Does anyone know the exact location of the stock horn? I'm thinking about replacing it with a better version. With all those covers in the engine bay I'm not sure where it is.

I get a bit touchy about horns. The horn on my Altima was very weak - I actually tested the Maxima horn on the road test to make sure it had a decent sound.

Until the cold weather set in I was pretty happy with the stock Maxima horn. But for some reason when the temp dips below about 35 degrees, it starts to sound like a goose with a sore throat. I thought I would just deal with it, but today in a snow storm some turkey started to drift into my lane. I think the cold affected the tone of the horn so the he couldn't hear it. Time for something better.

 

Horns are almost never further back on the car than the radiator area. I would look around the bottom, sides and lower front of the radiator first.

I must admit that I don't even know what my horn sounds like, or even if it works. I had an '04 SL for five years, and probably never used the horn on that car either. Since the horn has increasingly become one of the instruments in common use on the roads these days, I guess I should take the time to see if mine works, although I would almost never use it.

If someone is coming into my lane on me, I hit the brakes just enough that he can slide over in front of me, but not so hard the poor slob on my rear bumper can't get stopped. Before I retired, I worked in downtown Atlanta for thirty years, and learned very quickly you don't blow your horn at anybody there unless you and your vehicle are totally impervious to about thirty rounds from an AK47.

I miss the old days, where a quick, gentle toot of the horn was just a way of letting a person know he needed to adjust what he was doing, or even simply saying 'good morning, neighbor.' But, like many of the good things in life, those days are gone.

 

I swear I remember seeing it when I was on the ground looking up changing my Fogs out. If that doesn't work for you, you can stick your head under the hood an I'll honk the horn a couple times for you. Ha j/k. But seriously I am pretty sure I did see it on the under side around the battery side. Don't take it for the gospil though.