i get in the octavia vrs and turn on the ignition,i am greated by 6 pings,what are they for and how do i turn them bl00dy off.

i keep expecting a voice at the end"hello ladies and gentlemen this is you captian speaking" :rant:

seatbelt ? bong bong bong bong bong bong ?

Yep sounds like the seatbelt. To turn off insert seatbelt before turning ignition. Very common thing now, EuroNCAP apparently requires a seatbelt warning for cars.

I was puzzled by that one for a few days - it was SWMBO who realised what it meant!

cheers for that,no thanks to bl00dy ncap though what a load of cobblers,no seat belt required for reversing,how many people reverse out of the driveway?

I do and it annoys me too !

However, my mates with company Mondeos have much more annoying warning bells that they have had to work out how diconnect ha ha ha !

cheers for that,no thanks to bl00dy ncap though what a load of cobblers,no seat belt required for reversing,how many people reverse out of the driveway?

Yeah it can be slightly annoying. American cars were where I first heard it! My Dad's old Volvo also had a seatbelt warning light that was permanently on if the car's engine was on and no seatbelt. It was like a very fast version of the indicator relay!

I tend to reverse into my driveway as it allows me to boot it and make a sharp exit if I am late as I am never late arriving home, so it doesn't bother me! The Fabia also has the light but doesn't bleep!

You kind of get used to it after a little while.

just been out to check it,my neighbours must think i'm stark starin raving mad,get in car,seat belt on,seat belt off,seat belt on,seat belt off,get back out of car ,lock and go back in the house

when i had my octy vrs, it was usualy 6 pings, but not allways.

sometimes it was 5 or 3 and sometimes none at all. me and my dad would bet on how many.

sad but fun.

ps not as funny as seeing the look on the local muppets faces, when they realise they've been blown off by a white haired grandad in a skoda.

that's my dad not me btw.

i get in the octavia vrs and turn on the ignition' date='i am greated by 6 pings,what are they for and how do i turn them bl00dy off.

i keep expecting a voice at the end"hello ladies and gentlemen this is you captian speaking" :rant:[/quote']

Just wait til you get to the Winter - there you are pootling along quite happy until - BONG BONG BONG BONG - "Holy ****!" what's that - oh, the temperature has dropped below 4 deg C. Still catches me out from time to time. As well as the BEEEEEEEEEEEP for the screen wash being low.

Just wait til you get to the Winter - there you are pootling along quite happy until - BONG BONG BONG BONG - "Holy ****!" what's that - oh, the temperature has dropped below 4 deg C. Still catches me out from time to time. As well as the BEEEEEEEEEEEP for the screen wash being low.

except in the early vRS's where you here an ear piercing screach. The same one as when you enter the red zone on the fuel.

except in the early vRS's where you here an ear piercing screach. The same one as when you enter the red zone on the fuel.

I think it's the same noise, Manny. A high pitched BEEEEEEEEP.

when i had my octy vrs' date=' it was usualy 6 pings, but not allways.

sometimes it was 5 or 3 and sometimes none at all. me and my dad would bet on how many.[/quote']

Errrm, that'll be however long you left it before you clipped the driver's seatbelt in, no?

bl00dy hell its all whistle and bells then,topped up screen wash today,please tell me there ain't low rear pad warning buzzer,these need changing asap,is there a "you just farted buzzer"?i'm in trouble if there iswill it tell me if it comes from the front or back seat,me and my 5 yr old daughter have a competion

Some of the warning buzzers do have their advantages though .. in me old car the screenwash would spend ages on empty, even when I knew it needed doing. The warning buzzer in me Octy is so fuppin' annoying that it got sorted the second time I fired it up when it was empty...

Errrm, that'll be however long you left it before you clipped the driver's seatbelt in, no?

nope, completly random.

tried to work it out loads of times, till it made me nose bleed.

in the end i thought f*** it and bought a furby.

nearly s*** meself when furby got low on screenwash tho.

still i should have read the handbook.

,is there a "you just farted buzzer"?

Perhaps yours isn't working but there is a fart alarm fitted as standard to each passenger's and drivers bottom at factory - perhaps yours is faulty - that problem is known in the trade as "SBD".

SBD = Silent but deadly

petrol warning buzzer beep thing frightens the crap outta me every time it goes off... haveny had the pleasure of the washer bottle empty one yet... although i'm sure i emptied it before and it didnt go off !?

this is sad but i do try and beat the bongs in the morning when putting my belt on, havent done it yet though... too sleepy when i leave the house.

Having read the manual, I now realise, I don't have to wait for those six beeps before starting the engine in my 4x4 hatch

It was the first week I had it!! Lovely car

nope' date=' completly random.

tried to work it out loads of times, till it made me nose bleed.

in the end i thought f*** it and bought a furby.

nearly s*** meself when furby got low on screenwash tho.

still i should have read the handbook. [/quote']

Yeah know what you mean - when I picked mine up it had just enough screenwash and just enough diesel so as I started driving along and cleaning the windscreen I was greeted with 2 horrificly loud beeps on the way home! :eek: You'd think they'd have different beeps depending on how serious it is

Chris

Having read the manual' date=' I now realise, I don't have to wait for those six beeps before starting the engine in my 4x4 hatch

It was the first week I had it!! Lovely car [/quote']

Put your seatbelt on before turning the key, and revel in the Sounds of Silence (not the Simon and Garfunkel version either)

Dont know about the VRS models but on my 2001 L&K it tells you that its your seatbelt on the computer display in the centre of the dash console

I havnt had the pleasure of the other beeps yet, well apart from the door open ones, which it again tells you - soon this thing will drive itself lol

Lee

In the wifes 1.6 if you turn the car off and remove the key when the face plate is on the stereo you get a series of beeps over the cars speakers. Does not happen in the vRS, so I am not sure what is the cause.