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swigg321
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My 2001 Pathfinder horn blows while driving ,at first I thought someone was blowing at me...but no one was around.Any ideas or has anyone had the problem?There are no pink elephants in the back seat either!Thanks.


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swigg321 wrote:My 2001 Pathfinder horn blows while driving ,at first I thought someone was blowing at me...but no one was around.Any ideas or has anyone had the problem?There are no pink elephants in the back seat either!Thanks.
sounds like youve got a prerequisite to be on pimp my ride, cuz thats hilarious.

id check your horn button, maybe its sticking, fueler said theres three horns, one you cant even see, so its going to be a nightmare to figure it out if it isnt something simple.....take out the horn fuse for now

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My advise:

The pathfinder's stock horn is weak. Abandon the electrical and get yourself a respectable air horn. You can get them real cheap at a train yard at night.

This guy's got the right idea:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpU2naSEAS0

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Looking at the schematic in the FSM, it only shows two horns. And it's unlikelythat your problem is the horn itself because the ground to the frame throughtheir mounting bolts. Something is supplying the horns with power when thehonk. It could be the horn relay, the horn button on the steering wheel, thesecurity system, ASCD (cruise control), or an abraded wire between the hornrelay and the preceeding.

You have a problem pulling either the horn fuses or the horn relay -- theyprovide power to some other things. I'd pull the plugs off the horns.

swigg321
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But it honks without touching the horn button.just driving down the road.It did not do it all day yesterday.It seems like the relay would stick only if you pressed the horn button.It just does it at random..


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