I just bought a 2 year old Grand Am. Most everything seems to be in good shape, CARFAX was clean, former rental car.
From the start I haven't been able to get the car to do the honky thing when I hit lock on the key fob. I followed the instructions (20 times or more) and tried to program it to do it and still wouldn't, Well, twice it did work once, then wouldn't again.
Then a couple days ago, some crazy cut me off and I tried to honk at her. NO horn. I pounded every different spot on the steering wheel for about 30 seconds, and then out of nowhere, suddenly it started working (in all the spots I'd been pounding).
Same thing happened again yesterday. And both times after it worked, when I got out and hit "lock" on the key fob, it did the honky thing.
It still has some factory waranty and I'll be taking it in soon, but I'd like to know what is causing this (faulty wiring?) and why (like, are we thinking this might be a flood car or something?)
2007-08-16 07:15:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
PS: I'm paranoid that I'm going to find out that this car has some awful hidden history, so please tell me everything you think it could be and how likely it is - I really want to be educated when I bring it in.
2007-08-16 07:16:46 · update #1
Oh, but both days that I got the horn to work (by pounding the wheel for a while) the next day it was not working again. It's like I have a delay before it starts working or something.
2007-08-16 07:18:22 · update #2
It's probably just an electrical problem, a bad connection somewhere or maybe the horn relay is bad. If it's still on warranty just let them deal with it. The bad thing about electrical problems though is unless it acts up in the shop it can be very difficult to find the problem. My car had a problem with the "door ajar" light on the dash coming on and beeping at me every once in a while. It took 4 trips to the dealer before it would do it for them.
2007-08-16 07:28:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it may be the "clock spring" in the steering wheel. Could be a short in the horn, but hard to say without looking at it for sure. You should take the car in for service as soon as you can, but I don't believe you are in any real danger. Good luck.
2007-08-16 07:26:49 · answer #2 · answered by sixpac304 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be the horn or the horn relay that is going bad. Usually rental cars have had good maintenance done on them. since you have warranty on it, just tell them what it is doing and they will find the problem. good luck.
2007-08-16 07:35:56 · answer #3 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have a broken wire leading from steering column to horn mechanic will easily fix
2007-08-16 07:23:10 · answer #4 · answered by bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the horn relay my be bad.
2007-08-16 07:24:26 · answer #5 · answered by upp_south 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋