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Horn

Started By Marc Smith , Aug 17 2018 01:03 PM

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#1 OFFLINE Marc Smith

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Region:U.S. Northeast
LocationNorthern VA
My C-MAX's Year:2013
Current Vehicle:C-Max Hybrid

Posted 17 August 2018 - 01:03 PM

So, yesterday the horn stopped working.

but started working today. I have had the horn not work one or twice previously, but nothing reproducible... which is the frustration with electrical gremlins.

gonna check the relay and fuses before I start taking apart the stearing wheel to access the switch or pull the lower engine cover to check the horn itself...

anyone else have any problems with the horn...

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#2 OFFLINE obob

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Region:Decline
LocationUS
My C-MAX's Year:2013
Current Vehicle:C-MAX SE

Posted 17 August 2018 - 02:22 PM

I googled "fordcmaxhybridforum.com horn" and this was the first link

http://fordcmaxhybri...opic/6223-horn/

last post, cmax-nynj fixed the loose connection on the horn.

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#3 OFFLINE Marc Smith

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Region:U.S. Northeast
LocationNorthern VA
My C-MAX's Year:2013
Current Vehicle:C-Max Hybrid

Posted 17 August 2018 - 02:44 PM

obob. thanks yeah I did not do a search. mea culpa...

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#4 OFFLINE obob

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Region:Decline
LocationUS
My C-MAX's Year:2013
Current Vehicle:C-MAX SE

Posted 17 August 2018 - 08:18 PM

obob. thanks yeah I did not do a search. mea culpa...

The main point is that searching this site on google works better for me than searching this site from this site. I have mentioned this in a lot of posts. No problem on not doing the search. Hope your horn situation isn't too big a deal.

Edited by obob, 17 August 2018 - 08:19 PM.

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#5 OFFLINE DarenHayes

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Region:Decline
LocationNew Brunswick, Canada
My C-MAX's Year:2013
Current Vehicle:Cmax Hybrid SEL

Posted 19 August 2018 - 12:11 AM

I had to have my horn replaced 3 months ago.. Cost me like 80$Canadian..

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#6 OFFLINE Marc Smith

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Region:U.S. Northeast
LocationNorthern VA
My C-MAX's Year:2013
Current Vehicle:C-Max Hybrid

Posted 13 September 2018 - 06:18 AM

So, finally had a chance to let one of the mechanics at work take a look. I had checked the fuse and relay, no problems. they plugged in the scan tool, since the horn is controlled through the the body control module, we were able to see that the switch is fine, and took off the lower covers and found two dead horns.

test wired up a spare horn and it worked fine. so the parts supply store dropped off two new horns. My c-max can make noise again.

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#7 OFFLINE raadsel

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Region:U.S. Mountain
LocationHouston, TX
My C-MAX's Year:2013
Current Vehicle:C-Max SEL

Posted 13 September 2018 - 10:03 AM

When I bought my 2013 used, about 3.5 years ago, I noticed my horn didn't work after I'd had it home for a few days. Luckily, the selling dealer was nice enough to replace the horn for no charge. Seems like the horn may be a potential problem for people, considering at least three of us have had ours fail.