Stuck FIAMM horns

[Antman]

I think it may be a bad horn relay then, but...
When you hooked up the factory horn, did you use any of your wiring, or right from the factory hot wire ( I think it's green/red?). If you used any of the wiring you tampered with, you really didn't troubleshoot anything except for the horns themselves, which we all know work. :shrug:

 

[RyanC]

I think it may be a bad horn relay then, but...
When you hooked up the factory horn, did you use any of your wiring, or right from the factory hot wire ( I think it's green/red?). If you used any of the wiring you tampered with, you really didn't troubleshoot anything except for the horns themselves, which we all know work. :shrug:

I connected straight from the factory wire - in fact it was the original factory connector as I had just used a spade connector when I wired the FIAMMs in initially.

 

[Antman]

Did you blow a fuse when hooking up anything with the new horns originally?

Got one other thing for you, if you're willing to try. I know if I had sticking horns I wouldn't be able to sleep...
Verify that the horn relay is under the hood in that box behind the battery. I went out to check, but it's cold (barefoot!) and I'm not 100% positive. I think the relay is light blue. Have someone hit your horn while you are touching the relay. You will feel it click if it's the right one. If that's it, (This will sound funny, but it's totally "Antman"...) give the relay a light whack with a screwdriver handle to see if that "unsticks" it. Your horn will stop blaring at you if it works...Then you can save a dealer trip and get a new relay.

I had a sticking fuel pump relay in a Ford Ranger and did that for about a month until I decided to fix it. Good stuff right there.

BTW - is the dealership really called "Big Horn Toyota"? Oooh the irony!

 

[deekoi]

give the relay a light whack with a screwdriver handle to see if that "unsticks" it.

haha

 

[RyanC]

BTW - is the dealership really called "Big Horn Toyota"? Oooh the irony!

So problem is solved :cheers: (I know you were all very, very worried. )

It turns out that the problem wasn't with the horn, the wiring, or the relay (nor my less than stellar wiring job). It was related to a bad ground with the factory (well port) installed alarm system and was exacerbated by a loose wire from the Garmin I had hardwired (professionally installed ironically enough).

They said that the alarm system wiring wasn't done very well and had used wiring that was too small. Combine that with the loose Garmin wire and that was causing the shorts in the system. They replaced all the wiring (including the Garmin wire) and I'm good to go again.

Glad (although somewhat surprised) that it wasn't due to anything I had done myself. :boink:

 

[joneseyyy]

Definitely nice to know you didn't eff it up yourself! I was thinking, man if this guy screwed it up, then my Fiamm install is probably doomed as well.