Right my car has been up on axle stands for a couple of weeks whilst i refurbed the brakes/ new discs/ pads and added some new wheels...
In that time the battery went dead resulting in me having to jump start it yesterday...

the only thing is, now when i turn the car on I get this very loud beeping noise from inside the car untill the engine starts???? Its driving me nuts!!!!

I have prosport stepper guages, blitz turbo timer and cobra alarm fitted (but there was another beep coming from somewhere at the front which sounded like my low battery warning with this??? it has now gone.)


Any help or ideas very welcome fellas????

Cheers
Andy

 

Can't resist...

Have you put your seatbelt on?

 

Mine doesn't beep when I'm not belted in? Is it another code you can put in on the alarm panel?

 

not the seatbelt no!!!LoL. Its REALLY loud inside the car fella...

Can you expalin what you mean about the alarm bit please???
Could it be something to do with the turbo timer?? or prosport guauges??...

 

Some cars have an alarm panel - one of my classics had it in the glove box I think, but the rest have had it instead of the coin tray in the bottom right of the driver foot well.

You can put codes in to make the cars security do things like I have made mine lock the doors when I turn on the ignition. Thought maybe the ECU had reset options here?

 

take a quick video on your phone upload it to youtube and we'll have a listen

 

oooowwww sorry to nick the tread guys, but any idea what the code is to lock the doors, would be great for when the missis is out in the car on her own!!

Sorry again.

 

Quoted from my Subaru alarm operating instructions:

"Enable/Disable Safety-Lock Feature (Options 4 and 5 on the keypad)

If all the doors, bonnet and boot are closed and you turn on the vehicles ignition all the dooors and boot will single lock. Unlike double-locking, the doors can be opened internally at any time. When you turn off the ignition all the doors and boot will automatically unlock.

To stop the dors and boot locking on a single occasion, for example you wish to start the engine and then vacate the vehicle, perhaps to scrape ice from the windows, open a door and turn on the vehicles ignition, after one second the vehicles hazard lights will give a single flash. It is then safe to close you door and "safety-lock" will not lock you doors until the next time you turn the vehicles ignition off then on again.

• To enable "safety-lock" turn on the vehicles ignition, give the radio transmitter buton a quick press, type 4 on the keypad and immediately turn off the ignition.

• To disable "safety-lock" turn on the vehicles ignition, give the radio trasmitter button a quick press, type 5 on the keypad and immediately turn off the ignition.
  "Safety-lock" is now disabled and will not operate your door locks."

This is from the instructions of a MY03 car, hope it works, hope it helps!

 

Whooo!! You beauty!!!!!
worked a treat...

Cheers chap

 

Nice one, your welcome

 

Right fellas,
iv videoed the noise i get upon starting the car...

hopefully this will give you a better idea????

http://s1211.photobucket.com/albums/...t=7dfd351a.mp4

 

My Defi link controller beeps like that until the oil pressure rises....

Shaun

 

It has never done it before the battery went dead though fella?? Is there a way to switch it off - its Deafening!!!

 

Sounds like the start-up beep from the gauges - has it got any options for volume/duration/on or off?

 

Not sure buddy, will go and see if i can dig out the paperwork/ instructions for them??

Cheers

 

if the boost gauge has a silver button on the bottom of it, press it in and hold it whilst turning the ignition key on, this should stop the beeping thereafter iirc

 

just the boost guage yes???

boost/ oil temp/ oil press....

 

as far as i'm aware, yes mate.

 

Mr eelz - Just tried that buddy (and with the other ones too) but still got the bloody beeping!!!

From what i can tell its definitley something to do with the guages though????

 

It sounds like they are wired on a switched power source and the gauges are losing their memory, There should be 2 wires to positive at the back of the boost gauge 1 for ignition switch and 1 for permanent power (usually off the dash clock) try swapping these over with each other.

also, did you keep your finger on the silver button whilst turning the key throughout the whole sweep start up sequence?

hold silver button in
turn key
keep pressing button in till sequence has finished
turn off key
depress button
turn key on again

 

and why would this occur just from my battery going flat bud????

 

not sure really as they sound like they have held their memory before the battery went dead.

have you seen my edited post about the button/ignition sequence? try this 1st if it wasn't the way you tried it the first time pal.


i have an instruction manual somewhere so i'll try and dig it out for you mate
eelz

 

It's your Prosport Oil Pressure gauge warning - as the engine is not running you have no oil pressure therefore the warning alarm.

Press and hold the button on the front when you turn the engine on for the duration of the sweeping ceremony. this will cancel the alarm until next time you disconnect the battery or turn it back on using the same method.

 

Its the prosport gauges. Hold all the gauge buttons down whilst you turn on the ignition and keep them held down until the start up routine has finished. Next time you start the car they won't make a noise.

The noise happens because they lost their settings when the battery went flat.

 

Yes i tried just the boost one last night, but no joy...

When i go fetch my car later i will give it a try as above though (oil press OR all 3 pressed in)

Thanks for your help everyone

 

It'll most likely be Oil Pressure as this alarms when low, e.g. no pressure when engine is not running

 

Each gauge has its own buzzer. The noise is simply the default setting when the ignition is turned on (god knows why). Unless you turn the buzzer off on all three gauges then you'll still hear a noise. Its nothing to do with there being a fault or low pressure or anything.

 

Thanks to everyone for their help - all sorted now!

Turns out all 3 of them were ON, so followed sequence above (hold button, car on, wait through sequence, turn car off, THEN release button) and now all good cheers.

Many thanks

 

all will make a noise on start up but only the OIL pressure would keep sounding until engine was turned on.

 

Nice one, glad you got it fixed!