R33 Auto reversing beep!!

[ferni]

My gf has a N/A R33 auto, it has the reverse beeping crap when she is in reverse (is this normal for all you auto owners?) its loud, annoying and gay..

anyone know which wire i can cut to shut it up?

[Ronin 09]

andrew, does it sould like when you leave your lights on?

In my 32, there is a small chime thingy on the plastic cowl beneath the steering wheel... maybe check there and unplug any door bell-looking thingies...

Alternatively it is on the back of the instrument console... if you want I can have a look at it

[ferni]

Naa its not the same as leaving your lights on ( I don't think ) its much more annoying/different sound...

whats a cowl?

When you say on the back of the instrument console - is that the speedo/rpm cluster?

Cant belive that no one else with an auto hasn't cut the bloody thing

[Ronin 09]

sorry mate didn't make myself clear -

it is most probably on the back of the plastic kick panel that goes under the steering wheel to the footwell - towards the pedals. I'm guessing (coz both my 33 and 32 were / are manual) that there is a box with a couple of wires going to it, and this may be the originator of your anger... that is definitely where the 'lights on' warning is on my 32 and I by memory, on my 33.

[funkymonkey]

its probably a chime or something wired to your reverse lights so whenever your reverse lights come on the chime goes off. Trace the wires from the reverse lights in the boot and see if there's anything spliced into them.

[Craved]

its not the sound like a truck is it???? outside the car? id it is no wonder you dont want it anymore

im with Shan on this one,

[ferni]

It is the sound like a truck, but not for outside the car, its inside the car

[NuGGeT]

hahah i had the same thing this is very easy to fix

no need to cut any wires at all!

very simple u'll hit yourself for not thinking of it.

1) put the car in reverse

2) make sure handbreaks on

3) put head down where pedals are

4) seek and destory little black box that beeps

5) once found box - pull out the wire clip (very easy to find. look about the break pedal where all the million wires n things are

easy as that

[NuGGeT]

oh and just so u know its NOT the same chime as leaving the lights on

[ferni]

Ahhh cool thanks Nugget, will look next time i'm in the gf's car, thought it should be something simple

[Ronin 09]

thats what I was trying to say... haha... can't explain myself

[johnblack33]

i got dat many damn wires n shit under there cos my alarm system.. could sum1 please send me pic of wat wire 2 reomve from which box.. even colour of wire. i think i was looking at right one...cheers

[Basti]

bump. i found the little box lat night while working on my dash. unplug it and all 3 beebs are off (reverse, door open, and lights on) how do i just get rid of the reverse beep?

[Jack88]

i cant stand it any more!im going in after it tomorrow and ill post back with results.there should only be one trigger wire in there for the reversing part of it.there is another beeper in my 33 that does the headlights on beep,there is a wire on the ECU plug that you can cut that will stop the beep wen the keys in the ignition and the doors open.

Jack

[Jet_33]

yeh its a pain hearing that noise im gonna do it after i get sum sleep

[NA_Goodness]

I got rid of mine on my R33. If you find a box, shake it. If the sound shakes, its the right box. And I kinda pulled all the wires off my speaker... I would have prefered to cut the door beep and keep the lights, but oh well

[Jmaac]

Just cut the signal wire to the box

so for reverse, there might be a switch underneath the centre console trim near the shifter alternatively it could be near the neutral start switch etc.

[Jack88]

well seems no one else will do it i did. heres what you need to do to remove the reversing beep and the reversing beep only.

To stat off with sick your head under the steering collum,the box you are looking for sits right up on top of the steering collum on the right hand side (above your right hand leg when your sitting in the car).

The box your looking for looks like this

unplug the plug from the box and pull away some of the insulation tape,proceed to cut the RED wire only,this is the trigger wire for the reversing beep.tape the live end up and plug it back into the box and your all done.

Jack

Edited April 30, 2008 by Jack88

[Grunta]

Instead of cutting the wire, just use a small flat head screw driver and push it in the back of the plug and bend the little barb holding the connector in remove the entire wire and metal tounge (or female socket, which ever it may be), so if you did want to sell your car or want it back in for some reason, you can just push the metal connector back into the plug.

[chef_stagea]

also with the stagea.. ive heard if you pull out the gear selector surounds... theres a wire next to the R bit.. cyaaa mate.. and should be all good (havnt tryed it yet.. thats tomorrows mission)