Horn beep when locking

[Mercious]

2006 211 E320 CDI Estate.

I've just had an ancient Parrot system removed from my car. It's too much hassle concentrating on a phone when I'm driving so my phone stays in my workbag in the back of the estate (famous last words).

I've no Bluetooth or anything like that. I don't even like adjusting the volume on Radio 4 while I'm driving!

So, when I put the key in the ignition why do I get this "dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee" sound? What is it? It always happens just the once but every time I go to start the car. Very irritating!

 

[DSM10000]

2006 211 E320 CDI Estate.

I've just had an ancient Parrot system removed from my car. It's too much hassle concentrating on a phone when I'm driving so my phone stays in my workbag in the back of the estate (famous last words).

I've no Bluetooth or anything like that. I don't even like adjusting the volume on Radio 4 while I'm driving!

So, when I put the key in the ignition why do I get this "dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee" sound? What is it? It always happens just the once but every time I go to start the car. Very irritating!

Seat belt warning, door open key in ignition, parking sensors..............???

As for altering the radio volume, you do have volume control on the steering wheel so you do not have to take your eyes from the road

 

[Mercious]

Door securely closed (the other three never get opened much). No 'door open' warning. Seatbelt securely on. The other four rarely get used but no warning signs on the dash. No parking sensors. My old W210 had them but there's none on this car.

There's no indication of any warning on the dash just this seven-tone noise.

 

[Andyk5]

I accidently turned mine on while messing with the menu, think it was in the convenience settings, so you can do it yourself.

Cheers Alan it’s sorted now. It is indeed secreted away in the menu. Not convenience but under ‘vehicle’ and then ‘acoustic’.
As a famous meerkat might say.....Simples.

 

[jshodgson]

2006 211 E320 CDI Estate.

I've just had an ancient Parrot system removed from my car. It's too much hassle concentrating on a phone when I'm driving so my phone stays in my workbag in the back of the estate (famous last words).

I've no Bluetooth or anything like that. I don't even like adjusting the volume on Radio 4 while I'm driving!

So, when I put the key in the ignition why do I get this "dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee" sound? What is it? It always happens just the once but every time I go to start the car. Very irritating!

I had exactly the same and it turned out to be the old Parrot system that hadn’t been fully removed from my car.

 

[Deleted member 126251]

This was mentioned on this forum a few days ago, most people seem to agree, it's bloody annoying.

AKA the "look at me beep"

 

[Deleted member 126251]

2006 211 E320 CDI Estate.

. It's too much hassle concentrating on a phone when I'm driving so my phone stays in my workbag in the back of the estate (famous last words).

Kudos!

Finally a man that admits that he cannot safely drive and talk on the phone at the same time. I keep mine available to receive urgent calls but will only take a brief message.

I used to work for a USA company and had a long commute home (back in the early 2000s & had a car phone set up) and the NY office would call me on my way home. One day my wife was coming home with me and she commented that while on a call, my driving was very erratic and distracted. I stopped taking calls after that.

Lots of research around to show that it is about as bad as having a few drinks.

 

[Deleted member 126251]

So, when I put the key in the ignition why do I get this "dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee" sound? What is it? It always happens just the once but every time I go to start the car. Very irritating!

Seat belt not done up? Door open?

 

[Petrol Pete]

Kudos!

Finally a man that admits that he cannot safely drive and talk on the phone at the same time. I keep mine available to receive urgent calls but will only take a brief message.

I used to work for a USA company and had a long commute home (back in the early 2000s & had a car phone set up) and the NY office would call me on my way home. One day my wife was coming home with me and she commented that while on a call, my driving was very erratic and distracted. I stopped taking calls after t

Lots of research around to show that it is about as bad as having a few drinks.

Same. When as service engineers we were all issued Nokia 6310's (Aaaah , nostalgia) and car kits . I remember having very long conversations regarding technical issues between my fellow engineers while driving and later realising I could not remember a single detail of my motorway journey during the call. I also remember sometimes sailing past my turn off while on the phone (no sat nav back then for us). Eventually most of us admitted to the same thing happening. Scary really.

 

[BTB 500]

Kudos!

Finally a man that admits that he cannot safely drive and talk on the phone at the same time. I keep mine available to receive urgent calls but will only take a brief message.

I used to work for a USA company and had a long commute home (back in the early 2000s & had a car phone set up) and the NY office would call me on my way home. One day my wife was coming home with me and she commented that while on a call, my driving was very erratic and distracted. I stopped taking calls after that.

Lots of research around to show that it is about as bad as having a few drinks.

The company I work for (huge multinational) has forbidden all use of phones while driving for a good few years - all calls still start with "if you are driving please hang up immediately". This was quite a bold move in the US particularly, where using a hand-held phone while at the wheel was (still is?) seen as quite normal and acceptable.

 

[markjay]

The law permits making hands-free calls while driving (and most new cars support this function), but in the event of a crash this could still be held against the driver as driving while distracted or without due care and attention etc.

The official guideline is that hands-free calls while driving should only be made when absolutely necessary and then kept short.

The difference is that holding your phone while driving will get you in trouble with plod regardless of whether you are involved in a crash, while making a (technically legal) hands-free call will only become an issue if you are involved in one.

 

[markjay]

On the same note... I remember reading some time ago of a driver who was convicted over his involvement in a fatal Motorway crash, he read a text message a few minutes before the crash, so it wasn't the direct cause of the driver losing concentration, but the contents of the text message was deemed disturbing and the jury accepted that it caused the driver to have other things on his mind while driving and therefore a contributing factor.

In short... it's not a good idea to do other things while driving, regardless of whether they are technically legal or not.