Horn Blows When Turning Steering Wheel

[YukonJack]

About a month ago my horn started to blow when I turn the steering wheel. Happens while parking but not when I'm driving. Anyone know what could cause this? I searched this topic but didn't get any results. 

[Don Coatney]

Don't turn the steering wheel!

 

There is a ground wire that fires the horn relay inside the steering column. Replace the wire.

[Reg Evans]

Yup, The wire is most likely grounding out where it exits the steering box.

[ChrisRice]

Easy to replace that wire. Make sure to tape the old to the new and then pull the new wire through. It will save some time.

[1941Rick]

Or the steering wheel is flexing. Happens when the plastic is cracked.

[_shel_ny]

Or the steering wheel is flexing. Happens when the plastic is cracked.

 

I'm going with this one as well.

 

Something in the horn button/ring area.

 

The wire through the column is going to move when driving.

 

May be as simple as turning the spring a bit so that it does not make contact as easily.

[nonstop]

Going with the wire - every time I turned, I was honking at people whether I wanted to or not!

[HotRodHerman]

I have the same problem with my 50 Coronet, honking sometimes when just turning the steering wheel... not sure what happens....

@YukonJack: could you solve the probem and how?

[atlbluz]

I took a piece of shrink tubing long enough to go from the steering wheel contact to out of the end of the column, to prevent the old fabric wire from grounding out.  Worked great! Greg  

[desoto1939]

Most of the wire that was used for the horn wire was rubber coated so to prevent the cloth from wearing away.  The shrink wrap is a good idea. As stated before tape the new wire to the old wire when pulling a new wire through the steering column  there isa small metal tube that the wire needs to pass through in the steering box and this is the oly way to get the wire through the tube without any major issues.

 

Rich Hartung

desoto1939@aol.com

[_shel_ny]

1 hour ago, atlbluz said:

I took a piece of shrink tubing long enough to go from the steering wheel contact to out of the end of the column, to prevent the old fabric wire from grounding out.  Worked great! Greg  

Not saying that isn't the problem for HotRodHerman, but by 1950 the wire going down through the column was, at least in my findings,(at least a dozen) is a fairly flexible, rather durable, thicker rubber (about 1/8") insulated wire. Possibly if the wiring in the area where it exits into the engine bay had been altered it could cause unexpected wear there. Just wiggling the wire in the area, or some push pull up into the hole could reveal if the problem is in that area.