That's funny. My wife broke the horn in our car about this time last year in Christmas traffic. Tis the season.

I fixed it, no big deal. Took a while to get over airbag anxiety but it's not hard.

Here's a note I posted a while back. Post back or email if you have questions.

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If you have a Haynes manual the procedure for removing the airbag is in the

section on removing the steering wheel.

If you don't have Haynes:

Make sure you have radio code

disconnect battery

turn wheel 90 degrees to 1 side. On back of wheel is a hole, in there is a

t-30 torx screw. Remove the screw.

Rotate wheel to 90 degrees the other way. Remove t-30 screw.

Airbag is now loose. Unplug and put in a safe place.

Do not turn key on with airbag removed - it will set an SRS code.

Do not put an ohmeter across the airbag contacts, knowledgeable people say

it will go off.

With the airbag removed you will be looking at a metal frame with 4

electrical contacts in red plastic pressed through the frame. You can easily

see that banging on the horn can eventually push these contacts out. On my

car the plastic on one of the contacts broke, allowing the contact to flop

around. Whenever the contact touches any of the metal framing inside the

wheel the horn goes off. Mine was on all the time. I was able to glue the

contact in place with epoxy (great suggestion from this board!!), there was

enough plastic around where the contact goes thru the frame to insulate it.

This may or may not work for you. Make sure it is insulated from the frame

before you permanently attach it. Alternatively you could remove or wrap up

the bad contact in electrical tape and stick it out of the way. Then the

horn will not work on that corner but at least it won't go off when you

turn.

This is hard to describe but once you remove the airbag it is pretty clear

how it works.

Jimmy: good news and bad news.Good: I just helped my mechanic with one of these a few days ago. Bad news: He had tried to 'fix' the same problem a few days before (typical owner, tired of an endless series of broken things on her car, trying to save a few bucks), but the horn was stuck ON the next day; owner unplugged the horns, then had him install A NEW STEERING WHEEL :>( since VoVo doesn't sell 'just' the horn contacts or anything sensible like that. Yes, the steering wheel has to come off, there is a V-E-R-Y specific sequence involved in the removal, putting the "safety" on the airbag and locking the steering wheel, and lining up the wheel so that it is on straight. If you have never done one, let a PRO do it. The airbag contacts sit under/between the horn contacts, so THAT'S a major concern. The plastic-covered connectors for the 4 horn contacts are 'cheesy' to say it politely: when they break, they short-out to metal near them, causing the horn to stay on. AND: the new steering wheel ain't cheap! Unless you are a pro, let a pro do it.--PD.