1st Gen R50 Cooper Most liked posts in thread: HORNS: The Saga continues!

I think you need to move someplace where you don't need to use your horn that much. :lol::lol:

Jim

 

(Crikets)

 

Or install a set of these!

 

Erika.....
I really think the reason your horns don't work goes back to the turn signal module. There is a little spring loaded button that makes contact as you turn your steering wheel. From what I gather, the spring is easily subject to damage.
I think it's not making full contact and the"hit it with a hammer" is enough to jar the button to making a temporary contact allowing the horn to work only at that instant.

Try hitting it with a hammer, and I bet the horns will work. Of course don't ruin your steering wheel.

 

Sorry..... I took it that he was hitting the horn button on the steering wheel, thinking the jarring was causing intermittent contact of that spring loaded contacter in the turn signal module.

 

Erika, I like your determination to stick with this and not give up. Electrical problems are the most frustrating things in the world sometimes.

Jim

 

Two things to check that's relatively easy. Get a volt / ohm meter and check the ground wire at the horn wires you just cut and spliced. I believe it's the brown wire. Locate the horn relay and remove it and also check it with the same meter. Obviously smacking the bumper is causing enough vibration to make intermittent electrical contact, it could be just enough to make a good ground or enough to let the horn relay make contact or even that spring loaded button in the turn signal module. And yeah, electrical problems are tough to find sometimes.
Oh..... By the way, nice Hellyeah's.....

 

Speaking of which, are both of yours in and working yet or still just the one mounted?

Jim

 

Yeah, so I got the one mounted behind the passenger side fog light. The second one is / was planned for the driver side fog....... Except...... a "formed" windshield washer bottle occupies that space...... There really is no unused space on these cars. So right now I'm stumped for a mounting location for the second horn. I think there might be some room under the passenger seat.......

I really didn't want to remove the front JCW bumper skin but I may need to. At this point I haven't been motivated, but it'l happen, just have to find the time.

 

You only drive on nice days in the summer, so get rid of that useless bottle and mount the horn. :lol::lol:

Jim

 

Open the bottle insert horn, close bottle. Done!

 

Have you tested the horns to be sure they actually work?

Jim

 

Are you saying you have power at the original OEM leads going to the OEM horns???? And when you connect them to any of the new horns, they don't work???