Horn Assembly Problems of Oldsmobile 88

Oldsmobile 88 owners have reported 4 problems related to horn assembly (under the electrical system category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Horn Assembly problem of the 1997 Oldsmobile 88

Failure Date: 11/09/2003

My complaint is that when the weather is cold, my horn doesn't work until the whole steering wheel warms up, which can take up to an hour. The service department at my olds dealer is apparently aware of this because they advised the only thing I can do is to replace the $700+ air bag because all the wiring for the horn is run through the air bag. As far as I'm concerned, this is a manufacturer's defect and is extremely dangerous. This should be a recall. There was no "incident" but apparently I have to put in a date so I will just make one up so I can proceed with my complaint.

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2 Horn Assembly problem of the 1998 Oldsmobile 88

Problem is in cold weather the horn blows by its self. It will start to blow and keep blowing till disconnected. When taken to dealer they said they had to call the gm tech support and was told it was a design problem in that year car. The fix was to replace the horn and air bag assembly for the cost of 680. 00. I contacted gm about this and was told the car was out of warranty and there was nothing they could do. I don't belive this is a warranty issue anyway. Is there any thing that can be done about this or have you received and other complaints of this same nature. Any information or help on this matter would be apperciated. Thank you david hooley.

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3 Horn Assembly problem of the 1997 Oldsmobile 88

Possible electrical failures is causing the horn to sound while the vehicles is parked (off), the courtesy lights would illuminated and the trunk would pop up on it's own. Nlm.

4 Horn Assembly problem of the 1997 Oldsmobile 88

Horn design is difficult to engage.


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