Avoid Dodge

Mike, you don't need no horn, mirrors or even reverse... That Dodge has all kinds of ponies except one to saddle for the grandkids...
Just get a run at the shop and convert it to a pull through and your problems are... well... you get the idea...

On the other hand that is pretty cool to have a truck that honks as it drives by you in reverse... I bet it flys the one antennae salute when it does too :lol: .

I bet you could look up that mod on some Dodge truck board and undo their mod with a barber horn special that only honks in forward with the left window down with a west wind.

I bet that was quite the discovery when you figured it out...
 
Mike-

Seems to me the simplest of all solutions would be to just insert a switch in the horn power supply line-

There must be just a single wire going to the horn at some point accessible to add a switch in.

Simply cut the line and add a two conductor wire to the ends and take it to a switch you can mount at some convenient point to turn the durn thing on and off.

But I do get a kick out of some of these suggestions!

Got an dual air horn on my motorhome and it's a lot of fun to blow folks away with!

Joe.
 
If that small percentage cannot learn from trial and error, maybe society would be better off without them.
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I believe these are the people that appear in the Darwinian awards every year. Unfortunately not enough accidents happen each year to weed them out of the population.
 
Yeah Joe, I thought the same thing. I even found a small PP SPST with high rated contacts that can go right in the line so I don't have to figure out which relay to drop out. That will do until I find a NC relay that will open with a signal from the backup light circuit.

As for the door switch, it is inside the door and integrated into the latch, so duct tape isn't much use. I don't want to tear the door open and the latch apart to disable it, and even if I did figure out which of the many wires it fed I would be loathe to cut it.

I did stop at the Chevy dealer to pick up a brochure on their heavy trucks. Then I looked at a 3500 on the lot and wondered why it was so physically small. After that I looked at a 2500 equipped how I would rig a 1-ton and saw the sticker price at over $51,000. Whoa. I didn't see what they were so proud of at all. I haven't even bothered to go through the brochure. Chevy is out. I have always liked the looks of Ford, but their latest attempt at the Powerstroke has something like 91 service bulletins at the moment, which means they are likely to hook up the horn to blow for as many reasons. My '04 Dodge 3500 still has the best diesel on the road, even with the bleeping horn, so I reckon I will be keeping it for a while yet.

And Sneaks - No sir, I do not need to open the door to back my trailer, but because it is so much easier to do so it would be stupid not to. Especially turning it around in my yard with the tongue inches from hard jackknife. I have good mirrors, but I also have enough sense use what works best.

And Bill - I don't want to stick that horn on my truck, but if you need some suggestions as to where you can stick it........

And finally, Caty Mae - I love you too!
 
dogon dory":2hnt1qdh said:
Sounds like I need to buy a Dodge truck as the perfect match to my Suzukis. The perfect vehicle would be a Dodge truck powered by Suzuki.....
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oldgrowth":1ivy4p6t said:
Mike – if your door light is not important, disconnect it if that is part of the function of the recall update. I do not have my door light come on when my door is opened. I have to turn it manually.

Now the controversial part.
I can’t blame you one bit for being pissed with Dodge, but they are not the only company, person or professional that has tried to protect themselves from stupid law suites with stupid warnings or regulations. We have too many bottom feeding lawyers (see below) that are willing to sue for the dumbest reason. They clog up the court system. They argue that a person with common sense would not assume hot coffee can burn you. If a very small percentage of the people are too dumb to use common sense in their daily lives and hurt themselves because of it, why should the rest of us suffer the consequences? If that small percentage cannot learn from trial and error, maybe society would be better off without them. It is obvious that if they are too dumb to know hot coffee can burn, they are too dumb to understand the written warning label on that cup of coffee and maybe they shouldn’t be perpetuating the problem by breeding.

We cannot and should not try and protect every one from all dangers of living.

I know we have some attorneys on this site and this is not meant to disparage them. We need good attorneys, some of my good friends are attorneys and I have great respect for the good and honest ones. Pat included. :star
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Dave, well said.
Bravo!

James
 
When I bought my first vineyard here in Western Oregon in 1997, I knew I needed a pickup that would haul at least 8000 pounds of grapes per load. I looked at them all, Chevy, Dodge, and Ford. I disliked the interior of the Ford and Dodge, and I disliked the engine noise of both also. I bought a Chev 3/4 ton 4 x 4 with the 6.? whatever liter diesel engine. I had to have the water pump replaced under warranty at under 10K miles, and then they replaced the fuel pump under warranty at 117,000 miles. I'm at 125K miles and she runs like new, and can still tow those grapes.

Buy a Chevy, you won't be sorry.

Wineman
 
So Dan, what is it about Suzuki you don't like? I love my new DF-90 and just bought the 2.5 portable for the dinghy.
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Powered by Suzuki
(but we make it there and back anyway)
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Peter
 
Well, if the Suzuki shop gets their engineers from the same school Chrysler does, you're screwed. Flat rate engineering is the wave of the future.

"This is the problem, you got one hour to solve it, here's your twenty seven bucks."

"Hey - I know - lets hook the horn up to it!"

I'll fix the damn horn problem. One guy jumpered his seat belt sensor because the horn isn't supposed to honk when the belt is fastened. But guess what - mine does. The seat belt alarm is user programable, so maybe I need to change it's settings to get the jumper plan to work. Hey - I know - if the belt warning system isn't working properly, that's a warranty item! No, they'll make the horn honk when the belt is undone.

We cannot and should not try and protect every one from all dangers of living.
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Oldgrowth has this one pegged.

The perfect vehicle would be a Dodge truck powered by Suzuki.....
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Now a Cummins in a C-Dory - that would be perfect.
 
Hi Mike,
Why don't you gust put in a switch that disconects the horn when the dome lite goes on should not be to hard for you and I would not think you would have to cut any wires. Goin to make it tough on them wouldbe pranksters who like to honk the horn while you got your head under the hood to. Fished off rocky point tues din't get a bite only saw a couple off shakers caught, owhell next time. Checker said its been kind of slow lots of water coming down and still perty dirty.
Richard
 
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