Warning Chime on exit?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Smith River CA
Warning Chime on exit?
Why am I getting a warning chime when I shut the car off and open the driver door? Headlight switch is in Auto position. I can't find anything else in the manual that would give a chime.
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St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
I see you have a 2007, but is it auto or manual tranny? Are you getting any messages on the DIC at all?
3 warning chimes are typical if you've left a fob in the car and have gotten out & shut the door. But you said you get the chime when you open the door and it's not the lights, since you've got it in the AUTO position.
I guess we'll have to wait for someone else to "chime" in. I can't think of anything that would cause it, although I did have it to happen once. Just be sure the fob you're leaving the car with is witih range of the fob-detecting antennas in the car as you open the door.
3 warning chimes are typical if you've left a fob in the car and have gotten out & shut the door. But you said you get the chime when you open the door and it's not the lights, since you've got it in the AUTO position.
I guess we'll have to wait for someone else to "chime" in. I can't think of anything that would cause it, although I did have it to happen once. Just be sure the fob you're leaving the car with is witih range of the fob-detecting antennas in the car as you open the door.
Last edited by Vette_DD; Feb 6, 2007 at 06:12 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Smith River CA
I see you have a 2007, but is it auto or manual tranny? Are you getting any messages on the DIC at all?
3 warning chimes are typical if you've left a fob in the car and have gotten out & shut the door. But you said you get the chime when you open the door and it's not the lights, since you've got it in the AUTO position.
I guess we'll have to wait for someone else to "chime" in. I can't think of anything that would cause it, although I did have it to happen once. Just be sure the fob you're leaving the car with is witih range of the fob-detecting antennas in the car as you open the door.
3 warning chimes are typical if you've left a fob in the car and have gotten out & shut the door. But you said you get the chime when you open the door and it's not the lights, since you've got it in the AUTO position.
I guess we'll have to wait for someone else to "chime" in. I can't think of anything that would cause it, although I did have it to happen once. Just be sure the fob you're leaving the car with is witih range of the fob-detecting antennas in the car as you open the door.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Try setting the parking brake for sure. With a manual tranny, I believe the shutdown procedure calls for setting the brake. I know my easy exit seat won't move back when I open the door unless I set the brake, but I can't recall if it chimes also.
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St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
I'd try using the parking brake like Indy-hp suggests. Here's what the 2007 owner's manual says on page 105.
It does not say anything about getting a warning chime if you don't use the parking brake, however.
Parking Your Vehicle
(Manual Transmission)
Before you get out of your vehicle, move the shift
lever into REVERSE (R) and firmly apply the
parking brake. Once the shift lever has been
placed into REVERSE (R) with the clutch pedal
pressed in, you can turn the ignition off and
release the clutch.
(Manual Transmission)
Before you get out of your vehicle, move the shift
lever into REVERSE (R) and firmly apply the
parking brake. Once the shift lever has been
placed into REVERSE (R) with the clutch pedal
pressed in, you can turn the ignition off and
release the clutch.
Racer
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From: Orange County CA
I've had that happen on occasion with my manual '07 too. I think it could be the parking brake. Stopped for gas the other day and it happened. Maybe I didn't set the parking brake. I'll experiment with it.
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Parking Your Vehicle
(Manual Transmission)
Before you get out of your vehicle, move the shift
lever into REVERSE (R) and firmly apply the
parking brake. Once the shift lever has been
placed into REVERSE (R) with the clutch pedal
pressed in, you can turn the ignition off and
release the clutch.
(Manual Transmission)
Before you get out of your vehicle, move the shift
lever into REVERSE (R) and firmly apply the
parking brake. Once the shift lever has been
placed into REVERSE (R) with the clutch pedal
pressed in, you can turn the ignition off and
release the clutch.
If that is in the 07 book, I think they may have crappy editing at the printing factory and left some
in from the 05 manual. There is no way in hell that I do that crap before I get out of the car. Set Brake, put in neutral, press "off", release seatbelt, get out, close door. That is my "Exit" routine.Elmer
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St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
If that is in the 07 book, I think they may have crappy editing at the printing factory and left some in from the 05 manual. There is no way in hell that I do that crap before I get out of the car. Set Brake, put in neutral, press "off", release seatbelt, get out, close door. That is my "Exit" routine.
Elmer
in from the 05 manual. There is no way in hell that I do that crap before I get out of the car. Set Brake, put in neutral, press "off", release seatbelt, get out, close door. That is my "Exit" routine.Elmer
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St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
Next time you pump gas, shut the door when you first get out. Bet you won't have a warning chime this time when you get back in.
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This happens upon occasion with me as well, although I have the automatic transmission. I have foudn that IF I take the time and put the transmission into park again, it stops. I wonder if there is a switch that the lever must hit for the car to know you are actually in park. Just a thought.
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Has happened to me several times. I feel its' a communication issue between the FOB, & the receiver(not sure where its' located). Now, when I go through the shutdown procedure, the FOB is always in my left hand ready to exit. Have not heard the 3 chimes in over a year.
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I had this happen when I turned the engine off and turned the accessory portion of the switch on (lower right). I got a chime when I opened the door and didn't know why until I noticed I could turn the radio on and I thought everything was off. Turned the accessory off and no chime...
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You know what, my 06 A6 does that on rare occasion. I still cant figure it out. Nothing on, no parking brake, I did not touch "acc" nothing....o well.
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I had this happen when I turned the engine off and turned the accessory portion of the switch on (lower right). I got a chime when I opened the door and didn't know why until I noticed I could turn the radio on and I thought everything was off. Turned the accessory off and no chime...
Which one of two functions that gets performed is not determined by the side of the switch being pushed, but by what state the car is in when the switch is pushed. If the engine is running then the lower part of the switch turns it off. If the engine is not running then the lower part of the switch puts the car in accessory mode.
If you're getting the 3 beep warning after you exit the car and close the door, then the FOB is not being detected outside of the car even thought it actually is. It's similar to getting in the car and trying to start it and getting the NO FOB message even when the FOB is in one of your pockets inside the car. Both of these glitches has happened to me a few times, but neither of them happen often.
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If you're getting the 3 beep warning after you exit the car and close the door, then the FOB is not being detected outside of the car even thought it actually is. It's similar to getting in the car and trying to start it and getting the NO FOB message even when the FOB is in one of your pockets inside the car. Both of these glitches has happened to me a few times, but neither of them happen often.
Last edited by D. Togo; Feb 7, 2007 at 08:05 AM.