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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 12:20 AM
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Ok so. My friends jeep overheated. Rad blew. We decided to let it cool off and run it as far as we can, then shut it off and coast for a bit. Well my friend happen to accidentally turned the key to far off and locked the wheel. We would have crashed but I yanked the wheel at the last second and broke it free. Now the horn won't stop. My friend isnt to car savvy. He said he tried pulling fuses but no go. It's an 1989. Is this a safety security issue? It's only when the key is turned on. I suggested yanking the horn itself out. He doesn't really want to. But I'm going to tomorrow if i can't get help on here
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 12:34 AM
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it sounds like when you yanked the stering wheel you maybe pinched a wire. if you just want to make it stop honking there should be a horn fuse under the dash or theres a horn relay in the engine bay.
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 12:36 AM
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You mean to say that you broke the steering wheel loose while the key was off in the lock position? If so you may have broken the lock mechanism and it is shorting the horn wire to ground.
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 02:04 AM
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it sounds like when you yanked the stering wheel you maybe pinched a wire. if you just want to make it stop honking there should be a horn fuse under the dash or theres a horn relay in the engine bay.
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by arnolddyer
You mean to say that you broke the steering wheel loose while the key was off in the lock position? If so you may have broken the lock mechanism and it is shorting the horn wire to ground.
this is your problems, pull the steering wheel cover, an there should be a single wire behind it, make sure it is not touching any metal, like the steering wheel locking plate that you probably broke
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