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posted on October 24th, 2011 at 02:10 PM
Polo horn troubles... $500 for part?


Hey there,

The other day, I noticed the horn on my VW polo had stopped working. I got underneath and took the horn off and tested the wires getting to the horn and there is no power. I then replaced the fuse (which looked fine anyway), and tested that, and there was power getting to the fuse.

I took my car to an auto-electrician just then, and he have me a quote from ONE of the parts he would need, which was over $500. I asked him what the problem is, and he said he isn't sure but thinks it's the buttons.

I'm not sure I want to fork out that much money for someone who "isn't sure", and I'm just wondering if anyone here has any advice on what to do, or who to take it to?

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posted on October 24th, 2011 at 04:05 PM



the buttons on the steering wheel? what year is the polo? airbagged?
remove battery
remove air bag or button
short out horn wires (check for power)(check it works - multimeter across button)
proceed from there.

just thinking, the horn should have a live feed, then earthed thru the horn button, you need to know where the live feed is from. google is your friend, a wire diagramm will direct you to the right place.




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posted on October 24th, 2011 at 05:38 PM



Hey there, it is a 1997 Polo, with airbag on steering wheel and dual horn buttons.

I bought a Haynes manual for this car to have a look, but I am pretty useless with electrical diagrams.
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posted on October 26th, 2011 at 12:27 PM



I think the horn works the opposite way , always has live feed just needs to be earthed (but dont quote me I remember one VW was like that )

Where are you located ?

There are plenty of these cars being wrecked so you dont need to fork out a new part for something so trivial


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