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Old 04-30-2017, 12:54 AM
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Which wires sound the horn?

Hey guys I've been searching the forums and can't find a straight answer, I need to know what wires in the steering column / under the driver's kick panel I need to connect to get my horn to sound. I was troubleshooting it earlier and found out both my horns sound great, the problem was the PO put in a grant wheel and didn't bother to connect anything to the horn button

I want to go back to a stock wheel soon, but for now and troubleshooting I'd really appreciate if somebody could tell me what wires I'm looking for! I was only able to find a wiring diagram for the horn relay, which shows I need to ground Terminal B to get my horns to sound. So I'm guessing I'm looking for 2 wires, one from Terminal B and one that runs to ground?

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Re: Which wires sound the horn?

There's no ground wire. The horn button gets a chassis ground at the steering shaft. Trace the wire from the relay in the convenience center. Chances are your cancel cam is broken, as mentioned in this thread.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/elec...tion-87-a.html
Old 04-30-2017, 08:55 PM
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Re: Which wires sound the horn?

Thanks Drew, I actually did read that thread before, that's where I learned how to test the horns directly under the hood :P I ended up just running a wire from Terminal B and grounding it to the exposed metal in the center of my steering wheel, horns sound great! :P

I meant to check the cancel cam today but forgot, I doubt it's related anyways since this a replacement Grant wheel with a little plastic horn button in the center, and looks like it was never hooked up. The PO did one heck of a half-finished "trap door" job above my fuel tank too, so I have no doubt he just threw the wheel on and didn't bother to connect anything. Like I said I'm going back to a stock wheel, so when I switch that out I'm sure I'll find it laying in the column somewhere :P




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