Thread: Chimes but no Amigos

One of the joys of buying a "new" second hand car, is things you inherit from the PO...
Having had 2 ROCKS for about 6 years now, I know most of the things that are wrong, have been replaced, or are ready to be replaced again.

Enter the nameless '99 manual...there is a long list of things to be attended to, mechanical and cosmetic, but one thing is perplexing me - on start up I get the 3 lovely chimes that usually accompany the appearance of Los Amigos, however they all go out after the self-test completes and no other warning lights are evident. I assume if I had an ABS block/shuttle valve issue, the ABS and TC lights would stay on (as they did before I replaced the ABS block in the '01).

What else might the chimes indicate? It's been a while since I put the Ashcroft shifter into 2 ROCKS, so memory fails me...The car has CDL internals, as evidenced by a Momo shifter knob on a shaft that disappears down through a 'custom' hole in the trans tunnel and terminates at a socket that's supposed - I assume - to sit on top the CDL spigot and allow locking/unlocking. Needless to say this does not stay in place and to me is not much better than burning your hand stuffing a ring spanner in there...

Any ideas what might be causing the chime...?
Cheers
Mike

Originally Posted by brougham

My D2a does it now and then. Prob 50% of time it does the 3 chimes. Never knew what it was for.

It will only do the full 3 chimes if you let the seatbelt light go out before starting. I think it's probably the 6 second delay rather than the fact the seatbelt light goes out. if you start sooner you either get no chimes or two depending on how long you wait.