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  • #1

    Why is my car beeping at me??

    So, around 7am this morning I was getting dressed and heard a strange noise emanating somewhere from in my house.
    Searched around and found it was coming from the garage - from my Golf!!
    It was a medium pitch "bong" sound - repeated every 5-6 seconds or so - coming from the car speakers (definitely from the drivers door when I opened it).
    No warning lights on the dash, nothing displayed when I turned the ignition on, but the sound did stop. Car started and ran fine and I drove to work.
    Car was parked, not locked, all doors shut in my locked garage. No interior lights were on.

    Any ideas? Anyone seen (heard!) this before? Or will I need a Vagcom diagnostic?

    Thanks!
    Current - 2007 Golf GTI, DSG, RCD510, K&N Panel Filter, BSH PCV revamp, Bluefin Stage 1 tune, 18" Omanyt's with RE003s.
    Previous - 2003 Renault Clio Sport 172 - Flame Red. -Gone-
    Tags: beep, bong, car, gti, mk5
  • #2
    You haven't got a car, you have a Transformer.
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    • #3
      Disconnect battery for a few mins and re connect it, my radio stopped working for no reason, vw dealer had no clue, I had no radio for 2 weeks until i thought disconnect and re connect battery. Bobs your auntie it worked.

      So in your case it might help.

      Good luck

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      • #4
        Radio is working fine though...
        Current - 2007 Golf GTI, DSG, RCD510, K&N Panel Filter, BSH PCV revamp, Bluefin Stage 1 tune, 18" Omanyt's with RE003s.
        Previous - 2003 Renault Clio Sport 172 - Flame Red. -Gone-

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        • #5
          Is your blinker stalk flicked to the left or right?

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          • #6
            your indicator being left on should only sound the warning when your door is open... not all the time.
            1974 1300 Beetle, 1997 Golf GL, 2003 New Beetle Cabrio, 2014 Audi A4 quattro

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            • #7
              Realised that over lunch. Otherwise, parkers?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by benough View Post
                Realised that over lunch. Otherwise, parkers?
                Nah, only does that when the door is open too.

                Was the door shut properly the night before?
                MY08 Mk5 GT Sport - sold
                MY14 Tiguan 118TSI - sold (Mazda3 SP25GT in its place)
                MY16 Golf 7R: sold (Caterham Super 7 and Hyundai i30N in its place)

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                • #9
                  Everything was shut and off. As I said - only started around 7am. Nothing before then. And stopped once I turned the ignition on.
                  Spiders perhaps? I have noticed a few cobwebs in some of the nooks around the car (c/o the last owner who lived in the hills)? Time for a bug bomb perhaps...
                  Current - 2007 Golf GTI, DSG, RCD510, K&N Panel Filter, BSH PCV revamp, Bluefin Stage 1 tune, 18" Omanyt's with RE003s.
                  Previous - 2003 Renault Clio Sport 172 - Flame Red. -Gone-

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                  • #10
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                    • #11
                      Isn't there a setting in the radio that does this?

                      It's for traffic monitoring, which isn't supported here, I believe.
                      '07 Transporter 1.9 TDI
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                      • #12
                        Low battery voltage warning??

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                        • #13
                          I guess it could be low voltage warning. How do I confirm that?
                          The bong was back this morning again...
                          Current - 2007 Golf GTI, DSG, RCD510, K&N Panel Filter, BSH PCV revamp, Bluefin Stage 1 tune, 18" Omanyt's with RE003s.
                          Previous - 2003 Renault Clio Sport 172 - Flame Red. -Gone-

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                          • #14
                            Hi themarvel2004,

                            This is definitely a low battery warning - my RCD510 does it in my polo if i leave the radio on and door open when cleaning the car.

                            Do you have any devices drawing power while the car is off? ie. Dash cam, anything plugged into cigarette lighter, iPod plugged into MDI? (these devices will continue to use a little bit of battery when the car is off, i know my MDI still charges the iPod when car is off and locked) if you have retro fitted an RCD510 or similar, you may have a CANBUS battery drain issue.

                            Hope this helps
                            Luke.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by themarvel2004 View Post
                              I guess it could be low voltage warning. How do I confirm that?
                              The bong was back this morning again...
                              A multi meter will let you know the voltage of the battery but doens't give you a real indication of the batteries health, as it needs to be tested under load. Go to someone that can do a battery health check, it's normally free.

                              I thought that a lot of VAG cars had battery draining issues due to the CAN BUS controller... I think Transporter has mentioned something about this and that it can be upgraded to fix this?

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