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Old 07-10-07, 12:27 PM
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Shift Warning Buzzer??

Why did they put one in the car and is there a way to get rid of it. It periodically goes off at around the 3 grand mark while Im cruising at 30 in 2nd. I know the engine is not over-revving so thats not it, but I dont know why it would be doing that unless it just sucks. Cause I mean the only purpose it serves is for embarassing the hell out of me when it goes off at random times while I have a girl in the car with me. It seriously sounds retarded.

Come on yall. Help me out!!!
Old 07-10-07, 12:31 PM
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The same buzzer is used for low oil and low coolant. You sure you don't have either of those problems?
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Omg....Keep the buzer, that'll save your engine someday.

Its a warning when you are missing coolant , oil and when you over rev.

I would guess that your 7 is down on coolant or oil.

And if a girl laughs at your car because its warning you that something is wrong, kick her out on the curb and throw her a quarter so she can call her mom so she can come pick her up. Stupid *****. Get a better one.
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Yeah, I checked my oil and coolant yesterday when I did a complete tune up and it doesn't have any leaks of any kind.
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burp your coolant system, you might just have trapped air setting off the buzzer. also check the connections/grounds on the lines the buzzer is connected to.
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The shift warning is just a light not a buzzer. For economy purposes in the '80's, other cars had them also.

If you hear the buzzer as others has suggested probably coolant or something else.
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Just because the coolant reservoir is full doesn't mean the buzzer won't go off. Check both places to make sure its full.
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Okay, update. I checked all the fluids and they were all fine. I drove it to see if it would do it again, and low and behold, it did! But only when I turned right. So I got in the dash and noticed the the wires coming off of it were bare at the terminals and for some reason they were touching on right turns. So I wrapped them with a bit of electrical tape and now.... Everything is fine and dandy.

So to the guy who suggested short. Thanks. Thats exactly what it was.
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