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Old 09-10-2006, 11:36 AM
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hi peeps need help asap as my car is booked in for a mot tomorrow and my horn is not working i belive this is a mot fail so how can i fix it any suggestions?
Old 09-10-2006, 12:04 PM
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have you checked the wires to the horn its self and on the back of the wheel as these sometimes come lose or breakdown
Old 09-10-2006, 12:11 PM
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yes ive checked these but when you touch the 2 wires together the horn still doesnt go off
Old 09-10-2006, 01:47 PM
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know anybody with that you could try there horn unit, if not get down scrapper
Old 09-10-2006, 01:57 PM
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next my next step mate prob a faulty horn unit cheers for your help scott
Old 16-10-2006, 10:02 AM
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right ive connected my horn to the batt n it goes off but when i connect it back to how it shud be it doesnt work i went underneath my car yesterday n found another 2 horns near the front bumber are these the horns what shud work cus i have been trying to get the one where the abs unit is to work? which is just a normal horn but the ones near the fron bumber are like air horns??? any help on this is appricated
Old 17-10-2006, 01:45 PM
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stupid question dan have u checked the fuse

i await a
Old 17-10-2006, 02:13 PM
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get tracing ur wires then
sounds like there's a break somewhere
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will do mate im on it tonight
Old 17-10-2006, 02:52 PM
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hopefully it's only a manky connection
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Fuse box its a common mk 5 fault for most electrical probs
Old 23-10-2006, 08:09 AM
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all sorted now it was a manky connection going in to the fusebox i re soldered it n its now working spot on
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