Beeping Codes

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Hi - I try to find out about the language of the C3s: In a German forum in a thread the thread-starter has three beeps coming intermittendly when starting... Is there anywhere a thread or list, where the beeps are explained? (The problem in the German thread is not yet ok, we are still searching, battery and alternator seem ok).
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3 beeps means there is something the driver needs to be aware of. Usually 3 beeps and a display on the dashboard or a light illuminated.

The one that catches most people out is the 'over speed warning set' that gives beeps and no one remembers setting it.

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But check for dash or display warnings too
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My Name: dougine

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Thank you - but of course! I'll have to inquire about the dashboard-signs and lights. So if there were only the beeps and no signs, perhaps there is an important light without function ... :idea:
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Today, pulling away, my relatively new C3 VTi gave me just these three beeps!! But the dashboard translated his cry for me, I had not yet loosened the handbrake ... . And by now I remember it was often very thrilling indeed to have a really VERY loud beep about ice on the street - one gets quite a start, a friend of mine driving alone and not knowing the car so well told me she had nearly had an accident because of the frightening ice-beep (!).
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dougine wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:32 am And by now I remember it was often very thrilling indeed to have a really VERY loud beep about ice on the street - one gets quite a start, a friend of mine driving alone and not knowing the car so well told me she had nearly had an accident because of the frightening ice-beep (!).


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