fungirl

Can anyone help a desperate female ? the horn does not work and the airbag light comes on at start up but does not go off ,i can't remember if both problems came at the same time

alordofchaos

You might want to post in one of the tech forums instead - this is for forum problems.
You may also want to mention year and model. If this is for your chevy cavalier . . .

In the meantime - check fuses, then look at the clockspring

Mark in Baltimore

Let us know the type of Porsche you have, please, and I'll move your thread to the correct forum.

fungirl

it's a porsche boxster S (986) and the year is 2002

fungirl

The car is a porsche boxster s (986) and the year is 2002

cgfen

LOL
person unclear on the concept of this forum.
desperation is not pretty
<grin>

Randy V

Why post here? You saw the word Help and figgred, "Welp, that must be the place, 'cause I need help!"


You want the VW forums around the corner.

Mark in Baltimore

Will move this to the 986 forum. Good luck!

Shawn Stanford

It could be the horn/air bag frame. Over time the rubber grommets at the corners wear out and ground it out. Did you check the fuse?

Geza

Horn just failed on my '97. Airbag light has been illuminating for over 20 years! Something to do with a bad ground in a seatbelt buckle - I'm surprised the light bulb hasn't burned out yet.

Back to the horn: I'm just starting to troubleshoot mine. First thing I did is check fuse B3 (2nd row from the top/3rd fuse in from the left) mine was fine. Next thing, with the ignition on/engine off and your head down in the drivers wheel well, activate the horn on and off and listen for a clicking sound down in the wheel well on the left. If you hear it, the horn switch in the steering wheel and the horn relay are working (mine is). If you don't, the relay or horn switch could be bad. You can swap in the neighboring relay and check again to see if it is a relay problem. If not, there is a youtube video out there describing the fix for bad steering wheel bushings. The horn relay is in the top row all the way to the right.

Next thing for me will be to pull off the front bumper and check to see whether voltage is getting to the horn. It's still too cold for me to go there.

Good luck.

Gerald Finden

On my 1999, I took the front bumper off to access the horns. Found the lead to be detached. Reattached securely and it's working great since. As I side note, my airbag light is also illuminated. I fixed it with a piece of electricians tape by covering it up.

Byprodriver

I should try that, I've been using my middle finger ever since my horn quit 4 years ago.

mhsnmk

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mrporsha

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