More Beeping - While Parked

When you lock the car with the black button it should beep once and then no more. Are you sure you shut the car completely off? It almost sounds like the warning you get when walking away with the car running.

 

If the FOB is being pushed, and you're close enough to activate it, that could do it. The car is probably being repeatedly locked or unlocked by something nearby. If it is being unlocked, it will relock itself after 30 seconds if no doors are opened. If the fob is close enough, then the SKS also could be activated by something as well. If one of the door sensors is shorted with the fob nearby the car will unlock then lock after the door is not opened.

 

Reminds me of the story of when I once dropped by to visit my Mother and Father shortly after they purchased a new car (not a Prius). We were sitting at a table located next to an outside wall where the car was parked. As we visited the horn let out a single honk. About ten minutes later it did it again. Then a short while later it did it again and I noticed my Father shifted his seating position at the same time. I asked him if he carried the keyfob on his key ring (my Father was notorious for carrying a ton of keys on his key ring). He said 'yes.' I asked him to take his keys out of his pocket and lay them down on the table. An hour later I pointed out to him that the honking from the car stopped. He never carried the fob on his key ring unless he was going to drive the car by himself.

 

The fob has a much longer range than three feet. The three foot limit is for the SKS part of the fob. The manual buttons have more range.

Tom

 

My FOB has an effective range of over 35 ft!!!

I know, I checked!!!

73 de Pat KK6PD

 

Does your coworker note the lights flashing as they do when you lock/unlock?

And that high-pitched beep is VERY hard to locate even out in the open, and certainly in an enclosed parking garage. All Toyotas and Lexuses (Lexi?) make the exact same beep.

 

Want to try something quite interesting? Slowly back away from your car while pushing the lock button and find the point where pushing the button no longer illicits a response from your car (you just stepped out of range). Now hold your fob up to your chin and while touching your chin, press the lock button again. See what happens? Now continue to back away and see how much farther away you can move before the car looses the signal again. It is quite amazing!

 

First, there is no need to push Park. Just push the Power button. The system will automatically put it in Park before powering down. Your post indicates that it takes a minute before the display goes dark. It should go dark immediately. Are you sure you're not going into ACC?

 

From all the posts it appears the door electronics module is freaking out. I'd take it to the dealer and have them evaluate.

 

jnoble, you're not going crazy. I just noticed yesterday that my Prius is beeping also.............


Edited to add... ok, I guess I'm the one going crazy. Turns out the beeping is the unit in my garage for the electric fence. Oops! Now, to see if there's an invisible fence message board to find out why THAT is beeping every minute!