2000 Eurovan camper beeps

Hi there. I bought a 2000 Eurovan camper a few months ago and have a question for you guys/girls. When I bought the van and first drove it I noticed 3 loud beeps when I exceeded 10 mph. I ask the dealer that sold it to me and he told me they forgot to reset the oil/inspection counter when they did the service and that is why it was beeping. I just brought it into my vw mechanic here and he reset the oil/inspection counter, but still the car beeps as it hits the 10 mph mark. Does anyone have any ides what this could be before I take it to the dealer and they tell me I need a new computer. Thanks.

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My '00 eurovan doesn't beep w/the oil or service reminders so I don't think that's it. Although it's been a while since they've been activated but I'm pretty sure I don't remember any beeping associated with them.

Are you getting any other warning lights like a low-coolant light or EPC light or check-engine light or oil pressure light?

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Matt B.

Thanks for the reply. Nope, Just the beeping no warning lights at all.

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Are ALL the lights in working order? Could one be out ?

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I also tried driving mine w/o my seatbelt on up to 20mph and still no beeps from mine, so seat belt is probably not it. This one's pretty mysterious!

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Well my thought was, if the previous owner had a problem they didn't want (or could afford) to repair, the beep stops but the light would always be on. Disconnect the light and problem solved. From what I've been able to find, it seems to be the ABS. Is there a diagnostic for this? Have someone smarter than me check you ABS system.

Cecil

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DomDewolfe

and does the parking brake indicator light also work normally? (thinking that if the light is burned out but the beeping of course isn't...so you're getting beepting and a warning light in theory but the warning light might not be working...)

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Matt B.

I wonder if the beeping might also be associated with a fault code stored in the ECU? The dealer (or anyone with a VAG COM...can u find someone in your area with one?) should be able to read that. Try not to let them talk you into a totally new computer.

If you plan on keeping this car (or any VW-Audi) a LONG time, you might want to invest in a VAG COM yourself. The cost of one dealer visit for just this problem might justify it.

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Is the beeping coming from the dash (like a VW-based-beep)? Or from the back (like a Winnebago-beep like any of your alarms related to the camper equipment)? just wondering 'cause doesn't winnebago put in things like a CO detector, low-coach-battery alarm, etc.?

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That's a problem! You could be getting a light (but just not seeing it) in theory there associated w/the beeping.

For the record, I get those lights when the ignition is turned on plus a ton of other lights. Then most go out but the Check-Engine light, alternator (looks like a battery) light, and seat belt light stay on. After a few more seconds the seat belt light goes out. The CEL and alternator lights seem to stay on indefinitely while the ignition is on and car not running.

Does it look like this?

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If so, it's the brake pad wear indicator light. I think our manual failed to document that b/c 2000 was the first year (I think) for that feature.

You might be on to something there. The manual says (although this doesn't make a lot of sense):

"If the warning light does not go out or flashes while driving (above 2000 rpm), a buzzer will sound simultaneously."

What is silly to me is that I think low oil pressure at any time is bad but VW seems to think it's only bad if over 2000rpm.

(Or maybe what they're saying is that under 2000 rpm the light comes on but above 2000rpm it flashes and makes a sound?)

At any rate, you said you get this noise at about 10mph and up. Does 10mph happen at 2000 rpms for you? If so that might be it.

A further test would be find a road you can test this on. Start moving and if you get the alarm, get it up to about 20mph and then put it in neutral. So you're moving well above 10-mph but the engine is at idle. Does the alarm stop? Maybe that's it then.

Now if it's any consolation, I have had an occasional oil pressure alarm in mine too. However I suspect it's a flaky sensor because it's very rare, sometimes happens when driving along for a long time at one speed and suddenly bam! Oil light goes on. if I downshift it seems to help (revs go up, pressure increases). I might have a pressure problem, or I might have a sensor that's borderline flaky and reads too low sometimes. At any rate, nothing bad has happened so far. And I got an oil change (and switched to synthetic) and it came on once after the change and then since then it's been fine. How long since your last oil change? If you have dirty oil and the filter is plugged up that might mess up your pressure. Or the oil might be old enough it's breaking down (kinda sounds like BS to me but that's what the tech said who did my oil change and I mentioned the intermittent alarm).

I guess what I'm saying is make sure your oil is clean and at the right level. IF that's not it, change your oil pressure sensor

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has them and they're not expensive (I still should do this though to mine and haven't). Those are both cheap things to do that might work. If neither of those are it, then yeah VAG-COM it (well, do that anyway) and seek professional help from there.

Usually fault codes are associated with OBD2 things (emissions monitoring) and not general things so I can't say for sure that it would be stored for this type of thing.

Understood.

See what that says and an oil change (esp. if you're near time for one anyway) and a cheap pressure sensor change are reasonable DIY items that aren't much. After that, yeah see a dealer (or find a different (and good) dealer or a good indie tech).

y'know...maybe the fact that you aren't getting an oil or water light at all means that the car "knows" that they don't work and the alarm is a (weird and undocumented) way of telling you that there's a problem? If that's the case, hopefully a fault will be stored for that.

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here's another few thoughts (but just stabbing at anything by now).

  1. does the car think a door is open? is the interior light on? If at night u would notice (light on) but in the daytime might not be as obvious.

  1. the front seats in the EVC swivel, right? does it think that a seat isn't locked in the forward position? (although I thought in this case it disables the starter...but if a previous owner has messed with that (found a way around the starter disable but there's still an alarm too) maybe that's a potential cause?)

  2. Does it think the driver's seat belt is unfastened? (Although I think i tried this in mine too and it didn't set off an alarm, and the manual says that there's just the indicator light.)
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Matt B.

Yup thats what it is.. Thanks for telling me about that. I read the oil pressure warning info in the manual and I am thinking that is where my problem lies. I am going to look at the RPMs when the beeps sounds tomorrow. I just had it fully serviced when I got the water pump replaced with new synthetic oil so I dont think its that. I am now pretty sure its a oil sensor problem. Thanks again.

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DomDewolfe

OK. Hopefully it is a flaky sensor (and you have a bad oil light (and bad coolant light) on top of that as well?).

U know what? here's another/additional thought. if the oil and water sensors are near/next to one another (I think they are but not 100% sure) make sure the guy who replaced the water pump didn't unplug them or the wires and plug them back in swapped around.

But yeah I agree it's probably a "perceived" pressure problem, meaning that you don't actually have low pressure...it just thinks you do. I can't imagine that you'd be running around this long w/the beeping and not have a seized engine by now :)

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ooh interesting! didn't know we had two of them. Good to know...thx.

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