The steering wheel on my car has the cruise buttons. Under the horn pad, there's a plastic circle with a printed circuit board on it that makes the horn blow and I assume the cruise works through it as well (when the horn stops working, the cruise stops). It appears that there are plastic clips that are made in the steering wheel that keeps this plastic disc against metal on the back side of the wheel retaining nut. Well, on my wheel, these are broken for some reason. The disc doesn't sit tight agaist the metal, causing the horn not to work. (I know it's not a fuse because I can hold the disc up against the metal and when I push the horn pad, the horn blows.
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? I need to fix it temporarily, as I really need to replace the whole wheel. The wheel grip seems to be worn (all of the texture is gone) and it's like the rubber is sticky or something. Does anyone know if anyone sells new ones with cruise buttons? The last one I saw on Ebay went for $109.00! Not paying anything near that, that's for sure.
Also, my steering column sits crooked for some reason. When you're sitting in the car, the whole column is like sitting to the left side at the top. It doesn't look bent or anything. Looks as if there are four metal brackets that hold the thing in place...anyone else have this problem? The car hasn't been wrecked or anything...looks like I may be able to loosen those brackets and straighten it up, but I'm not sure. Any ideas?
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? I need to fix it temporarily, as I really need to replace the whole wheel. The wheel grip seems to be worn (all of the texture is gone) and it's like the rubber is sticky or something. Does anyone know if anyone sells new ones with cruise buttons? The last one I saw on Ebay went for $109.00! Not paying anything near that, that's for sure.
Also, my steering column sits crooked for some reason. When you're sitting in the car, the whole column is like sitting to the left side at the top. It doesn't look bent or anything. Looks as if there are four metal brackets that hold the thing in place...anyone else have this problem? The car hasn't been wrecked or anything...looks like I may be able to loosen those brackets and straighten it up, but I'm not sure. Any ideas?