2014 Fiat Ducato Intermittent Horn Problem

[F1 Scout]

Pleas excuse me if this has been asked before, however we have an Autotrail Scout on which the horn failed some months ago. I took it to the Fiat dealer and as to be expected, it worked fine for the technician. I took it back a couple of months later when it packed in again, fortunately this time the technician found it inoperative. After a bit of checking he came up with the solution of a fault on the air bag unit as there was a gap in one of the contact electrodes. this was replaced under warranty however went back to its intermittent problem again within a week or two. I will be taking it back to the dealer in the next couple of weeks but thought it would be great to go with a possible solution.

Any experiences of this?

Cheers

Mike

 

[trevskoda]

If its not the horn at fault then look for faulty relay or contact switch/points on the horn push stock at steering wheel.
Also look at earth if there is one at the horn.

 

[Channa]

I had a similar issue on my 2002 ducato other than I tis a non airbag model.

Trev is right it was a contact issue at the steering boss, which was not a cheap repair

What we did, ( help from Old Arthur) is fitted a push button switch on a spare point on the dash ...It looks factory fitted ....from an MOT standpoint the horn needs to work no mention it has to be centre boss or on a stalk etc ....so not a problem.

Far cheaper and reliable solution than messing about with the boss and air bag removal

Channa

 

[F1 Scout]

Thank you

Thank's for the replies. In the garage tomorrow (under warranty) so lets wait and see.