How to fix your horn on your MKV Volkswagen

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2 жыл бұрын

if the horn on your VW does not work and you have an airbag light message chances are you have a broken clock spring. in this video I go through how to replace it.

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@Opus708 2 жыл бұрын

Great Job showing in detail for everybody to understand Thank you.

@TonyRome402 3 ай бұрын

That is exactly what is wrong with my car. I don't have the skill or facilities for the repair, but at least😅 now I know what is wrong and how to explain it to the mechanic. Thank you for a very good video.

@theafrodzac 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you..... this is exactly what's wrong with my car right now. Thank you Thank you

@aLightShines Жыл бұрын

awesome, this lady gonna go get this clock spring! learning on my own thank u!

@rickelkins45 8 ай бұрын

Excellent quick how to. I’m in the midst of changing mine on a 2007 Jetta 2.5

@nickmartinson5574 2 ай бұрын

You don't need to mark the bolt locking the wheel in place..there are 2 factory marks lining the steering wheel to correct place.

@dracogtm Жыл бұрын

Thank you man!

@imabosssorta1923 10 ай бұрын

I just got my car back after 4 months and 3 shops and now my horn doesn't work. This is so frustrating to see because it went in for a clutch issue that turned into a non start that was from modules in the steering column. Now I'm finding out my horn probably doesn't work because of the clock spring in the steering column.

@LLoydDStiff Жыл бұрын

Thank you I was wondering what's wrong with my horn on my mk5 r32 . I checked the fuses and all is well but now I know. The only thing there is no Ir bag lights

@rickderby12 11 ай бұрын

Same here

@johnbayliss7124 16 күн бұрын

Did ya find a fix mines the same

@ericsuper9723 Жыл бұрын

Will the airbag get activated if I remove the holding clips before I disconnect the battery?

@Nissannx2000svg Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure but why take the chance and just kill all chances of it happening. They hit hard ( ask me how I know ) 😄

@hardcore4476 Жыл бұрын

I’ve done this on My Mk6 Jetta and it’s pretty much the same thing.

@ufc_card_fiend 11 ай бұрын

Man, I was hoping this was gonna be an easy fix 😅 what would be a good quote from a mechanic?

@Nissannx2000svg 11 ай бұрын

depends on your local area rates. I'd say budget $300 in labour and I can't remember of the top of my head how much I paid for the parts. I got them on Partsgeek

@msbgaming3616 Жыл бұрын

My horn isn’t working but there’s no airbag light or anything the horn works when I lock the car any ideas?

@Nissannx2000svg Жыл бұрын

It’s the clock spring. The horn function is just one of the many things to go.

@rajaam620 Жыл бұрын

Great! Fantastic step-by-step tutorial! It'll be very useful of VW owners to understand about their car.

@elsalvinspired2088 Жыл бұрын

I took 2014 vw passat to vw shop to get the clock spring replaced. I had been told by a mechanic that the horn does not work because of a faulty clock spring. After waiting for 3 hours at the vw shop, I was told that it was not the clock spring. Shop service person said that more diagnostics were needed to find out what's wrong. After another hour, the final diagnosis is that the steering wheel control buttons are faulty and need to be replaced. As far as I know, the steering wheel buttons seem to work fine. Also, not sure what those buttons or wires have to do with a malfunctioning horn? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. At this point, I am just frustrated. I am not having the horn repaired at this time- the quote is too high and something does not feel right. Thanks

@joelaw5207 10 ай бұрын

wire up a new button for your horn

@FredFlintstone21 5 ай бұрын

Is the horn relay bad? Sometimes it's the simplest things. Does the horn have a proper ground? When you press horn, does power go to the horn? Yes? Maybe you just need a new horn.

@elsalvinspired2088 5 ай бұрын

@@FredFlintstone21 thank you. Will give it another shot. Will update later 🙏

@ashleynunez1960 9 ай бұрын

I have a question my horn dosent work but I don’t have the airbag light on ? What could the issue be ?

@FredFlintstone21 5 ай бұрын

Find your horn and test if power is going to it, in some cases the horn itself needs replacing. It might be a grounding issue. For your horn not to require any grounding, it needs two terminals for the current to operate it. If it only has one contact point, it must be grounded in order to have a complete circuit. Unplug the wire(s) from the horn, use a test light to see if it lights up when someone presses the horn. Nothing? Could just be a bad horn relay. Or clock spring like in this video. If you have power going to the horn, and it's grounded well, while someone is pressing the horn, give the horn a tap to see if it'll come on. Horns are cheap, if they are bad.

@criters70 5 ай бұрын

My horn (2015 Jetta TDI) stopped working after excessive celebration! All my fuses are saying they are good. Horn/ airbag pad on steering wheel still has a bounce/spring to it. Within a few hours, it had different degrees of volume and working & not working right/left/top/bottom, until nothing. I don't have the airbag icon lighting up. Should I still go through the steering wheel or is there something else I should check first? 0:32

@colebrink4661 4 ай бұрын

hey man so what did you do to fix it

@criters70 4 ай бұрын

I haven't. That's why I put it out there. Hoping someone could advise me...

@2007gehad Жыл бұрын

I don't have airbag light, what do you thing the Problem ?

@Nissannx2000svg Жыл бұрын

It’s still most likely the clock spring. That harness ribbon is made up of lots of very small wires that are integrated into it’s designed so the one that broke on yours is just the horn

@MarioRamirez-xx9ji 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same problem but the dealership told me it was a module problem

@Nissannx2000svg 2 жыл бұрын

If you have an “Airbag” light and your horn is not working it’s definitely the clock spring.

@isthianthomas6386 Жыл бұрын

My horn is working but it sounds horrible lol. Never sounded like that before so am I having the same issue? The airbag light isn't on but it did pop up randomly a month ago before turning off again

@Nissannx2000svg Жыл бұрын

The clock spring is a ribbon of wires and when it starts to tear apart it could be the wires barely touching why it sounds like that due to a poor connection.