[V6-12v] Autocheck sound failure in 95 A6 Avant

[Tom Christiansen]

I hate that damn chime. I had an Audi 5000 with every electronic gizmo
conceivable in 1985 at one point. One of these gizmos was the auto-check
system. Every time I turned the high beams on, it would beep at me because
it thought the bulb was burnt out even though it wasn't. I got used to it
after a while, but it would freak out my passengers on a regular basis.

My "new" 2006 Golf GTI beeps at every possible opportunity. Mostly, it's OK,
though. I don't mind one beep if a yellow warning (low gas, low washer
fluid, etc) comes on. But the constant seat belt chime drives me nuts. I
feel uncomfortable NOT wearing the seat belt so I really don't need the
warning. The excessive beeping also makes me miss important warnings -- like
recently when the check-engine light turned on and I barely noticed because
it didn't beep at me... I hope it beeps more aggressively if the oil
pressure light turns on...

~ Tom


On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Jonathan <jhhummel at bigpond.com> wrote:

> Hi Rob
>
> That sounds like a vast improvement to me! I've never understood why cars
> have
> to beep at everything. I know that my Audi lost a safety star because it
> didn't beep when your seatbelt isn't on, which is just rediculous, if your
> not
> oging to put it on for the huge safety reasons, why would you put it on
> cause
> something is beeping at you?
>
>
> mmm, seems to have changed from cheecky to a rant, I'll stop now.
>
> What are other peoples view on cars beeping all the time though?
>
> cheers
>
> Jon
>
>
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 8:38:23 -0500
> > From: <beattyr2003 at cox.net>
> > Subject: [V6-12v] Autocheck sound failure in 95 A6 Avant
> > To: v6-12v at audifans.com
> > Message-ID: <20100225083823.0I7MY.546911.imail at eastrmwml41>
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> >
> > Okay another odd problem for this car.
> >
> > There are no audible alarms for anything.  Autocheck does not beep.
>  There
> >  is no chime when you leave the keys in the ignition or the lights/radio
> >  on.
> >
> > Autocheck itself works with the indicators.  I saw both low coolant and
> low
> >  fuel icons show up, plus I set the speed alarm and it triggered as well,
> >  but none of those had the customary beeping that accompanies it.
> >
> > So I am sorta stumped as to what direction to go in.  I did some research
> >  but couldn't find anything really helpful online about this.
>  Suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Rob
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