Accessing the Toot Horn

[BengaliKert]

The toot is back, that's 46 days of evaporation.

Wow. I went through quite a river about 4 weeks ago, no issues. Then we have had rains here in SW MIssouri for a full week, over 8". I havent driven any water crossings, just through small (4"-6" puddles). My horn went out yesterday, a very quiet muffled sound. I wonder if I can raise the hood and just run a fan towards it to help the drying process.

 

[Stu_Barnes]

Wow. I went through quite a river about 4 weeks ago, no issues. Then we have had rains here in SW MIssouri for a full week, over 8". I havent driven any water crossings, just through small (4"-6" puddles). My horn went out yesterday, a very quiet muffled sound. I wonder if I can raise the hood and just run a fan towards it to help the drying process.

If you take out the front right hand headlamp it’s behind there. (Passenger side for left hand drive vehicles)

 

[jakospence]

Barely dodged this bullet the other day, but when I pulled off the exit leaving a massive wake, I must have got some water where it shouldn’t have been because now my toot is weak.

Is it an electrical thing that needs to dry out or is it some sort of mechanical disturbance in the diaphragm of the tooter?

You were me, should I:
1. pull off the light and address it
2. have it looked at next time I’m in for service OR 3. just let it dry out?

 

[anand]

Personally, 3 then 2... Unless you're feeling really adventurous for #1

 

[MurphyMurph]

I got tired of waiting for mine to fix itself so I pulled mine out and dried it last night. There was water in the horn, I dumped out what I could but no matter how much I shook there was still some inside. It works now, so hopefully the water will work its way out over time.

Kinda bad design though, I only went through a big puddle on a forest service road, not a stream or river crossing. The horn bracket has a bit of adjustment to it but it’s limited by the length of the harness wire. You can rotate it backwards a bit, maybe 20-30 degrees, which I did in hopes that water will be less likely to enter.

 

[OifDoc]

i know this is an old post. Have 2 things I'd like to add. As far as the horn. If your accessing the connector. Get some diametrically grease and put a bunch in the connector. It should prevent any further issues.

second comments about US having the highest road deaths. This is an impossibility to compare to other countries in the world. A population of almost 350 million with a death rate of 0.0116% in 2024. Su h high numbers for a country with about 5 million miles of roads and a population that spends around 8 hours a week in their vehicle traveling on average around 300 miles a week. The average road trip for us here in the US is around 600 miles for vacation. Thats the same as driving from London to Paris or London to Frankfurt and back. Definitely not a normality or comparable in any way to any European nation. Just wanted yo share some information on this snoot of a comment.