Hello everyone,


I have a big problem. My car horn is not working.

When I press the middle part of the steering wheel the horn does not engage...so I've decided to open the steering wheel.

I've noticed few things:

1. The father plug at the bottom, near the white plug is broken. I think that should've been the plug where the airbag unit should've been connected.

2. There is only one wire for the steering wheel. Is that OK? as on my previous cars I had like couple of wires there....

3. My bank account will take a hit if I go to Lexus to fix it.

I've checked the fuses and everything. They are OK. The unit is working as if I lock the doors with the bonnet open and close the bonnet the alarm goes off and thats connected to the horn.

So is this look normal to you? Any other pics would be really good just to make a comparison and see what I need to order from Lexus...or wreckers most likely....


Thanks in advance for your help


Clicky

is the horns mounted at the front and are directly attached to the chassis?

sorry to sound dumb with this question.

but you need the horn working why?

To have your car legally on the road is a good start?

I would say check the connections from the horn discs itself behind the grille, or possibly the broken clip

i said it was a dumb question lol, didn't realise it was legal to have it

just get a megafone in the meantime! that'll get the other person's attention

Yeah, like Nick said it's more likely to be a connection in the front grill than the actual steering wheel. Probably just an earth wire come off one of the horns. Also watch out for that air-bag in that steering wheel ;-)

Defiantly man.

I've let a few off at Toyota New Zealand
they have to be discharged before disposal.

they go off with quite an explosion

Yeah ...well at the moment the airbag is disconected. I will get the right part from a guy in NZ.

So a disconected wire might be the cause...well hw do you guiys explain that when I locked the car with bonnet opened , when I dropeed the bloody bonnet , the horn went of big time...scared me too. So I believe that the horn it self is ok but there must be wrong connection soemwhere on the lines...not sure where that might be.

Any thoughts?


Mercer