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Anonymous Posted on Oct 14, 2008

Horn blows fuses

When pushing the horn button, the fuse blows. Horn works ok when locking the car with remote when the fuse is blown.

  • Anonymous Mar 24, 2014

    Have a 2011 Jetta SE Horn is not working and my car is not one of the recalled cars

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You may need to put a relay in it as the current from the horn may be back feeding up the immobiliser horn circuit and causing a short. Sounds like the immobiiliser has its own source of power seperate from the factory circuit When you press the horn the power goes to the horn and up the immobiliser horn circuit and it blows the fuse.

  • Anonymous Oct 14, 2008

    How come it doesnt blow the immobiliser?

  • Anonymous Oct 14, 2008

    Have you put a new fuse in activated the immobiliser and checked if the fuse has blown or stayed intact?

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The most common cause of this short is the horn coil, replace the horn and the problem will be fixed, a quick test is to disconnect the horn and press the horn button, if the fuse doesn't blow the horn is the problem.

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