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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 12:10 AM
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Horn stays on when headlights are running ?

Hey everyone , . I just got done doing a head swap on my 2010 cobalt ss . The whole job went well with no issues , car runs perfectly fine .

The only issue I'm having is after i put everything back together ,'now whenever my headlights are in the "auto" or "on" position , my horn goes on and stays on. Just a constant beep. When I switch the controls for the headlights to the amber lights, the horn does not sound.. when I push the lever for the headlights forward to put on the brights, it works fine and the horn don't go off .. and when I'm driving with my high beams on and press the horn , the regular lights go on as if I were to flash someone.

I'm thinking it might be something with my fuse box , or a ground maybe ? There was only one ground that I remember of when doing the job , and I put it back to where it was .

Anybody have any clues or had this issue before? Thanks all !!
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 09:43 AM
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Did you have the fuse box out? If you did check all the tabs on the connectors underneath. When I did my trans swap, one tab got bent and the car wouldn't start.
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 10:40 AM
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just logged in to say that would have scared the bejeezes out of me the first time it happened!!

if it were me i'd probably just unplug the horn and be done with it lol.
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 01:12 PM
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I thought about that ��, and yes the fuse box was out so I'm going to check that. Just was wondering if anyone had this problem also
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 01:15 PM
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Grounds?
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 03:01 PM
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there are two ground on the front of the trans, other than that, yeah it sounds like you bent some pins in the fuse box
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 03:31 PM
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I am going to agree. Sounds like the Horn and Light wires are shorting somewhere. I would start by looking at the fuse box. If everything looks good there then trace the wires until you find where they are shorting together.
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 04:00 PM
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I'm pretty sure the only ground I touched when doing the head was one by the high pressure fuel pump . And that was the only one I had to remove. So I'm assuming my problem most likely is in the fuse box . I'll check that out tomorrow since it's gonna be warm . I'll come back and let you guys know what I find !
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Old Jan 11, 2017 | 07:36 PM
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I also had a fuse box issue, bunch of stuff didn't didn't work so I took apart and did it again and it fixed
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