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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 09:26 AM
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Just got my first C5, 1998, a couple weeks ago. This morning I walked out in the garage and there was a noise that sounded like a telephone ringing. It seemed to be coming from the rear area of the car. It rang like that 8 or 10 times and then stopped. Anybody have any idea of what that might be. Sure hope it wasn't the sel-destruct!
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The problem is called...."tinnitus" and its usually caused by stress, fatigue or anxiety.
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LOL! It would be a pretty dull world without a little humor.

P.S. 10,000 comedians out of work and you're telling jokes!!
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 09:59 AM
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Any chance the previous owner lost thier cell phone? Check the rear compartments, under the seat, and between the seat and seat belt buckle next to the console.
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Thats really weird. Ya check around for a phone. or.... a self destruct mechanism

The only thing in the rear I can think of the would make anything remotely phone sounding (depending on the actual sound) is a failing fuel pump working very hard to prime. But I don't think it would do this without the key turned to the on position. Probably not the case, but a possibility...
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I checked and there wasn't a cell phone laying back there. I did find it has a 12 disc CD changer in the back. Don't know if that had anything to do with it or not. One of life's little mysteries, I guess.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1l4JaX19vc

See if that dead hooker in the trunk has a cell phone.

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