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horn not working on citroen relay van?

horn on my citroen relay van i have power to the horn but no power to the switch on the steering wheel i have checked the fuse and it is ok can you help
wayne ellis, August 2010
The horn is located on the left side of the vehicle, below the nearside headlamp in front of the nearside chassis leg - you can just see it if you shine a torch through the grille in the bumper. To diagnose and rectify a fault with the horn push itself, you may need to remove the lower dash shroud in front of the driver (3 or 4 screws) and the steering column shroud (4 or 5 screws) so you can see around the steering column and below. The horn switch on the steering wheel earths the relay (although I didn't find the relay but I'm assuming there has to be one - it may be one of the ones under the fuse box, accessible by removing the passenger-side lower dash - I stopped looking for the relay when I found the fault elsewhere) - pull off the horn-push just by pulling and you'll see a red and blue wire (on my 51-plate van) that goes down to the slip-ring that allows a contact to be made while the steering wheel is turned. The wire from the slip-ring to the multi-plug is a different colour, however, and is black and white (on a 51-plate van). Unplug the multi-plug and, using a fly-lead connected to a good earth, lightly touch the white and black wire via the socket that's connected to the van's loom, not the bit of loom from the steering column (use a paperclip to avoid damaging anything) and you may well find that the horn works. If this is the case, it's most likely to be a dodgy slip-ring. You have two options: remove the steering wheel and replace the slip-ring; or, if you're in a hurry like me and your van is worth about £5.50, fit a push switch on the dashboard that earths the white and black wire when needed. I hope that helps.

Desaxe, October 2014
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