Minor accident

[blackandredvette]

I was going to work this morning and topped a hill and then there was some roadkill on the road (a dog, I think) and ran right over the top of it. Body wise, it only messed up the lower air dam and small area of the front bumper.
After I hit it, the radio lost power, the horn started honking continously and the lights were dimming and then back to normal and dimming and so on. After I turned around and came back home, I disconnected the battery to get the horn to stop. I checked it this afternoon and as soon as the terminal makes contact with the battery, it starts honking again.
Any ideas to what is going on?

thanks,
Brad

 

[wishuwerehere82]

The first thing I can come up with is that you might have broken one of your fusable links coming off the starter lug.
I suppose any breakage of the wiring in the front end could possibly be causing the headlight circuit to set off the anti-theft alarm. or maybe just confusing it.
Either way, I would check out the extent of the damage under the front end.
Hint: look for dog fur.

 

[LanceB]

That really sucks. Any update to your problem? I swear everytime I drive mine, a rock flies off the tire of a truck next to me, etc. Glad I went with the $1500 paint job instead of the $5000 one a couple of years ago. Now I just say screw it, get the touch up paint out, and drive on. I have replaced my air dam before also. Let us know how yours is progressing.

 

[blackandredvette]

I took off the air dam and disconnected the horn from the relay. Not really a fix but at least it has me back on the road.