Horn very sensitive to touch

[george c]

Hi there, my horn on my 1999 966 carrera is very sensitive to the touch. Sensitive where that a bump will set it off. Any suggestions is appreciated. Thank you

[Loren]

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[ecgross1]

Do search first. The steering wheel has interior rubber stops that wear over time, allowing the horn button to make contact too easily. Mine was so bad that the horn would blow if you hit the brakes hard enough. You can open up the steering wheel and replace or rebuild the stops. Or, you can do an easier fix. I found a little piece of black weatherstripping that I had laying around that just happened to be the right size to fit in the gap between the horn button and the rest of the steering wheel at the top - the gap you see when looking directly down on the steering wheel from above. I worked a small piece of weather stripping - only about one inch long - into the gap with a screwdriver and this fix has worked for going on three years now. You can see the weatherstripping if you know it is there, but only the most psychotic perfectionists would have an issue with this fix. Nobody else has ever noticed my remedy. I suppose you could get a longer piece of weatherstripping and fill the whole gap for a cleaner appearance - although you do have to use a firm push to get the horn now, and filling the entire gap could make it difficult or impossible to use the horn.