We’ve had the Subaru since 2015. In the past month, maybe two. I’ve heard a new DING every so often when I’m in the car. And by “new” I mean it is a notification chime not in line tonally with the other audio notifications this vehicle gives.
I first though, “Hmm. The partner has changed her text alert.”
But it happens when she isn’t in the car.
Today when it DINGGED I was actually just leaving a parking lot, so I pulled over and scrolled through all the possible alerts or notifications.
I did a cursory search to see if some unknown person’s cell phone was under the seat, but it’d have to have a pretty damn big battery to still be on.
The “FBI Bugged my Car, but forgot to disable notifications” is creeping up on the possibilities list.
It has dinged while parked. It has dinged while driving. it has dinged just after starting up and after the car has been driving for some time.
Could it actually be a mechanical sound, and not coming from a speaker?
My last car had a “plink” sound, like water dripping onto metal, after it got serviced (although it was much more frequent than the one you describe). It turned out to be a problem within the transmission, and the car died a few weeks later.
I don’t believe so. It seems like a totally different Chime than anything else.
But, the whole Nav\Ent\diagnostic UI is a bit of a horror show, so a chime that is tonally out of character with the rest of the system wouldn’t surprise me.
I don’t want to be difficult, but I feel like discussing a mysterious beep coming from a 2015 Subaru doesn’t count as the “good old days of tech.” It should be split off as an “Automotive Mysteries” discussion.
Seatbelt sensor going on the fritz? (ETA never mind - others have suggested this.) I’ve owned several Subarus and could probably tell you what it is if I heard it.
ETA what model and trim do you have? Do you have Eyesight? Do you have navigation? If it’s a radar-like ping you could be getting an alert from your nav.
I don’t want to be difficult, but I feel like discussing a mysterious beep coming from a 2015 Subaru doesn’t count as the “good old days of tech.” It should be split off as an “Automotive Mysteries” discussion.
The nostalgia is for the olden before time when this kind of maddening shit was easier to disable, like really obnoxious seatbelt buzzers or taking the phlebotenum assemly apart and finding the bit that squeaks and putting a bushing in and so on.
i’m too afraid of burning down the house to look take apart the microwave, but boy do i wish i could turn off its keypress beeping. i’d even give up the timer if i knew where the pizeo was.
i stumbled upon this after searching for microwriters based on something from that other place. i can almost believe that in the timeline split, we got touchscreens but they got universal healthcare.
Let me guess, you’re supposed to coordinate several fingers on both hands at one time… sigh …linked site clears up that it only requires one hand, but claims it’s “instantly accessible” when it still isn’t universally accessible.
I’ve taken apart a few microwaves in my time and the keypad module can generally be removed from the front without having to touch the dangerous stuff. That piece fails enough that it needs to be easily field replaceable. Should be doable if you’re handy. You probably just need to undo a few screws and clips from the front. If you have an over the range microwave the service manual is probably inside of it - if it is you can easily trace the speaker wire from the diagram and just snip it, otherwise it should be easily to do a visual trace.
the keypad in my old microwave is dead, but AFAICT, everything else is fine.
do you know where they sell replacement keypads?
I never thought to google the model and “keypad” since I didn’t think they offered them (it’s a pretty old one, too.)
could it really be that simple?
