the fuse panel connections.
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vr6south wrote:
the_mini_mole wrote:Mine has stopped working too! The fuse is OK, and the relay behind the fuse panel is firing, so I'm thinking it must be a dodgy connection at the horn end! Will be having the car up on the lift to have a look at the weekend and report back, hopefully its just a loose connection somewhere accessible though!
Check that you are getting power to the horns. If you are then your horns are shot. If the relay is clicking there is a loose connection between the relay and the horns. This will probably be something to do with the fuse panel connections.
If i remove the number 19 fuse (horn) then the relay doesn't fire when pressing the centre of the s/wheel down, with the fuse in it does, this to me says dodgy connection from relay --> horn, or fubared horn, although I'm more used to messing about with electrical nightmares on old cars (got to sort my Mini's wipers too this afternoon after they decided to pack up!)
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Back of the net!

Mine works again now, replaced fuse 47 (see my other thread) which is the headlight washer fuse and suddenly i had the horn back!

Can anyone explain why fuse 47 effects the horn?
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dantheram wrote: Back of the net!

Mine works again now, replaced fuse 47 (see my other thread) which is the headlight washer fuse and suddenly i had the horn back!

Can anyone explain why fuse 47 effects the horn?

top man! just changed fuse 47 on mine and its also working again! thats why i love this forum! :D
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Will try this as I noticed that my headlight washers aren't working either! Will report back tomorrow!
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i will bet my house thats its fuse 47
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Yup, fuse had gone. Replaced and horn working again. Job done!
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when i bought my car the horn wasnt working or the headlight washers,just changed fuse 47 and now the headlight washers are working but still no horn!however now when i press the horn i can hear a clicking noise which i cudnt hear when the fuse was blown :? any ideas what else to try?
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