Silly Question- Beeping noise in car

[Cynic]

My son and his girlfriend both insist there is a faint beep beep beep that seems to be in sync with the : in the clock. The : keeps blinking, and the beep keeps beeping. Silly question, but its driving them nuts. (My hearing is shot after many rock concerts in my youth, so I only hear it occassionally)

So what is it and how do I/they stop it?

Cyn

[ShiuludeSVX]

Originally Posted by Cynic

My son and his girlfriend both insist there is a faint beep beep beep that seems to be in sync with the : in the clock. The : keeps blinking, and the beep keeps beeping. Silly question, but its driving them nuts. (My hearing is shot after many rock concerts in my youth, so I only hear it occassionally)

So what is it and how do I/they stop it?

Cyn

Seat belts do that when you lean forward too much. My kids set them off all the time. Maybe they are detecting wrong?????

[oldss72]

really, mine don't do that at all... Someone did swap the stock alarm unit for an aftermarket remote though, is it part of that?

[Hocrest]

We recently noticed that in Melis's car. Haven't really looked around to see what it is yet though???

[NikFu S.]

Weird. I've never heard any beep in my car and I lean in all kinds of directions. Maybe the "door open while keys in ignition" signal is shorting?

[redlightningsvx]

There is actually a wire hooked up to the back of the ignition that beeps when the key is in and the doors are open. All you need to do is cut the wire, I did it a while ago but cannot remember which one it was.

[SUBBYRU89]

The sound Hocrest is referring to is really really faint. It sounds more like morse code than the normal door chime or ignition bell. I know it is coming from below the dash area, but that's all I know. Also, TomsSVX was under there during his wire poking and heard the sound himself, but we didn't think nothing more of it.

[intellibomb]

mine does this too... when i slam the door the car seems to make a weird morse-style noise.....

it seems to be coming from the alarm ..... but it is not a sound the stock alarm system makes... wierd indeed

[ShiuludeSVX]

Originally Posted by oldss72

really, mine don't do that at all... Someone did swap the stock alarm unit for an aftermarket remote though, is it part of that?

Stock stuff. I get it when someone falls asleep in the front seat, leans forward while moving, or they reach into the back from there.
I get the corresponding light on the Instrument Panel, to tell me a seat belt is not on right. It's a bit louder than what is described here though.

[SUBBYRU89]

I have a sound. It's very faint...is more so down near the brake pedal area. It's like little people are sending morse code through my dash. With the stereo off and just sitting at idle I hear it, otherwise you would never know. I believe TomsSVX heard it when he was tinkering in Peej's goodies.
No clue what it is.

[Cynic]

Yes it is VERY faint. Not the seat belt alert or the key in ignition chime.

This one is coming from the dash, and I rarely hear it...always have the window down, music on, etc. My son & girlfriend hear it well...young ears...and actually have tried to source it, as it drives them nuts! (What are they doing in my car that they are so quiet they can hear it, I wonder?)

My clock's always flashing, or at least the : ( as in 8:20 ) is. The beep seems to sync up with it. Do all your clocks flash too?

Cyn

[SUBBYRU89]

No it doesn't.
How I noticed it..I was waiting for Hocrest to come out of the gas station (car at idle and stereo off <for once>) and I heard it..drove me nutz. He came out and I made him be absolutely quiet because I thought I was hearing things, but he heard it too. It's somewhere down near the brake pedal area. I'm having work done so i can't go out and find the problem..sorry, but I can attest the sound I hear is not the door chimes or any alarms.

[Cynic]

Originally Posted by SUBBYRU89

No it doesn't.
How I noticed it..I was waiting for Hocrest to come out of the gas station (car at idle and stereo off <for once>) and I heard it..drove me nutz. He came out and I made him be absolutely quiet because I thought I was hearing things, but he heard it too. It's somewhere down near the brake pedal area. I'm having work done so i can't go out and find the problem..sorry, but I can attest the sound I hear is not the door chimes or any alarms.

Thanks, we were starting to think we were crazy...I'll check near the brake pedal.

[NikFu S.]

Didja find it? I was in my car the other day tinkering with wires and I heard this sound you have described. Seemed to only beep when the key was in.

[b3lha]

I've heard it too occasionally. very very faint intermittent beep down near the brake pedal. It's an absolute mystery.