My car has been taking longer than usual to start lately and now I have a CEL and 3 beeps when I start the car. I checked fluids and everything appears to be fine. I bought the car used and haven't needed to do any maintnence myself yet but I will be changing oil and filter today and replacing the coolant. The CEL turned off on my way to the dealer after 5 minutes of driving yesterday and today it did the same thing so I just continued to work again. Anyone want to guess as to what would cause this? The car is running great minus the long starts in the cold (california cold...still pretty warm). Thanks

-Basald

 

Take it to an Autozone and get the code diagnosed.

Never heard of any "beeps" with a code - has anybody else?

S

 

I didn't know the had a beeper in the fault system. hmmmmm.

 

when I bought my 8 used 2 years ago. It also had a CEL. The car drove perfectly fine though. Went to the dealership to get the latest flash and to have them clear the code. I think it was due to the car being started and shut off so often without being fully warmed up. It also had the "milky" dipstick issue when I bought it. The CEL or the milky dipstick have yet to come back on in these 2 years so I bet it was just how the dealer handled the car while it was on their lot.

Never heard beeps though. The car does beep 5 times if you turn the key to the ON position. Thats all I can think of.

 

i think it beeps for seatbelt, and also can beep for missing TPMS.

 

^+1 when out of air pressure range

 

Low/Cold tires heating up as driving would be the explanation for it going off. Most certainly low pressure/the tpms letting you know. Does the symbol look like a little tire with bumps on the bottom?