Nomad_Brad Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 SOOO I get a knock on the door, ten minutes ago at 7 am and I open the door to hear beeeeeeeeeeeppppppppp, apparently when my car gets hella cold/frozen the horn sometimes stays locked on, beeeeeeeeeeepppppppppp, so I guess from 3am until apartment staff got to the office at 7am it was just going beeeeeeepppppppp, I got NO alarm system and to fix the problem I turned the streaing wheel and it finally stopped, but it didn't want to, I had to like find a sweet spot for the horn to stop honking......anybody have this issue, I believe a short in the wire somewhere on the actual steering wheel is where the issue is..... Or maybe I bought the only EA82 subaru alarm clock :lol: -Nomad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdjdc Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Sounds like you have a bad roll connector in the steering column. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad_Brad Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 Sounds like you have a bad roll connector in the steering column. Should I disconnect the horn altogether?? or is that a easy fix? steering column sounds hard. haha -Nomad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdjdc Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 If the roll connector is failing, it has to be replaced. It controls the horn and the blinkers. It is going to completely fail. Replacement isn't all that difficult. You remove the steering wheel and the column surrlund and the connector is right there. I may even have one in my store house of parts. I can look this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricearu Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 dc at the horn for now, so you don't get anymore wakeup calls lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plodder Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I think the previuos post is right, but I had a horn that went off when I turned to the left or right I forget now. Anyway, I pulled off the rubber to the to the horn pressure mechanism in the steering wheel, and what was happening, was the wires pulled a little from the inside column, and the pressure mechanism was smashed enough so the wire moving set it off, and now that I think of it, it did go off in the cold a few times. All I did was to disable the mechanism on that side of the steering wheel. Check it out, IT IS EASY!!! I wish you well, Dann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad_Brad Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 I think it is something more like what Dan talking about, my steering wheel served as a punching bag one night after a casino run......I think maybe something under the rubber is bent now that think about it...I will investigate... -Nomad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowmastered87GL Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Easy fix.... disconnect the battery when you park it. On my 87 GL like 9 years ago the horn started going off for no reason. My particuar issue was the horn wires were grounding out to the core support as they had been chafing for the last 230K miles and worn through. I pulled the battery cable, pulled the headlights, cut out the bad wire and soldered in some new stuff and wrapped it up good. If you went punching the wheel, ya the switch in the wheel may be the culpret in your case.... but until you have time to do it... just pull the negative cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 or the fuse? that would be real easy...................... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maozebong Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 i had a problem like this where the little metal ring on the horn came loose. take the wheel off and see if it is. if so, just snap it back in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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