My horn won't stop blowing after the steering wheel got punched what do I have to do to get it fixed

Carbon infused pads or contacts in the steering wheel horn pad can become changed by age and heat.

problem in the horn contact under the steering wheel
remove the wheel and fix the contact

sounds like there's a short in your wiring in the steering column, A lot of times with a tilt wheel a wire get loose or gets a short in it. the steering wheel may have to come off to fix the problem but make sure to disconnect the airbag first, I'm not sure what vehicle you have so I don't know where to tell you to look for the connection, may be best to take to a dealership if possible. Hope this helps.

CHECK for bad grounding of horn itself, rust and oxidation may not allow it to ground, also try "jumping" a wire from battery to horn, if it blows horn itself is good, contacts inside steering wheel button may be bent flat, or wire bad..

malfunction with the horn switch... disconnect the wire harness from the horn itself. then take remove and replace the horn switch w/ a new one.

Normally there is a horn relay, try replacing that. The contacts can weld together and keep the horn on. If you take the relay out and leave it out, you won't have a horn but at least it won't be blowing all the time.

Either by replacing the actual horn switch assembly or the wire that runs down the steering column. Sounds like the switch is bad but somtimes the wires short to groung causing the horn to work. Depending on how hard you beating the steering wheel could tempory fix either problem.



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• The horn relay might have welded contacts (stuck in the on position). Pulling the relay should stop the horn.
  
• The wiring harness on the steering column might have a broken wire to the horn relay shorting to someplace that applies power to the relay. In this case, turning the steering wheel all the way to one side or the other may stop the horn, and it won't sound when you press the horn button.
• The horn button in the steering wheel is stuck on or shorted.

This exact same thing happened to my 1994 Buick Skylark Coupe. It started to go off just now and then, and it wouldn't stop until the fuse blew (like you said), or I literally punched the steering wheel repeatedly and sometimes it would stop. I assumed the horn was shorting out. One day it just stopped working all together. I took it into the dealership and they said that it had in fact shorted out. I bought a new horn kit on eBay, and had it put in by one of my buddies that is a mechanic for a Nissan dealership, and it resolved the issue. I'm guessing your horn is shorting out as well. I'd bet that the same exact horn that is in the 1994 Skylark is also in your 1995 Riveria. Not SURE, but I'm guessing. Check around for a replacement, or ask the dealer if they can order you one. Hope this helps!

If you punch the steering wheel horn pad and it goes off, it leads me to believe that it is the horn pad or a short in the wiring going to the horn pad. You may be jarring the wheel enough to stop the short. Next time it happens press firmly without jarring on the horn pad and see what happens. If it stops it could be the button pad. These can be tough to find. Good luck!