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Where is the horn and the horn relay? by THE REAL Fieronut
Started on: 05-18-2010 07:49 PM
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Report this Post05-18-2010 07:49 PM Click Here to See the Profile for THE REAL FieronutSend a Private Message to THE REAL FieronutDirect Link to This Post
'88 GT Automatic

In the GM shop manual, says the relay is in the "convenience Center". Huh? Is that the blue ringy dingy? Or is the relay somewhere else? And where are the horns. I looked but can't seem to find 'em. Neither of them honk, tho the parts on the steering wheel seem to be OK. Actually not sure what order those parts are supposed to be mounted. I have the spring on the bottom, the silver nail thing next, with the "head" down under the black plastic thing that is hooked into the white plastic piece sticking up from the steering column. Does any of this make sense? Anyway, the horns don't honk.

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Report this Post05-18-2010 09:37 PM Click Here to See the Profile for LitebulbwithaFieroSend a Private Message to LitebulbwithaFieroDirect Link to This Post
The horn relay should be in the passenger foot well by the blue dingy thing. I believe its case is white. The horns are some where behind the front bumper. I believe you have to remove the bumper cover for easy access to them.
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The horn relay is the squarish white plastic piece next to the "blue dingy thing" (aka convenience center). And BTW, the round silver piece is the hazard light flasher.

Anyway, you can test the horn by using a paperclip to connect dark green wire and the orange wire on the horn relay. This will send power directly to the horn, bypassing the relay and the steering wheel switch. The horn should sound when you do this. If not, then the horn is dead, or has a bad connection.

The horns are mounted to the front frame rails, on either side of the radiator, just behind the front impact beam. I can't remember, but I think the '88 Fiero only has one horn? If you remove the front wheels and detach the wheel well liners from the front fascia, you should be able to reach in there and get at the horns. The horns are grounded to the chassis via their mounting brackets. So if the mounting bolts rust up, it can block the flow of electricity. If the bolts are rusty, you can clean them up with a wire brush, and put some dialectric grease on them to prevent future rust.

You can also test the relay by grounding out the black wire that goes into the relay. Since you have the horn switch in the steering wheel disassembled, you can simply take that end of the black wire (it's the same wire) and touch it to some part of the steering column (wherever there's bare metal). That should activate the relay. If you listen closely, you should be able to hear the relay click (or hopefully the horn will sound).

Unfortunately, I can't tell you how to re-assemble the stock horn switch, because it's been so long since I had a stock steering wheel.

Oh, and last but not least, the horn runs off the "BAT" fuse. You should probably check the fuse, just in case.

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Report this Post05-18-2010 10:11 PM Click Here to See the Profile for theogreClick Here to visit theogre's HomePageSend a Private Message to theogreDirect Link to This Post
Horns... Use jack and look under front fender on both sides. (88 has only 1 horn.)

Yes, Convenience Center is same name. Horn relay plus Blue dingy thingy and hazard flasher.

See cave, horns.

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