# Random horn without activation

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/random-horn-without-activation/26709>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 20, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/random-horn-without-activation/26709 "2009-02-20T15:25:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![steven.p.s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@steven.p.s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/steven.p.s)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/random-horn-without-activation/26709/1 "2009-02-20T15:25:47Z")

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My 2005 sebring horn sounds off randomly usually in cold weather.pounding on the horn or turning the car off usually gets it to stop.is their a solution.

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/random-horn-without-activation/26709/2 "2009-02-20T16:28:07Z")

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Does the horn work correctly when you want it to? I ask to make a conclusion in regards to the condition of the switches in the air bag housing (they are there aren’t they?). I have replaced the switches in several horn pads but the air bag complicates things. Your pounding fix leads me to believe the problem is with these switches,or just maybe underneath them in the wiring.

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**Author:** ![steven.p.s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@steven.p.s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/steven.p.s)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/random-horn-without-activation/26709/3 "2009-02-20T18:41:39Z")

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the horn does work correctly when needed.

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/random-horn-without-activation/26709/4 "2009-02-20T20:15:37Z")

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We must make a connection between pounding on the horn pad and a silencing of the horn.

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**Author:** ![blackdiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@blackdiamond](https://community.cartalk.com/u/blackdiamond)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/random-horn-without-activation/26709/5 "2009-02-20T23:31:18Z")

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Often the clock spring is the cause of this problem in these cars.

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/random-horn-without-activation/26709/6 "2009-02-21T00:18:12Z")

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Clock springs being air bag related, I don’t believe they carry the horn signal. I don’t have a schematic to look at so I don’t dismiss the idea.

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**Author:** ![blackdiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@blackdiamond](https://community.cartalk.com/u/blackdiamond)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/random-horn-without-activation/26709/7 "2009-02-21T01:54:37Z")

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The clock spring has the horn passing through it on this car.the caravans have this problem also.