Chrysler Repair: Horn blows at random, dodge durango, clockspring

Question
Hi Kevin,
I have an 04 Dodge Durango that at first the horn would go off once in a while for a second or so (with no lights flashing) when the vehicle was off. Then it started going off when we where driving, again no lights. I pulled the fuse to stop the horn, waited a few weeks, put the fuse back in, horn went off, pulled fuse again. Has factory alarm. Thanks!

Answer
Hi Ray,
If the horn is not beeping rhythmically the way it does when the alarm goes, then I doubt the alarm system has anything to do with it. My suspicion would be that the horn relay grounding wire, which causes the horn to blow when you use the horn, is disconnected at the flexible joint at the steering wheel/steering column interface called the 'clockspring' and thus blows spontaneously when it touches a metal surface nearby to the break. See if you horn works at all (when it isn't blowing on its own accord). If not then that is the answer and you need a new 'clockspring' connection which you replace by first removing the steering wheel.
Roland