horn button

Dashboard sound activator

A horn button is the control on a vehicle's steering wheel that activates the horn when pressed.

The button may be a small pad, a section of the steering wheel center, or in older vehicles, a ring around the wheel: He leaned on the horn button in frustration.

Related

classic car · dashboard · car interior · press · alert · traffic · driver · center · center cap · airbag · safety feature · column · vintage · chrome · loud · signal · warning · toot

Opposites
activation mechanism

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Pointed animal headgear

air horn · klaxon · car horn · noisemaker

signal type

horn buttonheadlight switch

Control activating vehicle lamps

brake light

ACTIVATION vs SILENCING

horn buttonmute button

Control that kills audio

silencer

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G