Hey Guys and Gals,

I just purchased a 2000 F150 XL reg cab/short box 4.2L 5-spd w/112k and am extremely satisfied with my purchase so far.

I have noticed one interesting thing about this truck - the other day I went to sound the horn at someone who was attempting to back out of their driveway into me! All of a sudden I heard what could only be described as the type of sound you would hear from the horn of a children's playtoy come out of my truck!!!

Somebody - anybody - please tell me whoever had this before me replaced the stock horn! I just want to make sure before I go to the wreckers and grab another that it will sound like an AMERICAN TRUCK HORN!!!

 

Mine sounded like that once and theres actually to horns under there and one of them was broken so i just got another and it sounded fine after i put a new one in.

 

LOL! That is one of the best things I have read all week. Thanks for the laugh.

You might want to check if a wire came loose on one of the horns too. I had this happen to me in my Mustang and it turned out to be a bare wire that I had to repair. Just a thought!

 

He's right if I'm not mistaken one is kinda high pitch and one is low.

 

Yeah, happened to me once too. Sometimes it's a wire loose and sometimes one goes bad. Usually an easy fix.

 

Thanks all for all the replies. I just figured someone had replaced the horn with a joke horn or something but it sounds like I may have the same problem as a few of you guys. I'll take a look this weekend (it's supposed to go up above freezing on Saturday!)

 

hahah you think thats a weird sounding horn..... i have a freakin aooga horn on my truck....no joke, im not even kidding hahaha

 

I ran into the same dam* problem today! I think I shorted it out and blew a fuse when I went to change it out, now my horn won't work! Does anyone know if it is a fuse or a relay?

 

Fuse.

I had a buddy who put a duck call in the blow off valve of his Talon. There is a youtube video of it. Funny as hell. Everytime he built up boost and let off the gas, squeeqwaaaaak. Good times.

 

I didnt want to say anything about my horn, cuz I thought I would get laughed at. About a year ago, the only time I ever really took her out in the mud, the truck went haywire. That night I was at a buddys house, and was gettin ready to leave. Well I forgot my keys in his house, so I laid on the horn.....It went from a normal sounding strong deep sound, to I high tight pitched sound.Yet there was still a slight deep tone to it. Its like one horn went retarded, or got its nuts chopped off. So i quit using my horn. If I need someone to move, thats what the exhaust is for.
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