Hi,
My FreeL2 seems to have developed a trivial yet somewhat serious problem.
the horn is sticking ON when i press it.
It first happened the other week when i went pick up a friend, my intention was to pip the horn when i arrived, however, it turned out to be a 5 minute blast!! I did find it amusing to start, until most of the street came out to investigate!
Again the other day, whilst driving I wanted to pip the horn, admittedly in anger, yet it stuck again and stayed stuck through a vigerous beating of the steering wheel. Eventually I had to pull over, hazards on, and keep moving/hitting the button until eventually what seemed like hours, it stopped!

Like i say it's not an overly seriously problem, but it could be!

RATHER EMBARRASING THOUGH!!

Has anyone experienced this, or doesanyone have any ideas/solutions??

Thanks!

Freelander Owl wrote:

Hi,
My FreeL2 seems to have developed a trivial yet somewhat serious problem.
the horn is sticking ON when i press it.
It first happened the other week when i went pick up a friend, my intention was to pip the horn when i arrived, however, it turned out to be a 5 minute blast!! I did find it amusing to start, until most of the street came out to investigate!
Again the other day, whilst driving I wanted to pip the horn, admittedly in anger, yet it stuck again and stayed stuck through a vigerous beating of the steering wheel. Eventually I had to pull over, hazards on, and keep moving/hitting the button until eventually what seemed like hours, it stopped!

Like i say it's not an overly seriously problem, but it could be!

RATHER EMBARRASING THOUGH!!

Has anyone experienced this, or doesanyone have any ideas/solutions??

Thanks!

Similar happens to my right hand horn button but i just have to press the top of the button/bar and it pops back out, however they are dirt cheap off ebay

Hi Guys
We've had our 57 FL2 one week and this happened to me yesterday whilst cruising along the M3 - it shocked me I can tell you.
My sticky button is the left hand one.

I plan to carry out the radio controls retrofit soon and so when I take the steering wheel apart I will have a close look and see if a bit of silicone lubricant (from Wickes plumbing section) will cure this.
Might also to do the cruise control mod as well so the problem might go away anyway.

Dead easy to pull apart and fix, there is a sticky mod on here telling you how.

I have a plain set, no criuse nor radio controls if anyone is after them.

do you have a link to the sticky for this?
Thanks.

Freelander Owl wrote:

do you have a link to the sticky for this?
Thanks.

Got my steering wheel control modules this morning so set about fitting them.
Before I took it all apart the left hand horn button was sticky.

Followed the instructions in the link above - very easy and doesn't take very long at all

But, when I finished I found the replacement right hand horn button was sticky and the left was fine
Removing the airbag module showed that the horn button was not sticky at all so it must be interference between the edge of the airbag module and the horn button.

Looking closely at the edge of the airbag module showed that the rubber flared out ever so slightly.
So I took a craft knife and carefully trimmed less than a millimetre off the side and refitting showed that all is well now.

Hope this helps someone else.

Appreciate this is an old post but may help others...

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Never had a problem with that myself, did have a sticky cream horn once but soon polished that off.

I have had this issue recently......on 2 occasions the horn stayed on for 5 minutes with me rather red faced and punching the horn button repeatedly  Black FL2
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I have a horn ?

Found this topic after becoming a victim of this problem myself as I exited mine this morning!

Knew instantly what had happened, after violently tapping the bar in various places, eventually the button retreated.

That was embarrassing in the work car park at 06:30 this morning!

It was then that I found I've only got a single-tone horn.
Are there any recommended upgrades to a two-tone horn like other vehicles in the same league? "We're in danger, we've got to get out."
"What are you talking about?"
"I've been called a ponce."

Thou could paint it red with a stripe down it and get a Dixie horn like the General Lee

There are two horns. Could be one of yours is not working? They are behind the front bumper and not easy to get at. Mine stopped working after a bit of a water splash. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
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Two horns? Ok. That's good to know.
Maybe that's the case with mine.

Currently, it sounds like a little Ford Fiesta horn.

Wonder if it is a quick fix...
Would an air-jet help? "We're in danger, we've got to get out."
"What are you talking about?"
"I've been called a ponce."