[T3] Horn Issue

[Sean Bartnik]

It happened to me early on with the crate too. I was finally able to take some video and visually confirm what was happening, but the root case was a poor-quality aftermarket steering coupler (the one with “premium quality” molded into it). With the steering under heavy load (like if I was trying to get out of a parallel parking spot with a couple people in the car) the coupler would physically distort enough so that the flange connected to the steering column would contact the flange connected to the steering box, thus grounding the horn.

Once I located an OEM VW steering coupler and installed that, it has never happened again to this day (and that coupler is still installed).

-Sean

> On Feb 1, 2026, at 09:42, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
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> 
> IIRC, you went thru a period where your horn would sound when you turned 
> the wheels all the way to full lock in one direction, grounding the front axle 
> beam. That was discussed here, we talked about it, and you then fixed the 
> problem.  ;-)  
> 
> For the life of me, I'm currently unable to visualize what touched what to 
> make that ground.
> 
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> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
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