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Buick Riviera Horn Sticks Q. Hello. I absolutely agree with your advice for do-it-yourselfers to avoid getting near their airbags. Here's my related question: The horn on my 1995 Buick Riviera began to stick every time I honked it. I would have to hit another section of the pad in order to get it unstuck.

Then, at 3:00 a.m., naturally, it started to honk continuously when nobody was inside the vehicle. I took it to a Buick dealer who said that it is not possible to repair any problems with the horn pad or contact without replacing the entire airbag module at the same time.

The horn has been disconnected while I await shipment of an airbag module, which will take several days to arrive because apparently airbags cannot be sent via overnight air express delivery because they could deploy on the aircraft. When it arrives, I'll be looking at a $700.00 repair (parts and labor). Does this kind of major surgery sound right to you to resolve a simple sticky horn problem?

Thanks,
Tide

A. Personally, I would have looked carefully at it to see if I could bend something away so it would not blow. I've seen this happen when someone pounds on the horn pad and bent something.