before I look at the manual....

[tacoma]

... does anyone have the easy fix for a horn apparently shorting out and killing the interior lights/radio???

 

[dleroy43]

replace horn with finger

 

[tacoma]

hahah I like your thinking, but.....

.... how about something that will fix the radio and interior lights?

hahahah nice answer, you'll do.

 

[roadnotca]

dleroy43 must not have a working horn.
You'll have to pull the horn button/cover to investigate. The screws for the contact ring, have plastic insulators that get brittle with age. They might be falling apart.

 

[tomseviltwin]

Yes, the easy fix is to change your cigarette lighter. Sounds dumb? Bet ya $10 dollars in Utah beer this will fix it.


Tom

 

[tacoma]

so that's like... $3 in regular beer? I'll take that bet! LOL


THanks guys, I'll have to take a look. I suspect the insulators personally... everything went when I hit the horn. We'll see!

 

[tomseviltwin]

so that's like... $3 in regular beer? I'll take that bet! LOL


THanks guys, I'll have to take a look. I suspect the insulators personally... everything went when I hit the horn. We'll see!

Don't discount the cigarette lighter. I wasn't joking. Everything in the dash is grounded together in a funny manner. I had a similar problem and it was a bad lighter. I almost guarantee it is the lighter.

 

[wkbrdrob]

I had something similar when I bought my truck. A hard top bolt had grounded out my interior light and screwed all kinds of stuff up.