engine stalls when horn button is pressed

[neilryp]

I'm wondering if anyone has run it a problem when the press the horn button and the engine cuts out. My boat is a 2009 SANTE 230 with 409. The boat ran fine for the day if I didn't use the horn and when I returned I tried it again and the horn worked and all was fine.

Thanks

[functionoverfashion]

I'm wondering if anyone has run it a problem when the press the horn button and the engine cuts out. My boat is a 2009 SANTE 230 with 409. The boat ran fine for the day if I didn't use the horn and when I returned I tried it again and the horn worked and all was fine.

Thanks

I've seen this on a much older boat where the wiring was corroded, old and sub-par going to the dash; the electrical draw from an otherwise normal accessory (the horn) would cause the engine to sputter, and other electrical weirdness on the dash. Maybe you have a bad connection, loose wire to your horn, something like that? It's too new for it to be corrosion, I would think.

[neilryp]

Thank You

[BT]

I would suspect a bad ground. Loose or corroded