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Old Aug 28, 2013 | 09:52 PM
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strange corvette behavior heard a horn beeping in the garage . the vette was beeping and locking its doors whats up with that
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If you have the key fob with the little slider switch to turn on the passive feature then it might be acting up or you just have the transmitter with you and too close to the car when you move around the house. I had a '99 with that fob and it did the same thing at times.
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Old Aug 28, 2013 | 10:12 PM
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If you have the key fob with the little slider switch to turn on the passive feature then it might be acting up or you just have the transmitter with you and too close to the car when you move around the house. I had a '99 with that fob and it did the same thing at times.
Its a 2002 don't see a switch on fob I do hang key and fob on nail aside of corvette but this didn't happen before
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Originally Posted by 8VETTE7
Is the carpet in the passenger footwell wet???
no car is always inside on rainy days
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My 02 Explorer is doing that and getting worse and no one knows for sure what does it but alot of them do it. I cant even lock it any more. Good luck and I hope some one here helps you out.
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I'll go with the OP. IT'S GHOSTS!!!!
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Try a Battery Tender. A low battery makes our cars do strange things.I have not had any problems since I hooked mine up.
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Originally Posted by JetMechZ16
I'll go with the OP. IT'S GHOSTS!!!!
Nah, sounds more like a poltergeist to me!
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