2003 Chrysler Sebring incessant horn
I turned on my car yesterday, and it had a little trouble starting, then when it finally turned on the horn blared and wouldn’t turn off. Turning off the car, pressing the horn, pressing the “panic” button on the remote all didn’t turn the horn off. After about 3 minutes, the horn stopped sounding, as if the battery died.
Turning it on the next day yielded the same results, and it again stopped after 3 minutes.
Pat thought it might be the battery going bad, so he tested another battery, and sure enough the car started up without the blaring horn. So we bought a new battery at Costco for ~$50 and Pat installed it in about 30 minutes. I drove the car to work today, works great.
It’s perplexing that a car would have a mechanism that sounds the horn if there’s something wrong with the battery. Couldn’t it flash a message on the dash, or just not start the car? No, those wouldn’t be embarrassing enough…
Brandon Said,
February 2, 2007 @ 7:07 am
*best nelson voice*
“HA HA”
Ray's #2 Fan Said,
February 2, 2007 @ 8:16 am
Interesting……..
Robin Said,
February 2, 2007 @ 11:53 am
Well, we had a Dodge Caravan that died when the oil level dropped a hair’s width below the designated level. Talk about a pain in the hindend. There was no warning, or idiot lights; it just died. Of course it happened at a very inopportune time, just as I was getting on the freeway. I had the girls with me and it was shortly after Kara’s knee surgery, so she was on crutches and unable to walk more than a few steps and this was in 1997 before we had cell phones. Ey-yi-yi! NOT a good experience
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Raybdbomb Said,
February 2, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
Eww…
Ray's #1 Fan Said,
February 7, 2007 @ 6:38 pm
HAHAHA that’s what you get for turning your back on the Honda