Mike50 said:
Do all 2007 Escapes have a wimp of a horn.. The sound that it makes is not indicative of the size of the truck maybe good for a Yaris or smaller car. Any one has changed it? I haven't looked to see where it's located,but in spring time that is one thing I am gonna change.
Ford started installing single-note horns in some 2007 E/M/Ts (by leaving out the extra high-note horn that they had installed on 2005-2006 models) and in all 2008+ E/M/Ts.
Here's a single-note horn:
On 2007 (and some 2006) models with single-note horns (it's a "low-note"), the single-note horn is on the left (driver) side, under the front bumper cover to the right of the radiator (C1101 in the diagram below). Take a look under the
right (passenger) side of the bumper cover, and you
may see the same connector with no horn connected to it (C1102 in the diagram below).
If you see a one-wire connector with a
DARK BLUE wire where C1102 is located, and if the wire shows +12V from ground when you hit the horn, order Ford's
5L8Z-13801-AA "high-note" horn. You should see a threaded hole for it to the left (passenger side) of the radiator, and a smaller, non-threaded hole about 1/2" away. You'll need to buy a bolt with the same thread size as the bolt that secures the driver-side horn. Once it's secured, just plug it in. Now you have the same dual-note horns that Ford installed in earlier Escapes (including the 2005 Limited that I had).
On 2008 models, you can replace the single-note horn with the dual-note horn from the Edge. The Edge horn has both high- and low-note horns on one bracket, with one connector. It's the same connector used on the 2008 Escape's single-note horn, so it's plug-and-play. The only physical difference is the bracket, which has a locator offset 90 degrees.
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