98 horn not working with alarm

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Old 10-03-2014, 12:28 AM
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New (to me) 98 v70xc. Popped batteries in the fob and tested it out. Lights go off when I hit the panic button, but the horn doesn't. The horn works when you hit the steering wheel though. Completely silent when the alarm is going off. I need this fixed, as my car is at an elevated break in level because of my job.
Any ideas on how to pin down what's causing it and fixing it?
 

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Old 10-12-2014, 08:59 PM
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The alarm horn is independent of the steering wheel horn.

Try replacing it, at the firewall. You can check the **** before you do that.

 
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Old 10-13-2014, 03:04 AM
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Ha! I never would have thought of having a separate horn for the alarm. Now that I think about it having a dedicated makes perfect sense.

I'll try the ****, but if I have to replace the unit what is it called? "car alarm horn", "burglar horn", what? I'm finding 2 different sets on IPDUSA that seem to be the warning horn, not the alarm horn. Same with my local auto part chain.
 
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