Beeps on startup

Very curious about this Steve!
Where are these alarm batteries?
And which Audis have these batteries?

thanks,
One out of many daves


"Steve Thompson" > wrote in message
gersoft.com...
> On Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Paul Dhuse wrote:
>
>> I don't see any other warning lights at all. Just the normal light up on
>> startup.
>
> I archived this post from February 2007 from Richard Goulding, which may
> or may not be useful to you:
>
> "I had the same problem on my A4.
>
> Four beeps from the back somewhere. It is the battery backup on the alarm
> telling you it's dying. If you scan with VAG-COM there will be an error
> stating such. Eventually, it will stop beeping but it won't 'fix' itself.
> The code will still be there. If you clear the code it will start beeping
> again for a while.
>
> I just left it until it stopped beeping and forgot about. It doesn't
> impede the car in anyway other than if the main battery is disconnected
> the alarm won't continue to sound (and probably something more)."
>
> -Steve
>

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:

> Very curious about this Steve!
> Where are these alarm batteries?
> And which Audis have these batteries?

Sorry, I don't know the answers to those questions; I was just reproducing
a post from someone else who appeared to know, in the hope that it might
be useful to the OP. I've had those beeps in my own A4, but ignored them
with no apparent ill effect. I gave the A4 to my daughter, so I can't go
look.

Steve

I have read posts on the AW forum that say that the alarm is located in
the driver's side of the trunk. It is supposed to be located near the
wheel well and behind the trunk protector panels.

The alarm is said to be a sealed unit but can be taken apart with a a
Dremel or such. Once apart there are batteries that can be replace and
them seal the unit and re-install.

dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:
> Very curious about this Steve!
> Where are these alarm batteries?
> And which Audis have these batteries?
>
> thanks,
> One out of many daves
>
>
> "Steve Thompson" > wrote in message
> gersoft.com...
>
>> On Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Paul Dhuse wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I don't see any other warning lights at all. Just the normal light up on
>>> startup.
>>>
>> I archived this post from February 2007 from Richard Goulding, which may
>> or may not be useful to you:
>>
>> "I had the same problem on my A4.
>>
>> Four beeps from the back somewhere. It is the battery backup on the alarm
>> telling you it's dying. If you scan with VAG-COM there will be an error
>> stating such. Eventually, it will stop beeping but it won't 'fix' itself.
>> The code will still be there. If you clear the code it will start beeping
>> again for a while.
>>
>> I just left it until it stopped beeping and forgot about. It doesn't
>> impede the car in anyway other than if the main battery is disconnected
>> the alarm won't continue to sound (and probably something more)."
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>>
>
>
>

Thanks everyone.
I know that when my alarm goes off it sounds weak and pathetic. I don't
even really hear it! lol

Time to look through the Bentley and try to find more info about it rather
than it basically saying....
ALARM>>>YES

Now back to Steve's problem. What lights do you see that are normal, ABS
and BRAKE at least?
--
later,
(One out of many daves)
1997 Red A4 1.8tq auto

"TonyJ" <"tonyjnospam at nospam visi.com"> wrote in message
. ..
>I have read posts on the AW forum that say that the alarm is located in the
>driver's side of the trunk. It is supposed to be located near the wheel
>well and behind the trunk protector panels.
>
> The alarm is said to be a sealed unit but can be taken apart with a a
> Dremel or such. Once apart there are batteries that can be replace and
> them seal the unit and re-install.
>
> dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:
>> Very curious about this Steve!
>> Where are these alarm batteries?
>> And which Audis have these batteries?
>>
>> thanks,
>> One out of many daves
>>
>>
>> "Steve Thompson" > wrote in message
>> gersoft.com...
>>
>>> On Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Paul Dhuse wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I don't see any other warning lights at all. Just the normal light up
>>>> on startup.
>>>>
>>> I archived this post from February 2007 from Richard Goulding, which may
>>> or may not be useful to you:
>>>
>>> "I had the same problem on my A4.
>>>
>>> Four beeps from the back somewhere. It is the battery backup on the
>>> alarm telling you it's dying. If you scan with VAG-COM there will be an
>>> error stating such. Eventually, it will stop beeping but it won't 'fix'
>>> itself. The code will still be there. If you clear the code it will
>>> start beeping again for a while.
>>>
>>> I just left it until it stopped beeping and forgot about. It doesn't
>>> impede the car in anyway other than if the main battery is disconnected
>>> the alarm won't continue to sound (and probably something more)."
>>>
>>> -Steve
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>

I did an autoscan on my car and there are no ABS error codes.

There are some antitheft alarm codes and the central vacuum system is
leaking, but those are the ones that I suspect.

I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Thanks for all youse guys's advice.

dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:
> Yep I just listened to a 1999 Audi A6 with a bad ABS module.
> 3 long beeps after the engine is running, but the lights blink and stay on.
>
> Now with the remanned ABS module things are nice and quiet again.
>
> Yours might be on the way out so you have received warning! ;-)