GF-91
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Anyone watching?
To those who aren't watching it basically the horn doesn't work when the front/rear lights are on.
Not on all of astra's though.
eek. 
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Cavey
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Hardly the end of the world is it
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
Hardly the end of the world is it
They were making it out like it was 
They did the old "what if a child stepped out off the kerb? You'd need to alert them with the sound of your horn" lol
It is actually an MOT failure tho tbf
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GF-91
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
Hardly the end of the world is it
They were making it out like it was
They did the old "what if a child stepped out off the kerb? You'd need to alert them with the sound of your horn" lol
It is actually an MOT failure tho tbf
If a child stepped out off the kerb, I wouldn't be fucking beeping,I'd be braking.
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Kano
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Mines fine, cant say I'd give a shit if it wasn't.
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GF-91
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quote:
Originally posted by Kano
Mines fine, cant say I'd give a shit if it wasn't.
Could get a free fix if it was broken though.
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MarkM
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What so if your main lights are on the horn doesn't work?
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GF-91
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Originally posted by MarkM
What so if your main lights are on the horn doesn't work?
Apparently so.
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Kano
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Originally posted by GF-91
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Originally posted by Kano
Mines fine, cant say I'd give a shit if it wasn't.
Could get a free fix if it was broken though.
Its under warranty so I would hope so. For the hassle it causes having to leave the car at the garage for a day for them to fix it I wouldn't bother. I'm a nervouse wreck leaving my car in cramped garage car parks..
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John
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I don't think I've ever used the horn on my astra.
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sc0ott
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well to solve the problem, if you happen to see a 6 year old kid run across a road at night, turn your lights off and blast the horn.
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MarkM
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Mine is fine. I try not to use the horn much though as it's the most pathetic sounding horn ever.
On a positive note I'm having Cruise Control activated with CC stalk installed this weekend by Vauxhall for £40 all in. Mate of a mate works at Vauxhall so I'm getting discount.
Bargain.
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John
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That's not bad, stalk is about £30 staff price.
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bwbw
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My mark 5 astra had this problem, just assumed it was a loose connection!
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oceansoul
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quote:
Originally posted by bwbw
My mark 5 astra had this problem, just assumed it was a loose connection!
Thats what was on the show. mk5 upto 07 i think she said.
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MarkM
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Originally posted by John
That's not bad, stalk is about £30 staff price.
Yeah decent price for parts and fitting. Hopefully should mean the dash light works too. Whilst I'm in I might get some other bits. Glovebox stuff etc.
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John
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From what I've read the dash light only works on certain dashes.
Mine had to be activated in the right place before the dash worked, 3 places in total I think it has to be turned on.
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MarkM
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quote:
Originally posted by John
From what I've read the dash light only works on certain dashes.
Mine had to be activated in the right place before the dash worked, 3 places in total I think it has to be turned on.
Yeah I've heard that about the clocks. Do you mean 3 places by Tech2?
Hopefully I should have the right clocks as mines a decent spec (SRI 150 CDTI) so should have the best spec clocks you'd like to think.
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MarkM
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Where on the dash is the light John?
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lostboy
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My horn hasn't worked since about a week after the MOT, you know that trick you do on Nova's when you turn a certain something upside down? Did that and my horn kept blaring til I turned the ignition to the off position, as soon as the ignition lights came on it sounded again continuously, had to disconnect it from the actual horn.
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John
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Bottom right hand corner somewhere, I'll have a look this morning.
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oceansoul
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quote:
Originally posted by lostboy
My horn hasn't worked since about a week after the MOT, you know that trick you do on Nova's when you turn a certain something upside down? Did that and my horn kept blaring til I turned the ignition to the off position, as soon as the ignition lights came on it sounded again continuously, had to disconnect it from the actual horn.
Eh? You mean on the Nova turning the hazard light switch upside down to turn on the ignition?? Why would you even try that in an Astra.....
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Pete_vxl
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My brother got his horn fixed acouple of weeks ago.
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by MarkM
Where on the dash is the light John?
On the speedo, bottom right hand.
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RichR
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
Hardly the end of the world is it
They were making it out like it was
They did the old "what if a child stepped out off the kerb? You'd need to alert them with the sound of your horn" lol
It is actually an MOT failure tho tbf
Child's fault; shouldn't be out after dark 
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