# Strange Honking Sound

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/strange-honking-sound/43920>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, taurus\
**Created:** [February 6, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strange-honking-sound/43920 "2010-02-06T04:23:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![dusterdriver1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@dusterdriver1974](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dusterdriver1974)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strange-honking-sound/43920/1 "2010-02-06T04:23:06Z")

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Only on a clear sunny day, “high pressure” my 1996 taurus wagon makes an occasional honking sound at about 65-70 mph. It sounds like it comes from under the dash, or maybe the firewall. I tried adjusting the ac controls on and off,I tried turning the cruise on and off. I suspect that a rubber diaphram inside some control is vibrating, but I really don’t know. I’ve had this car almost since it was new, and it has 189,000 miles. It still runs great.

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strange-honking-sound/43920/2 "2010-02-06T06:18:40Z")

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I guess it didn’t bother you much for the first 14 years .

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**Author:** ![dusterdriver1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@dusterdriver1974](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dusterdriver1974)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strange-honking-sound/43920/3 "2010-02-06T12:00:45Z")

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FUNNY, actually it’s only been doing it for a couple weeks. However I did find that it is a great conversation stopper. When someone hears it they say " what the heck is that" thus ending whatever they were talking about. So I do see some advantages to leaving it alone!!

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**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strange-honking-sound/43920/4 "2010-02-06T16:02:12Z")

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A 14 year old Taurus that has gone 189,000 miles and runs great has something to toot its own horn about.  
It does sound like something that is vacuum controlled.

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**Author:** ![dusterdriver1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@dusterdriver1974](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dusterdriver1974)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strange-honking-sound/43920/5 "2010-02-07T11:49:27Z")

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Thanks, I guess I’ll get under that dashboard and trace it out. Now, where’s that shrink ray?