SebastianGator
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Is there a way to remedy the horn delay in a 2018 1500?
HORN DELAY
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Go ask in 4th gen lol. @MADDOG
csuder99
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Not really unless you want to do major surgery on the wiring. In the olden days the horn button would activate a relay which in turn sent power to the horn. Nowadays there is a electronic module monitoring all the buttons on the steering wheel which sends a message via the CAN bus to another module which then turns on the relay.
RamInfo
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And back when the horn system was analog you could briefly “chirp” the horn to let the guy ahead of you know that it’s time to get his head out of his…phone, since the light went green 15 seconds ago. Now, the digitally controlled horn is either full on or full off, so instead of a gentle chirp reminder the guy gets a full but brief blast from the horn.
I guess that’s progress…
best,
DG
I guess that’s progress…
best,
DG
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What RamInfo said is so spot on. The horn is like that in the wife's Wrangler as well. I had air horns in my 95 2500, so I could give controlled light "blast" with those.
crazykid1994
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Whenever I get around to building my onboard air I plan on adding a small air horn in my front bumper/grill with its own momentary push button.
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Here ya go
www.youtube.com
NICEST Car Horn Ever- DIY
This horn is SO courteous my car was granted Canadian citizenship yesterday. Check out Bob's video: https://youtu.be/smhMLsP5fsMMy buddy Howard does this fo...
www.youtube.com
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Good video link. I agree with the guy on the chirp horn 
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I like the Canadian citizenship part,lolHere ya go
NICEST Car Horn Ever- DIY
This horn is SO courteous my car was granted Canadian citizenship yesterday. Check out Bob's video: https://youtu.be/smhMLsP5fsMMy buddy Howard does this fo...
RamInfo
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Well, there’s always this option—useful for those deliberately taking their dear sweet time crossing the street…
best,
DG
best,
DG
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And back when the horn system was analog you could briefly “chirp” the horn to let the guy ahead of you know that it’s time to get his head out of his…phone, since the light went green 15 seconds ago. Now, the digitally controlled horn is either full on or full off, so instead of a gentle chirp reminder the guy gets a full but brief blast from the horn.
I guess that’s progress…
best,
DG
Pretty sure I can 'chirp' the horn in my 2018 1500 Big Horn.
Danny Phillips
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To much electronic BS. I wish they made things simpler.
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rammasterCA
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I found useful remote horns from BossHorn!
Sounds really blasting!
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I will be installing a "Herbie" horn & button in my Ram
16Ram4x4
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I'm right with you there on the horn honking issue.
You hit the horn button and the signal now goes through the BCM module and this BCM module has to be positively sure the horns are actually physically connected to the wires before the BCM will allow the horns to honk. Its irritating that when you urgently need to sound your horn to avoid someone not paying attention it takes a f******* eternity for the horns to honk = unsafe.
I will also be adding another horn that will be on its own circuit
You hit the horn button and the signal now goes through the BCM module and this BCM module has to be positively sure the horns are actually physically connected to the wires before the BCM will allow the horns to honk. Its irritating that when you urgently need to sound your horn to avoid someone not paying attention it takes a f******* eternity for the horns to honk = unsafe.
I will also be adding another horn that will be on its own circuit
SebastianGator
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Thank you Sir. I appreciate it. So there isn't any old school way of bypassing it then?
SebastianGator
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Couldn't agree with you more regarding the safety issue and the delay. Will your remedy still work by using the horn pad or will this be an auxiliary button you have to install?
