Horn won't quit...mostly!

[jamie1960]

Hello and thank you in advance for any help. I just purchased a 99 GA SE, 130K, 3.4L and when we test drove it the horn did not work. Salesman said prev owner disconnected it because it "had a mind of its own". Dealer reconnected horn, I brought it home, parked it in the garage and was startled out of my sleep at 4:30 am by the distinct sound of a car horn...full blast and steady.

After a short and panicked look for the horn (couldn't locate it) I opened the driver's door and smacked, hard, the center of steering wheel. Horn stopped immediately. So, I quickly disconnected the battery to avoid further embarrassment and early morning wake-ups, and that's where I'm at.

I noticed when I tried the horn after picking up the vehicle it didn't take much pressure to activate the horn. Is maybe something going on temperaturewise with the steering wheel? Again, any help is greatly appreciated. If I need to remove the steering wheel or components please include instructions as I'm totally new to this car

[jamie1960]

So, no one has had this problem or can offer any help? How sad! I thought with all the experts on here there would be a plethora of responses. C'mon guys! Surely someone knows what this is :-).

[thephantom1492]

you actually have already your answer in your own question.

Horn switch is sensitive...
hitting it made it stop...

first suspect is the switch.

[Tech II]

I agree.....the car should not have been sold to you in that condition.....this is a safety issue......the reason why the place that sold it to you did not fix it, is because the horn switch is part of the air bag module......very expensive to fix....

Retutn the vehicle and have them replace the air bag.....if they won't, return the car....if they won't take it back, report them to your local Registry of Motor Vehicles.....they can't sell a vehicle that won't pass a safety inspection, especially when they know why the horn was disconnected....

[jamie1960]

Thank you! I appreciate the help. However, the horn does work, so I'm not sure if I have any recourse with the dealer. The problem is it works TOO good! I suppose I can give it a try see what they say. They're pretty good about making things right, which is why I bought the car there to begin with. I didn't get the impression they knew what the issue was other than it had been disconnected. Thanks again and let's hope I can get this resolved.