No Horn, worth worrying about?

Sone · 2 May 2006 at 15:01

Bought myself an 1992 MK6 Escort as a temporary car and plan to keep it till the tax runs out (october). The horn is shorting out and keeps coming on by itself, happened at 4am the other morning so i just disconnected it. Do i need to get it fixed or could i leave it?

6thElement · 2 May 2006 at 15:03

I think it's an MOT failure, but whether it concerns you that you have no way of alerting people if necessary

Oracle · 2 May 2006 at 15:15

MOT Failure - make sure its sorted by then, or place a cat under the bonnet with some string tied around its testicles with some string.

On MoT day, when the inspector wants to hear the horn.....tug away...

needmorespeed · 2 May 2006 at 15:24

try viagra

stoofa · 2 May 2006 at 15:52

Of course with it being an MOT failure - if stopped, the fact you do have a valid MOT for the car (we assume) doesn't automatically mean you've got any kind of valid argument for it not working.

MOT certificate just means it was road legal on the day/hour it was tested.
It is your responsability to make sure the vehicle remains road legal.

PardonTheWait · 2 May 2006 at 16:03

Get a squeezy bike hooter

Honk!

mattpc · 2 May 2006 at 16:19

stoofa said:
Of course with it being an MOT failure - if stopped, the fact you do have a valid MOT for the car (we assume) doesn't automatically mean you've got any kind of valid argument for it not working.

MOT certificate just means it was road legal on the day/hour it was tested.
It is your responsability to make sure the vehicle remains road legal.

True but he could just say it started malfunctioning ten minutes ago so he popped the fuse out so that he could drive it home to fix it and not upset other road users!!!

Kamerad · 2 May 2006 at 18:32

It will be harder to repremand other road users without it, you may have to resort to using hand signals.

Nazbit · 2 May 2006 at 18:48

Well if you feel you can live without it then fair enough, but I think I would want it there, just in case...

Plus when the police do those checkpoint things and pull you over to check tyres, lights and the general condition of the vehicle, they have been known to check the horns on older cars.

Sharq · 2 May 2006 at 18:50

Fog horn 4tw tbh

Nazbit · 2 May 2006 at 18:57

So•H I Gunit H**•mp3 said:
Fog horn 4tw tbh

didnt think of that, you just need one of those hand held ones on the passenger seat ready for the first person that cuts you up

Scania · 2 May 2006 at 19:15

Hope for your sake you don't need it (the horn) to warn a kid thats about to run out infront of you.......

Get it fixed, as a matter of priority if I were you.

Siliconslave · 2 May 2006 at 19:16

it can be a right pita not having a horn, specially when lorrys try and cut you up on roundabouts etc, seems to happen to me far too often

but atleast i have a working horn in this car!

Firestar_3x · 2 May 2006 at 19:17

Personally i think its a bad idea not having one, but being in a low car i seem to use it once or twice a week!

thebrasso · 2 May 2006 at 19:19

I'd get it fixed asap if I were you. Its sods law that if you don't you will get into a situation where if you had a working horn an accident may have been avoided.

6thElement · 2 May 2006 at 19:35

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