Hyundai has a nice one its Loud personally I hope they crack down on noise pollution

 

Agreed! All horns should be a sample of the "Meep" from the cartoon Road Runner! It's fun and casual. No others allowed!

 

I love almost everything about our 2024 Sport Touring CR-V, but the stock horn really is pathetic. I'd like to put in an upgrade (as lots of folks here have done successfully) like the one from College Hills Honda, but my wife is worried that it will cause some change in resistance or load or something. She doesn't want to risk jeopardizing the many microelectronic systems in the car. Yes, she's probably being overcautious, but in the name of domestic harmony, I can't go ahead with the upgrade until I get her OK.
She suggested I call the certified technicians from the dealership where we got it. I'm pretty sure there's no way they're going to take the time to approve an aftermarket part that they're neither selling nor installing. Instead, I tried submitting a question to College Hills. They replied very promptly:
That's totally reasonable, but doesn't help at all. Does anyone here have a suggestion about where to get an authoritative assurance that adding a second, aftermarket horn is safe to do?

IMO, merely replacing the stock horn with a louder one would not have any negative effect on the electronics.

 

It’s not just an opinion, it’s fact.

 

That is what a fuse does. It protects the circuit from overload. I am running two horns - stock plus additional horn. I have never tripped the fuse.

 

The extra horn is a Honda horn. It's not some aftermarket crap.

It's safe. It's worth it.

 

I would not call his wife a "dumdum", that will certainly make convincing her a little more difficult. Her concern is valid, she just needs to learn how the systems work..... Unless she is just looking for an excuse NOT to get a louder horn.

 

Did install the kit from College Hills. Look at this thread. My install is on the second page.

 

 

Just don't mess with the big orange wires.

 

Have your wife hang her head out the window and scream at the top of her lungs when you need to use the horn. Doing that a couple of times will certainly change her mind towards an upgrade!

 

It is better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

 

I love almost everything about our 2024 Sport Touring CR-V, but the stock horn really is pathetic. I'd like to put in an upgrade (as lots of folks here have done successfully) like the one from College Hills Honda, but my wife is worried that it will cause some change in resistance or load or something. She doesn't want to risk jeopardizing the many microelectronic systems in the car. Yes, she's probably being overcautious, but in the name of domestic harmony, I can't go ahead with the upgrade until I get her OK.

She suggested I call the certified technicians from the dealership where we got it. I'm pretty sure there's no way they're going to take the time to approve an aftermarket part that they're neither selling nor installing. Instead, I tried submitting a question to College Hills. They replied very promptly:



That's totally reasonable, but doesn't help at all. Does anyone here have a suggestion about where to get an authoritative assurance that adding a second, aftermarket horn is safe to do?

As Jackie Gleason said on the Honeymooners, tell your wife you are the king of the castle and she is a lowly peasant girl. That should take care of it.

 

When you make this statement, either be near an exit door or be sure nothing throwable is within her reach, especially knives and/or vases, preferably both. 😃

 

Legal horns aren't noise pollution.

15" subs, straight pipes, motocross bikes riding on my city streets. That's noise pollution.

 

I love almost everything about our 2024 Sport Touring CR-V, but the stock horn really is pathetic. I'd like to put in an upgrade (as lots of folks here have done successfully) like the one from College Hills Honda, but my wife is worried that it will cause some change in resistance or load or something. She doesn't want to risk jeopardizing the many microelectronic systems in the car. Yes, she's probably being overcautious, but in the name of domestic harmony, I can't go ahead with the upgrade until I get her OK.

She suggested I call the certified technicians from the dealership where we got it. I'm pretty sure there's no way they're going to take the time to approve an aftermarket part that they're neither selling nor installing. Instead, I tried submitting a question to College Hills. They replied very promptly:



That's totally reasonable, but doesn't help at all. Does anyone here have a suggestion about where to get an authoritative assurance that adding a second, aftermarket horn is safe to do?

Get the upgrade kit from College Hills. It is factory approved and designed specifically for this car so she shouldn't have any complaints about it. I put it on mine and it is GREAT. The factory horn is PATHETIC and Honda should be embarrassed and ashamed of what they did there. Good luck.

 

The factory horn is PATHETIC and Honda should be embarrassed and ashamed of what they did there. Good luck.

I always said that the car hangs its head in shame when you blow the OEM horn. The car sounds like a sissy.

You don't need to get a horn from College Hills. Amazon sells plenty of GOOD horns. Only thing wrong with them is you have to wire them in because they don't come with the Honda connectors.

Now our CRV is proud when the horn is blown.

 

I love almost everything about our 2024 Sport Touring CR-V, but the stock horn really is pathetic. I'd like to put in an upgrade (as lots of folks here have done successfully) like the one from College Hills Honda, but my wife is worried that it will cause some change in resistance or load or something. She doesn't want to risk jeopardizing the many microelectronic systems in the car. Yes, she's probably being overcautious, but in the name of domestic harmony, I can't go ahead with the upgrade until I get her OK.

She suggested I call the certified technicians from the dealership where we got it. I'm pretty sure there's no way they're going to take the time to approve an aftermarket part that they're neither selling nor installing. Instead, I tried submitting a question to College Hills. They replied very promptly:



That's totally reasonable, but doesn't help at all. Does anyone here have a suggestion about where to get an authoritative assurance that adding a second, aftermarket horn is safe to do?

Put in the horn you want. I vote for the loudest, most obnoxious horn you can endure. There was a time I found honking on a horn altered a driver's behavior. Not so much now.

An entirely anecdotal story. You may be familiar with the biker saying, "Loud pipes saves lives." I heard "informed" opinions that contradict that saying. One day riding on a surface street, I saw a Harley Davidson in the driver's side view mirror. He was far enough behind me that I couldn't hear him with my windows up. He was riding alone.

I lost track of him until he came up on my left side. His pipes were so loud they made me jump. I was cursing as he came by. While I wasn't changing lanes, I looked over my left shoulder and there was an unmodified, quiet street bike in my blind spot.

I never say the quiet bike until loud pipes made me look around.

Make you new horn loud enough to be certain people must pay attention. We are honking to make new friends.

If it matches the current electrical required by your standard horn, there is no reason for concern.

 

I love almost everything about our 2024 Sport Touring CR-V, but the stock horn really is pathetic. I'd like to put in an upgrade (as lots of folks here have done successfully) like the one from College Hills Honda, but my wife is worried that it will cause some change in resistance or load or something. She doesn't want to risk jeopardizing the many microelectronic systems in the car. Yes, she's probably being overcautious, but in the name of domestic harmony, I can't go ahead with the upgrade until I get her OK.

She suggested I call the certified technicians from the dealership where we got it. I'm pretty sure there's no way they're going to take the time to approve an aftermarket part that they're neither selling nor installing. Instead, I tried submitting a question to College Hills. They replied very promptly:



That's totally reasonable, but doesn't help at all. Does anyone here have a suggestion about where to get an authoritative assurance that adding a second, aftermarket horn is safe to do?

I replaced the stock high tone horn in my CRV touring hybrid with a dual tone (high and low) with parts ordered from Amazon and they work fine with no issues to date!

 

I love almost everything about our 2024 Sport Touring CR-V, but the stock horn really is pathetic. I'd like to put in an upgrade (as lots of folks here have done successfully) like the one from College Hills Honda, but my wife is worried that it will cause some change in resistance or load or something. She doesn't want to risk jeopardizing the many microelectronic systems in the car. Yes, she's probably being overcautious, but in the name of domestic harmony, I can't go ahead with the upgrade until I get her OK.
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That's totally reasonable, but doesn't help at all. Does anyone here have a suggestion about where to get an authoritative assurance that adding a second, aftermarket horn is safe to do?

My brother installed a really loud horn in his Jeep a long time ago. To prevent any problems as you describe, he used a "horn relay". Basically, the existing horn circuitry operated the relay, which in turn provided power to the horn. You should be able to the same and be able to use any horn that your car's battery can operate. The microelectronic systems she is worried about are fairly isolated from each other, given you have a 2024, nearly everything in that vehicle is controlled using the CAN bus and probably optoisolated from everything else. You have little to worry about.

That said, I would add a louder horn with a separate control so you could still have a more "civil" horn to wake people up at green lights vs. a "you are about to pull out in front of me" horn.

 

I don't get this one. If he went ahead and replaced the horn because he thought it would make for a safer car, what would she do, refuse to drive it? Then take a cab/uber, or buy your own car.

My wife would never question anything I feel our cars need.

 

If I were the OP, I’d just do it without wife knowing…

 

AFAWK the wife isn't deaf. Likely wouldn't remain unknown for very long. And a poor choice for long term marital harmony.

 

Enough about the horn already! Get the new horn and be done with it.

 

So this time it's the horn, what's next, she doesn't like the tires you put on it? Be a man, end it here and make your stand. Sir, if Patton were here he'd slap your face!

 

Right on!!!!

 

This had gone on long enough…