Open Door Reminder

[chriso_R33]

hey all... In the R33 GTST when the door is open theres a beeper to remind you the door is open.. maybe a security thing??? no idea.. has anyone disconnected it? i don't know where to start lookin. the guy that owned the car before me made a huge mess of the wiring

thanks

[Chris Rogers]

door open or key in warning? if its the key in one the best way is to pull the column shroud off and unplug a two pin brown plug on the key barrel. that shoudl silnce it.

[Trooper]

In the door there is a little rubber boot that gets pressed in when the door is closed, if you take the clip off holding this in there is a little white connection plug. One of these wires is for the beeper, I usually just unplug the little boot when I am working on the car with the keys in (e.g. listening to music with the door open while i work)

I want to get mine permanantly disconnected too, drives me nuts.

I also want to get the reminder beep for the headlights changed so that it works when the keys are out but the car is still running (so it reminds me when the turbo timer is still on). Otherwise I will just have to remember to turn them off - not hard but I never hear the reminder even if i leave the lights on cos it is always running when I lock the car.

[Kinks]

I also want to get the reminder beep for the headlights changed so that it works when the keys are out but the car is still running (so it reminds me when the turbo timer is still on). Otherwise I will just have to remember to turn them off - not hard but I never hear the reminder even if i leave the lights on cos it is always running when I lock the car.

Ditto. The problem is with a turbo timer it tricks the rest of the car into thinking the key is still in the ignition and turned on. You wouldn't want to have the headlight reminder beeping while you were driving

There must be a solution to it but it depends on your alarm and how much of a guru the installer is. I should probably hassle mine to come up with a fix sometime.

Failing that I've got jumper leads in the boot so if I do flatten it hopefully I can flag someone down and get a jump

[Chris Rogers]

In the door there is a little rubber boot that gets pressed in when the door is closed, if you take the clip off holding this in there is a little white connection plug. One of these wires is for the beeper, I usually just unplug the little boot when I am working on the car with the keys in (e.g. listening to music with the door open while i work)

I want to get mine permanantly disconnected too, drives me nuts.

I also want to get the reminder beep for the headlights changed so that it works when the keys are out but the car is still running (so it reminds me when the turbo timer is still on). Otherwise I will just have to remember to turn them off - not hard but I never hear the reminder even if i leave the lights on cos it is always running when I lock the car.

your last request will take a bit of fiddling with relays- doable but a challenge. you need to tell the module that the car is 'off' and from there it will work. a single relay off the second output off the timer will do it.

as for the key beep. see above post I answered that one.

[RANDY]

Heh.. with the turbo timer, I don't get the beep because the alarm thinks the car is still on. (and it is really)

Problem is if I leave the parkers or cabin light on, I don't get the chime.

Apart from that, what i'd really like to see, is someone convert the output of the beeper into an LED flasher. I'd find that FAR less annoying when vacuuming my car!

Geoff, i'll probably hit you up with some of those questions! =-D

[donut_kng]

I feel your pain people! It used to drive me insane even when i was just opening the door to get out and open the garage!

I had an auto electrician who went and unplugged a few things to get it to stop, although it also stopped other things like my interior light sensor,and other things that went through it, so i had to undo his bad work!

So then i investigated my self and found where the sound is coming from. Underneath the dash, near the steering column to the right, you will see a black plastic box, a bit bigger then a cigirette packet, its mounted on an angle parralel to the steering column, it has one bold holding it on by a steel braket. Pull of the removable pannel on the dash so you can see in better (i think this is for the fuses, cant think at the moment).

Unbolt the box and unplug the harness going into it. Then take it to a bench incase you drop it when you pull it apart. For memory it opens with clips on one end, and then the circuit board slides out from one end. Once you have the circuit board out you will see a fairly big black cylinder mounted on it. This is your annoying bastard of a speaker/beeper!

From there just grap your soldierer and carefully unsoldier it from the two pins coming out the underside of the board, and carefully pull it up and out while the soldier is still hot. Put it all back together how it was pluging the harness back in and your done. Enjoy the peacefull sound of silence!

This sounds hard but is piss easy, and i have found no problems with door sensors etc. since doing it about a month ago. It does not trick the car into thinking anything is on etc. I was worried that something ran parralel through the speaker as possible a trigger for something else, but I have seen no sign of this. Its completly reversable anyway by just soldiering the beeper back on. One of the best mods I have done! haha

What do we think?

[Chris Rogers]

do you have a lights on reminder??

[donut_kng]

do you have a lights on reminder??

Obviously not, as the speaker is not there anymore, although this wasnt an issue for me as my previous car was a VK Commodore, which barely had lights bright enough to be called lights, let alone, a light reminder. Therefore, forgetting to leave my lights on isnt really an issue for me as I have never been reliant on a reminder.

[are33]

http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/index....howtopic=167222

Dont know if the turbo/N/A skyline wiring is differant but thats how i did mine..

Edited October 23, 2006 by OBNXSH

[damuscat]

http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/index....howtopic=167222

Dont know if the turbo/N/A skyline wiring is differant but thats how i did mine..

That's a nice simple way to do it. Can you confirm if it still beeps when you've left the lights on and key is out of ignition?

[are33]

That's a nice simple way to do it. Can you confirm if it still beeps when you've left the lights on and key is out of ignition?

its for the door only... but im pretty sure the lights wire will be connected to the same box, I wrote that article on my boost cruising account, I found it by trial and error, Just removing a lug then putting the key in the ignition, and seeing if it still beeped, Until i found the wire which it didnt... Do the same except with the lights Ill actually go do this now.. Ill tell you how i go.

[ZENNON]

door open or key in warning? if its the key in one the best way is to pull the column shroud off and unplug a two pin brown plug on the key barrel. that shoudl silnce it.

Thanks Chrism - I'm gonna try that too!!

[are33]

For the headlights on, Im 90% sure its the red with the blue stripe wire, As all of the lighting wires ive worked with on my car have been this color.. there is one in the cluster of wires that goes into that box in the link i sent... Im not sure how to pull the wire out though.. its differant to the other wirres.

[Chris Rogers]

just undo the plug on th column - easier!

[are33]

just undo the plug on th column - easier!

the brown two pin one?

[ZENNON]

Thanks Chris works like a dream!!

Think getting rid of that stress just extended my life for 2 years

[Chris Rogers]

the brown two pin one?

yes.