So, the horn(s) stopped working and I started to investigate. That took me down the troubleshooting path that included:
- I turned power on to car, then held horn connection down to see if we could hear the relay clicking. It was not, so we don’t seem to have power between the horn and the relay.
- Get that checked first, then look at actual horn replacement.
- Note that the 15 amp fuse has been checked and is good.
- Get the steering wheel off and check connections. There's an entire process for steering wheel removal. My replacement steering wheel is leather and had no obvious hole in the bottom. I probed the stitching on the wheel and found the depression where the hole would be (6 clock). I used a smallish regular screwdriver and got in easily through the stitching to the bar that acts as the airbag release.
- Got the airbag out to check connections. All were tight.
Some of the common commentary was if you're going to replace one, you might as well do both. So, I ordered replacements from Pelican Parts.
They came with adapter cables. One horn installed as expected.
The other horn had a previous repair (top picture) and was connected with 2 spade connectors. So, I don’t have the correct adapter to push the new adapter on to.
I need help correctly identifying this connection so I can try to find a bare wire-to-connector repair part. Below are closeups of the connector.
I answered the question myself by using the 967570 string. I was able to find sets of M/F connectors that you have to create. Then over to YT to find a video on how to create the connectors. The real trick will be to see if I can crimp on tiny pieces with my hands up under the bumper cover or if taking the bumper off will be the right approach. The connector kits are coming from China via eBay but won’t be here for 2 weeks.
So, I finally built the male side of the connector with bare wires on the other side. This project needs to be re-done at the time the bumper comes off. At that time, we’d want to add the male connector to the side that had been push on connectors.
The 12mm nut that was supposed to be a 13mm nut got dropped (later found). I put a non-standard 13mm nut on which should be removed.
The wiring is hacked together with butt connectors and some push on connectors that I cut down to fit in the existing terminals; a hack but I was able to get it all connected together.
It now sounds like a proper high and low tone horn. Beep beep
Note to self. Next time the front bumper is removed, let's re do the work and get the proper connector and 13mm nut installed.