Strange Beep Noise

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thanatu55

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I've been meaning to ask this one for a while now but keep forgetting. So this is nothing new, it's always done it... but every now and then say if I go over a bump in the road or something similar I get this strange beep that appears to come from around the center console area. It's hard to describe but it's akin to the kind of beep you'd get on a plane before an announcement or something.

It clearly means something but there's nothing to indicate what that something is, no lights on the dash, no symbols, nothing. Has anybody else experienced this or know what it might be?
 
What was the outside temperature when you heard this beep ? At around plus three degrees C, the car warns you that the temperature is ideal for icy conditions on the road.
David
 
A singular monotone beep that sounds like it's coming from the dash normally indicates a warning.
It'll beep in the same manner when it's less than 3 degrees outside.
That same beep will tell you if there's something wrong with the car, usually displayed on the dash by warning lights or in the ODO screen.

So either you have a faulty beep and it's being triggered every time you hit a bump.
Or it is actually triggering something but your dash lights May'be been removed.

This could mean literally anything so best stick in a code reader and see what that shows.

The beep could indicate a flat tyre to EML to water temp to DSC / DTC errors etc etc. So best to get it checked.
 
It seems to happen in any temperature so I don't think it's that though it's doing it more frequently at the moment, and it does appear to be a reaction to the road.

As you say, I'll have a look at the codes and see where that gets me.
 
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