jmac Member 12 Member For: 19y 7m 19d Posted 23/02/07 09:16 AM Share Posted 23/02/07 09:16 AM Hey guys,I have a BA XR6T, auto, standard. Tonight in a carpark it just randomly started beeping continuously. Pressing buttons on the remote made the beeping stop for a split second. Pressing the "panic alarm" did switch the horn over to the beep-beep-beep pattern then turning the alarm mode off seemed to make it shut up for about 1-2 minutes.... then it just starts beeping continously again. ARGH. Very annoying, and embarrassing. So I've come home (with the car beeping ALL THE WAY) and pulled the horn fuse. Not a permanent solution you'd agree.I've played with the steering wheel buttons so it doesn't look like one of them is stuck down or anything like that...Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/32744-horn-stuck-on-intermittently/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 11m 20d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 23/02/07 09:55 AM Share Posted 23/02/07 09:55 AM Do you have an alarm fitted to it?Otherwise it could be a faulty remote - try removing the battery from it to see if that has any impact. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/32744-horn-stuck-on-intermittently/#findComment-500319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
markxr6t Member 476 Member For: 20y 5m 16d Location: Perth WA Posted 23/02/07 10:39 AM Share Posted 23/02/07 10:39 AM I had this problem with my ED XR6 - it started beeping when I was behind a few Rebels bikies at a red light - most embarassing.That was a problem with the copper contacts under the rubber bit in the steering centre - they were too close together. I just bent them back so that they werent so close, but I had to push my horn much harder. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/32744-horn-stuck-on-intermittently/#findComment-500336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Member 12 Member For: 19y 7m 19d Posted 23/02/07 11:04 AM Author Share Posted 23/02/07 11:04 AM No alarm, just the standard Ford remote, which seems to work fine.Don't know if I'm game enough to go pulling the steering wheel apart. It does just sound like a dodgy contact though. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/32744-horn-stuck-on-intermittently/#findComment-500342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 11m 20d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 23/02/07 11:45 PM Share Posted 23/02/07 11:45 PM Did you try removing the battery from the remote? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/32744-horn-stuck-on-intermittently/#findComment-500449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cqae Member 229 Member For: 21y 5m 9d Posted 25/02/07 09:10 AM Share Posted 25/02/07 09:10 AM I wont be the remote-and on the ed the reason for the failure is not contacts being too close, its the foam in between perishing. It used to happen all the time, I have not struck it on a ba but I assume the have a similar set up around the air bag. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/32744-horn-stuck-on-intermittently/#findComment-500936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Member 12 Member For: 19y 7m 19d Posted 26/02/07 02:16 PM Author Share Posted 26/02/07 02:16 PM Did you try removing the battery from the remote?←Yep, made no difference. Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. :(Booked into Ford on Friday - I'll let you guys know what the diagnosis is! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/32744-horn-stuck-on-intermittently/#findComment-501515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macktheknife Xtreme Xalted Member Donating Members 3,112 Member For: 21y 11m 9d Gender: Male Location: BrisVegas Posted 26/02/07 08:45 PM Share Posted 26/02/07 08:45 PM I wish...... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/32744-horn-stuck-on-intermittently/#findComment-501527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford_Power Member 798 Member For: 22y 14d Posted 27/02/07 11:34 AM Share Posted 27/02/07 11:34 AM (edited) Could also possibly be a faulty horn relay... Easy enough to check though... simply measure across the coil pins of the horn relay socket and see if they are measuring 12V on and off. (Assuming the horn goes on and off all the time this will work... if your intermitent horn problem occurs infrequently, this may not be a viable method of test)If you do measure 12V on and off, then it isn't your relay that is at fault. Edited 27/02/07 11:37 AM by Ford_Power Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/32744-horn-stuck-on-intermittently/#findComment-501937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Member 12 Member For: 19y 7m 19d Posted 04/03/07 01:57 PM Author Share Posted 04/03/07 01:57 PM So, took it to Ford. They put the fuse back in. They left it sit there all day, waiting for it to beep. It didn't beep. They "checked over all the connections and terminals" and found nothing wrong. It hasn't malfunctioned since.*sigh* At least they didn't charge me.... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/32744-horn-stuck-on-intermittently/#findComment-504083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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