So here is the latest in the horn saga for anyone still following. I received a new horn from Honda and proceeded to install it. I attached the male/female harness and all was well or so I thought. When I went to bolt it on to the frame a spark flew up and the horn started vibrating in my hand which scarred the crap out of me. So it seems that there is continues power being supplied to the harness, the car was not turned on. I took it to Honda and they seem to think that the mechanism in the steering column is somehow being pinched perhaps by the airbag assembly or something because as he pulled back on the middle of the steering wheel you can hear the relay switch engaging. Anyhow, looks like I'm going to be spending a lot of money on a stupid horn. I'll let you know what Honda comes up with, I take the car in next Saturday.

 

Sounds like a faulty ground.. this is nuts! Thanks for the updates..keep em coming

 

Thanks Sean and your right this has been nuts, but their was a resolution today because I refused to give in!!!! On Thursday I dropped the car off at Honda for a $128.00 diagnostic to finally try to get an answer to this almost three month ordeal. I showed the service rep that when you wiggle the middle of the steering wheel you can hear the relay clicking so their is juice flowing to the relay. He said it seemed like maybe something was pinching the contacts and causing the continues stream of electricity to the horn, which doesn't explain why the cruise control wouldn't work but OK fine. I hadn't heard from them all day so I decided to call. He told me the technician left early and he didn't get a chance to talk to him. The next morning another service rep called and told me that I needed a new horn, because this new one wasn't working, and a new clock spring, which was on back-order and take two weeks to get, it would cost me $700.00 bucks after tax. Keep in mind that I had already spent $400.00 on a new clock spring installed by my mechanic and I bought and installed a Honda $50.00 new horn. I just couldn't figure out why it was getting continuous juice, my mechanic said it had to be a wiring issue but they can't access Honda codes so that's why I went to Honda. Needless to say I was pissed off and picked the car that night from Honda and took it home. I got a call from my neighbor at 4:00am because my horn was going off, that's right the horn that was working. I unhooked the horn so my neighbors can sleep. In the morning I reconnected the horn and was able to wedge a piece of cardboard in the gap to break the connection so it wouldn't honk. As soon as I drove into the Honda service hub I removed the piece of cardboard and let everyone listen to the horn blaring away. It created quite a scene. After two hours of a real exam it turned out to be an open circuit in the airbag connection, which they had fixed under the airbag recall, $128.00 later for the diagnostic cost the horn issue was solved and not even an apology from them, except for the part time mechanic who missed it. Long story short, and there is more to this story, don't trust what they tell you, do the detective work.

 

Wow, that is quite an ordeal. I am glad you were finally able to find resolution.

 

So glad this story has a happy ending. You would think when you went to buy the relay the first time they would notice you had a recall..! Good on you, Im sure this will help someone in the future.