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    Weird sounds

    When I was driving home from work today, I heard a chime coming from the dash board, like the door ajar warning, but it only went off once, no warning lights showed up , and I was cruising on the freeway, got slightly over 1/4 tank of fuel left, trip computer said I could do another 110km, so it wasn't the fuel warning... any idea what it might be? I think it happened a few days ago as well, but I didn't pay attention to it cos I was hitting boost...

    also, when I put the car into reverse, there is a sound coming from the aircon area, it sounds like the aircon is adjusting temperature or outside/inside air intake, why is that? anyone?

    puzzled...

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    I had the chime too, thought it might have been the "fatigue warning" they have advertised but alas it turned out to be the RNS510 letting me know that it couldn't find a gps signal or that the traffic management system was not working (it never has worked)

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    Quote Originally Posted by team_v View Post
    I had the chime too, thought it might have been the "fatigue warning" they have advertised but alas it turned out to be the RNS510 letting me know that it couldn't find a gps signal or that the traffic management system was not working (it never has worked)
    but my car isn't equipped with the RNS510 unit...

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    I just had the same thing happen to me this afternoon. The missers mentioned the dinging as well. When it happened this afternoon, I noticed 'No TP' flash up on the radio. So I pressed the TP button on the stereo and it's gone. So far so good... No idea what TP is

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    Without stating the obvious it could be the service reminder if it's happening when you're getting into the car/starting it up

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    What was the outside air temp? It chimes when it drops to 4 degrees C and below.
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    thanks, indeed it was -4 when i drove home last night... only in Canberra... mystery solve...

    what about the noise when putting the car in reverse? it sounds like the aircon unit is adjusting something?

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    When you go in reverse the aircon automatically goes into recycle mode so it doesn't suck in exhaust.

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    The tyre pressure light chimes sometimes too...
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    or that noise/chime when you put the back seats down. Are they clicked in properly.

    Any yeah, the air con goes to recirc when you grab reverse.
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