Question for C4 owners...

[mark387mw]

A friend of mine works with someone who has a C4. A question he has asked is that when he leaves his sidelights on an audible warning sounds. All well and good as a reminder but not so good if parking in a dark place and want to leave the sidelights on. Is it normal for the warning to sound when the sidelights are on, ignition off and doors shut? If so can it be overridden?

Cheers

Mark

[ifc63]

Not 100% on the Corvettes but both my Camaros (95 + 97) do this. Is a tad annoying but I've never flattened a battery by leaving my lights on. I'm intending to trace the wiring from the lights on switch, find the signal feed to the buzzer control box and put an underdash switch in-line. This means I should be able to switch the buzzer off but can revert it to do the job intended.

[L81]

That could backfire on you. The buzzer is there to remind you that you've left your lights on, but what's going to be there to remind you that you've left the switch in the "off" position????!!!!
On mine (a late C3 with the stupid buzzer) I found the buzzer unit in the fuse box & just pulled it out. I figure that people survived perfectly well in the past without their cars telling them that they'd left the lights on/door open/engine running/etc so I should be capable of checking those things when I leave it. I'll post when I've had to call out the recovery truck due to a flat battery......

[ifc63]

ifc63 said:

Not 100% on the Corvettes but both my Camaros (95 + 97) do this. Is a tad annoying but I've never flattened a battery by leaving my lights on. I'm intending to trace the wiring from the lights on switch, find the signal feed to the buzzer control box and put an underdash switch in-line. This means I should be able to switch the buzzer off but can revert it to do the job intended.

I suppose you could put a big flashing light in the middle of the steering wheel
What I meant was a switch to flick over at times you actually want to leave the lights on, and switch it back after. I like to think that even though I drive a Yank, I hope I am not cursed with their inability to think for themselves. "Put seat belt on.....objects in mirror are closer than they appear......lights on, stupid.....you've not taken your keys out.....you're in the car" and so on.

>> Edited by ifc63 on Thursday 27th October 18:28

[yellowvette]

Yeah, they do seem to beep for just about by everything don't they. My '95 Z28 is obviously the same, but even my '72 C3 has to tell me when keys are in ignition and door is open etc. etc.
I suppose it's a product of the litiginous US Society - someone leaves his/her lights on,, gets flat battery, sues manufacturer for the inconvenience as the car didn't have a warning buzzer
Anyway, best way around it is a switch or a pair of wire cutters !

[mrvette]

mine does that to, but i have to say i prefer the chime to the horrible buzzer of my bmw.

its seems to come from the passenger footwell area so you could just disconnect it i suppose