Interesting alarm issue

[bavarian]

I discovered a strange alarm issue this week. I had posted earlier that my car does not beep when I leave the glove compartment open (in the rear center console) and lock the doors. I have checked the plug-in wire underneath, and it seems OK.

Because I'm never quite sure if the car is locked when I press my key (and as I'm paranoid parking in a public garage), I try to open the door right away to make sure it is locked. Lately, when I do this, the car beeps (once)--this is fine for me as it confirms that everything is locked and that the alarm is on. Any ideas what might be going on?

[viper501]

I discovered a strange alarm issue this week. I had posted earlier that my car does not beep when I leave the glove compartment open (in the rear center console) and lock the doors. I have checked the plug-in wire underneath, and it seems OK.

Because I'm never quite sure if the car is locked when I press my key (and as I'm paranoid parking in a public garage), I try to open the door right away to make sure it is locked. Lately, when I do this, the car beeps (once)--this is fine for me as it confirms that everything is locked and that the alarm is on. Any ideas what might be going on?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I could be wrong on this but my understanding was that the beep indicated that the interior ultrasonic sensor was selected to be disabled. The manual indicates that this occurs when the fob is pressed twice in quick succession and beeps the horn to signal that it has received the signal and disabled the interior sensor. However, my car has now started doing this even though I have not pressed the button twice. :cursing: :help: