Rav4 (2020) Horn

[Paul Kernow]

A quick couple of questions. I find the horn on the Rav 4 a bit pathetic to say the lest, I thought it belonged to an early Fiat 500, I'm a bit embarrassed to use it! Questions - 1: Can a 3rd Party manufacturer horn be fitted without messing up the electronic monitoring system? And 2: Any recommendations for a suitable horn?

Thank you so much.

[philip42h]

Well, it all rather depends on what you want to use the horn for ...

If you wish to say "excuse me" then the existing horn is perfectly adequate - whether it is fitted to a RAV4 or Fiat 500. Whereas, if you need a road rage signifier it really is embarrassingly pathetic.

When the question has been raised in the past, I recall folk fitting Hella replacements.

[Paul Kernow]

Thanks for the reply Philip, I am not prone to road rage, however, there are times when a polite excuse me is far from sufficient! Thanks for the Hella information. Cheers Paul

[Bper]

I always thought the horns on Toyota's had been designed to use in a trains quite coach or a library. Often wondered why some are so low in volume.

[Rhymes with Paris]

My Fiamm set of musical horns mounted on the roof seem to do the trick.

Plays colonel bogey mostly.

[Kos_ta]

3 hours ago, Paul Kernow said:

A quick couple of questions. I find the horn on the Rav 4 a bit pathetic to say the lest, I thought it belonged to an early Fiat 500, I'm a bit embarrassed to use it! Questions - 1: Can a 3rd Party manufacturer horn be fitted without messing up the electronic monitoring system? And 2: Any recommendations for a suitable horn?

Thank you so much.

I totally agree that RAV4 horn sounds rather embarrassing and after doing a bit of a research I concluded that there are three easy options for the horn upgrade:

Toyota Premium Horns - around £100

Lexus horns (looked up used ones on Ebay) - around £50

Hella horns - about £30

Asked a question on FB in one of the RAV4 accessories groups and many people said that Hella horn is the best option as they give you best value for money so I ordered them. Only got them yesterday and didn't actually manage to install them, hopefully will do once the temperature rises a bit. 

Here is the link to ones I've got:

HELLA 012010901 Black 12V BX... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01EG18SFM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share