2008 DODGE NITRO Electrical Systemhorn Problems

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Nitro. The contact stated that the horn and the rear and front windshield wipers were inoperable. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle however, the failure persisted. The contact stated that her neighbor disconnected and reconnected the battery and the failure was corrected. The vehicle was not diagnosed. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was 168,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Nitro. The contact stated that while entering the vehicle the horn inadvertently started blowing and windshield wipers activated independently. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed with an unknown electrical wiring failure. The dealer replaced the battery cables; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 57,000.

FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS RANDOM HONKING OF HORN WHILE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND PARKED IN STORE PARKING LOT. SECOND OCCURRENCE WAS WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 30-35 MILES PER HOUR ON ACCESS ROAD THEN ON TO HIGHWAY AND IT STARTED TO HONK CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT STOP OR PAUSE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND LOCATE THE FUSES AND REMOVE SO HONKING WOULD STOP. BOUGHT BRAND NEW FUSES AND REPLACED BUT STILL DOES THE SAME THINGS. AND IN ORDER TO GET CAR INSPECTED, YOUR HORN HAS TO BE WORKING CORRECTLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. *TR