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intermittent horn honk

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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
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Topic: intermittent horn honk

Posted By: manahawkinrob
Subject: intermittent horn honk
Date Posted: December 30, 2008 at 10:51 AM

I have a scytek galaxy 5000rs alarm/rs unit in my car. I have the horn honk output setup through a relay. It is programmed to chirp the siren and honk the horn on arm/disarm. This has been installed and functioning for almost a year. Recently I noticed that the horn honk doesn't always work on arm/disarm. I have narrowed it down to when the vehicle is cold from cold weather. Most of the time it does not work in the morning, unless we had a warm night. But after I use it once in the morning, it will work until it sits for a long period and it is cold outside. I replaced the relay hoping that it was affected by the cold, but I still have the problem. Has anyone heard of this? Could it be the brain? everything else works fine, including siren chirp. Or is it most likely a connection that is barley being made and the cold causes contraction of the metal enough to lose contact? any tips would be helpful before I take it all apart.

Thanks

Rob




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Posted By: advanced
Date Posted: December 30, 2008 at 11:00 AM

What year, make, & model car is it? That's important.

Problem is most likely that your car horn is getting older & needs a longer pulse to make it sound.



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Posted By: manahawkinrob
Date Posted: December 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM

Advanced,

Sorry I omitted that. I try to give as much info as possible. It is a 2008 Chevy Aveo5 hatchback. I just went out at lunch and it worked fine, but this morning, no horn, just siren.





Posted By: advanced
Date Posted: December 30, 2008 at 3:54 PM

My theory is not correct if the car is 2008. Maybe if the car was 10 or more years old.

It must be something else. I'll have to think about that.



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Posted By: manahawkinrob
Date Posted: January 08, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Anymore thoughts on this?




Posted By: loneranger
Date Posted: January 08, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Give me a quick diagram of how the relay is wired and where it gets its' signal.




Posted By: manahawkinrob
Date Posted: January 09, 2009 at 10:35 AM

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Here is the relay wiring. It is definately when the temperature is cold, the horn does not chirp on arm/disarm.  Maybe I should try the panic button first thing on a cold morning to see if the actual alarm function will honk the horn...hmmm just though of that....but neighbors will hate me...oh well





Posted By: loneranger
Date Posted: January 09, 2009 at 12:07 PM
If the lights are flashing but, you're getting no horn honk, it's most likely not an electrical issue. It will most likely be a mechanical issue, ie; intermittent horn diaphragm.





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