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Prius Prime 2018 beeping question

Discussion in 'Prime Main Forum (2017-2022)' started by Elfmom, Dec 13, 2022.

  1. Elfmom

    Elfmom New Member

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    My first time on here.
    I have a Prius Prime Plug in 2018. The strangest thing is happening to me. I park my car in my garage, and it starts beeping about every minute or two. I go shopping and park my car and it's not beeping. I go home and park in my garage and it starts beeping again. I took it to Toyota, for them to check on it. While waiting for some help my car was just sitting there and not beeping, so I took it home again. I'm completely frustrated.
     
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    By the way, the beeping sound comes from the outside of the car. I can barley hear it inside of the car.
     
  3. BiomedO1

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    I'm just spit-ball here; because there isn't enough information to make a diagnosis.

    Is the car plugged-in when this happens or unplugged?
    Is that car new to you or did you buy it new?
    Previous accidents; history of the car.

    I'm just guessing the previous owner/dealer installed some sort of anti-thief or tracking device that's malfunctioning.

    Hope this helps.
     
  4. Elfmom

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    I bought the car new.
    It doesn't matter if it is plugged in or not, it will still beep.
    It will only beep in my garage or my driveway. I was wondering if there could be anything near my car that would make it beep. The beeping is not a fast beeping it's slow like every 1-2 minutes.
    No accidents.
     
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    so it's just one beep every 1-2 minutes!
     
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    Another dumb question; are you sure the beep is coming from your car - not something buried in your garage somewhere?

    I have a jump-pack that beeps about every minute; when the battery is low. The first time this happened; I must've looped through the house, garage, side and back yards about a half dozen times - searching for the beep. I finally noticed a very weak red led flash on my automotive shelf and put two and two together.

    Hope this helps.
     
  7. Elfmom

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    Biomed01,
    Thank you so very much. I never thought of that. My car is parked right under the garage door opener motor. The beeping definitely came from it. ;-)
     
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    Glad you were able to figure it out.....