daviss3
09-21-2010, 11:37 AM
Hey everyone,
I've had my Mazda 3 now for almost 6 months, and so far (except for a brake caliber that had to be replaced) I've had no issues.
However, there's a weird, random beep that's started from my car. At first I thought it was coming from the radio, because it sounded like it was coming from the speakers. Plus it was so random-two beeps within thirty seconds, then nothing for 5 minutes, then another beep, then nothing for 2 minutes, then another beep...etc. The beeping is a short beep, and sounds almost like the same beep as when you hold down the button to program your radio stations.
There are no warning lights on, or messages on my little console. It's not related to seatbelts, parking brake, low tire pressure, lights on in the interior, the battery in a key dying, or any of the other 'common' things that cause beeping. It's not beeping to tell me I need an oil change (I have another 3500km before I need one and I double checked that I programed the reminder properly) or a tire rotation.
I'm at my wits end. I can't get the car in for a service for a bit as I'm in Calgary right now (this city only has ONE Mazda dealer too, it's brutal!), and the random beeping is driving me mad. I can live with it if it's not indicitive of a problem with the car, but I can't help feeling that something has to be wrong or it wouldn't be beeping...
Nobody has driven my car or changed any settings when the beeping started. It's just like one day it wasn't there, the next day it was, and it won't go away...any thoughts?
I've had my Mazda 3 now for almost 6 months, and so far (except for a brake caliber that had to be replaced) I've had no issues.
However, there's a weird, random beep that's started from my car. At first I thought it was coming from the radio, because it sounded like it was coming from the speakers. Plus it was so random-two beeps within thirty seconds, then nothing for 5 minutes, then another beep, then nothing for 2 minutes, then another beep...etc. The beeping is a short beep, and sounds almost like the same beep as when you hold down the button to program your radio stations.
There are no warning lights on, or messages on my little console. It's not related to seatbelts, parking brake, low tire pressure, lights on in the interior, the battery in a key dying, or any of the other 'common' things that cause beeping. It's not beeping to tell me I need an oil change (I have another 3500km before I need one and I double checked that I programed the reminder properly) or a tire rotation.
I'm at my wits end. I can't get the car in for a service for a bit as I'm in Calgary right now (this city only has ONE Mazda dealer too, it's brutal!), and the random beeping is driving me mad. I can live with it if it's not indicitive of a problem with the car, but I can't help feeling that something has to be wrong or it wouldn't be beeping...
Nobody has driven my car or changed any settings when the beeping started. It's just like one day it wasn't there, the next day it was, and it won't go away...any thoughts?