door ajar chime goes off a lot

[burgundyboxster]

Hi, i have a 99 Boxster with 80k miles and I've been noticing that the door ajar chime goes off a lot. I would hit few bumps and it would go off (Ding, ding, ding for I think 5 times). If I would accidentally adjust or move the seatbelt while driving, then it would go off again. Sometimes I would get in the car, seat down and adjust the seat then it would go off again. Does it have anything to do with the seatbelt or with the seat itself?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I've noticed that there are plenty of great experts on this site :clapping: .

Thank you,

Claudine

[RFM]

You need a electric diagram i guess, comfort control or something. Unfortunately i cant help you out, we don't have chimes, drums or trumpets in our cars :)

[juniinc]

door ajar chime on a 986? never seen one yet

[Loren]

Hi, i have a 99 Boxster with 80k miles and I've been noticing that the door ajar chime goes off a lot. I would hit few bumps and it would go off (Ding, ding, ding for I think 5 times). If I would accidentally adjust or move the seatbelt while driving, then it would go off again. Sometimes I would get in the car, seat down and adjust the seat then it would go off again. Does it have anything to do with the seatbelt or with the seat itself?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I've noticed that there are plenty of great experts on this site :clapping: .

Thank you,

Claudine

I don't think there is a door ajar alarm - unless you mean the door is open like when the key is in the ignition. The chime will also sound if there the seat belt is not buckled - but it stops after a few seconds.

Do you get any warning lights?

[whall]

Claudine,

It sounds like it may be that the seatbelt tongue is making intermittant contact with the seatbelt buckle. Each time you hit a bump or adjust the seatbelt position, the contact is opened momentarily bringing on the warning chime (and possibly the warning light). You might try verifying this by sitting in the car with the ingition switch in the number 2 position, and with the seatbelt fastened, wiggle the the seatbelt tongue and buckle to see if you can make the seatbelt warning chime sound and warning light illuminate.

There is also a mode in which the same chime sounds if you leave the key in the ignition when opening the driver's door to exit. However the logic in the warning system inhibits the warning chime unless the ignition switch has been cycled from position 1 to position 2 and back to position 1 and then the driver's door is opened. If the switch that tells the warning system the door is open sends an "open door" signal to the alarm system, while the ignition switch is in the number 2 position, it will be disregarded until you return the ignition switch to the number 1 position. In other words, when you are driving along, you will not hear a warning chime due to an "open" door.

The problem with seatbelt buckle anomalies is that nuisance airbag warning light occurances are caused by poor contacts in the seatbelt buckle. There is a TSB that covers that problem.

Bill

[burgundyboxster]

Thank you guys, especially Bill. I tried to jiggle it and you are right it is just the tongue of the seat belt being out of place.. I tried moving it around and i guess i tighten it for some weird reason because it is not doing it anymore..thank goodness..it was kinda embarassing to my passenger because they always ask if i shut my door properl. :lol:

Thank you guys!! by the way I also have that horn problem with the worn out bushing where I followed everyone's input in this site and I did not have a single problem.

KUDOS everybody! :renntech: