Gees Nweed, where abouts are you located, having the only way out by ferry and 650 miles to a dealer - Alaska? Sorry don`t have any knowledge about your horn problem. My horn honks but I can`t set it to honk with the lock/unlock function. There`s no setting for that available in the EVIC on the european model. Since you`re in such a remote area and there`s no know-how about this on the board, I guess the best way for you would be to describe your problem in detail to some Jeep customer service dept. I`m sure the will help or direct you to someplace they can.
Good luck and keep us posted

 

I always try the basics first...

Re-trace your steps. Have you tried to "MAKE" the horn honk again upon lock/unlock? If so and still no results... do you have access to a spare horn that you can swap out? I mention the swap because you mention that you got it to honk once and you disconnected the battery (for about 10 mins.? - it takes a bit of time for some features to reset when battery is disconnected)

I got my horn to stop honking on unlock/lock with no problems but I have the EVIC.

 

I wish the horn wouldn't honk... that little toot is so unworthy of the Patriot!

 

Funny about that horn, or whatever it is.

Yesterday I went to visit a customer. As I was driving this van started to drift to my lane and on top of me (idiot driver was on his cell phone, go figure - non multi-tasking). Anywho... I bashed away on my "horn" and he finally corrected. I watch him in his big mirror as he turns to see what was "honking" at him and he looked "downwards" through his mirror. Then I see him slowly move up to his mirror until he see's me.

I guess he thought I was a Mini Cooper sized vehicle or something. I just shook my head at him and he just smiled back and made the usual sign of "apology"...Oh well.

Horn may sound small but I guess the Patriot makes up for itself in size.

 

If the nearest dealer is 650 miles away,, that tells me that where you live you really have no need for a horn. You're the only one on the road!

 

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I wish the horn wouldn't honk... that little toot is so unworthy of the Patriot!

I don`t know about US models, but my Pat`s horn is double or maybe triple accorded and makes our two cats jump like 3 feet up in the air when I pull into the driveway and honk to make sure I don`t run them over

 

Are you sure the horn doesn't honk? It isn't very loud.

Somewhere on the list there is a process to reset the computer to zero/factory day of delivery. It has something to do with turn the ignition on, press and release the acclelrator 3 time in 30 seconds, and turn the key back off. (I think) That shoud re set the whole car. If not, leave the battery disconnected over night, or al day at work, like 4 or 5 hours. See what happens. I would try it on mine, but I don't have power locks,

 

Hum, maybe there is a way to reset the computer to factory defaults, but this is not the one, because this is exactly what I do to reset the "change oil" message, as specified in the manual

 

I agree with Megula... that horn is not worthy. Even my kids say "is that it".

Every time I need the horn it reminds me I need to read that horn modification thread.

 

you pulled all the fuses?? how about checking or even replaceing the horn fuse?

or apply 12V to the horn directly to see if it's working.

The horn being a safety device, there's no way that you can disable it completely using the keyfob or EVIC.

 

My horn didn't work when I got my Patriot. I didn't realize it when I picked it up from the dealer, until I tried to use it a while later.

I took it in a few weeks ago to get it replaced under warranty, after Chrysler went bankrupt, and it's fine now. They had no problems doing it for free.

 

yep alaska. Need to horn because the occasional road issue occurs like today someone didn't stop at the sign cut me off and was on his phone ignoring traffic. I almost hit him and laying on the horn does nothing of course. Or you are about to drive off and the wife is out in the woods ignoring you and you need someway to make her lookup and see the fact that everyones in the car and you are driving away.

I've retraced my steps and the unlock/lock doesn't sound the horn because the horn feature as a whole has somehow been disabled. providing power directly to the horn makes it honk so I know its working. Changed out the fuse and that didn't fix it either.

I've definately got it narrowed down to a setting somewhere in the computer. Apparently there is a keyfob code that will disable the panic alarms horn and the entire horn for the jeep. Still have no idea what did it I'm calling a jeep expert this afternoon and I'll let you know if that does anything.

 

so my "expert" has the diagnostic computer for jeep patriot 08's (lucky for me). We hook it up and the computer says the horn circuit is open. We reset the circuit and it auto opens itself. We try reseting the panic alarm mode and that doesn't work either. Looks like either I get lucky with the code on the fob by accident or factory reset time.

 

Are you sure the horn didn't just break at the same time you were changing settings? Sounds a bit weird that it won't work at all.

 

My horn sounds wimpy



My horn got really quiet, and feeble/wavering.

I wonder if I splashed some mud and water into a connector or the horn itself.
There was another thread on horn augmentation or replacement.... If I'm going in to fix it, I'm replacing it with a REAL horn.

 

Nope the horn didn't break, as I was messing around again this weekend and managed through frustration on the keyfob to get the panic alarm re-enabled with the horn. It honked about 3-4 times and then quit again when I unlocked the car doors with the fob.

 

Got the jeep to a jeep certified repair shop. They ran the diagnostics and claim the horn is dead. They removed the horn added power directly to it and it works. Then they put it back in the car and it doesn't. Not sure how the heck this justifies their claim that its the horn, especially when it works if its not connected to the car.

While they were messing around we also and I had already suspected that rear passenger side window won't go up once it gets past 50%. Apparently theres a bad actuator.:doh:

And since I drove all the way here to get it all looked at. I had them order up some external bumpers, hitch, and do the standard maintenance.:blah:

 

So we finally got the whole thing fixed. Ended up with a new horn and a flashed computer.

Apparently if you pound on the keyfob enough you can short the settings for the horn on the computer which requires a reset. And then because the computer has been trying to continously honk the horn the horn can short out.

BLEH!

 

Huh... thats interesting. Thanks for the heads up!

 

Perhaps try one of these:

 

Yipee for the fix at last! Now go and horn away ... :banana:

 

I am having the no horn issue. I noticed it had stopped working when locking using the key fob but never thought anything of it. Then today I was getting cut off and I had no horn- had to resort to the finger. The manual doesnt even show which fuse is for the horn- does anyone know?

 

If the manual doesn't show a fuse, then there isn't one - a lot of electronics in the Patriot are controlled directly by the computer, if it reads a fault it stops electrical current from going to that part until the fault code is reset.

 

So its been in at the dealer for 2 days and at least 1 more. There is no fuse for the horn. They replaced some sort of power control unit. Now they are replacing the horn- replacement of the unit alone did not resolve the issue. I think this no fuse business could really turn out to be a pain in the rear over the long haul- who wants to replace a horn and control module every time something little goes wrong that a fuse could have prevented?

 

Good luck on the horn issue, mine still works fine and I was able to reproduce the problem on a friends patriot as well a few months ago. Basicly you need computer reset (flash) and if it has been a few days since the problem started you'll need a new horn because the current one won't work as the wire connections to it will have fused due to constant current being dumped to it by the computer.

(oh and my best friend won't let me mess with his cars anymore).

 

Sigh, my horn has just stopped working today. I hope it doesn't require reflashing the computer as stated here or replacing the horn.

 

Why is everyone in this thread complaining about how loud there horn is.

Mine id heaps loud. Much louder then I expected. Good for blasting idiots.

Maybe oder Patriots have pussy horns??

 

I was doing work with the front bumper off last week, and I unplugged the horn while I was working on it and plugged the connector back in when I was done. It's plugged in all the way I know for sure because I heard it click and its in as far as it goes, but ever since this it has not been working at all with the key fob and the steering wheel button. It's a real pain not having a horn so I'd like to fix it asap

Do you guys think it needs a computer reset, or do you think the issue is in the horn/wiring itself? I wouldn't be surprised if it was corrosion either, as mine has been through 9 winters of road salt. Any ideas are appreciated

 

Since that point its been dead? Probably a combo of the 9 years and maybe you pushing on it did it in.

 

Try whacking it with a wrench!...Seriously! Mine stopped working and I was about to change it when a friend says "whack it a couple of times with a wrench or a hammer"

Danged if it didn't work!