Warning beep when you get out of the Prime...

What all can a long warning beep mean when you get out of the Prime? I know that if you get out and try to lock your doors with the sensor on the exterior handle while leaving an electronic key inside the Prime, you get a long beep.

But I'm getting one when I get out of the Prime sometimes, with the door still open (before I even try to lock the doors). What would cause that?

Thanks

 

Maybe that's it. It seemed like it wasn't when it happened earlier, but maybe it was. I do the same thing sometimes.

 

Yes, that last bit, being able to lock a fob inside the car, is an intentional feature. You can also lock an electronic key fob in the Prime using a mechanical key. Either way, when you do so, the Prime ignores the electronic key fob left in the car until you press a button on the fob. That is so you can leave your electronic key fob in the car (well hidden) and leave with only your mechanical key (if, for instance, you're at the beach).

This can become problematic if you get an alarm with passive arming because, if you leave your electronic key in the car and the alarm then passively locks the doors, you will be locked out of your car.

 

I got a different strange beep today. I got out of my Prime, locked the doors by touching the sensor on the exterior door handle. I got the expected, usual short beep, but then, a about two seconds later, I got another short beep. This was not the long beep you get when you leave your electronic key in the car. It was not the beep you get when you leave a door open. It was a short beep. I searched the owners manual, and couldn’t find anything about a second, short people like this.

Does anyone know what this could be?

It wasn’t the two quick beeps you get when you unlock the car. There was too much of a time interval between them. I was able to get this behavior to repeat a second time. I did not leave any doors open, my key was not left in the car, and the car was not left on.