[ST-Collie]

I have a 2016 ST2, bought it Jan 14 and it has 779 miles on it. Every time I start the car, with a couple exceptions, something down by my left leg beeps ten times. It used to do it one more time than the previous time I got in the car, but it seems to have capped at 10. It's not the normal "your seatbelt is not buckled" noise or "your door is open."

I took it to the local ford dealership and they couldn't re-create the problem, nor could they find any record of anyone else having the problem in the whole ford dealership/service system. I've been looking through the forum trying to find similar threads, but have not found any.

Has anyone else had this problem or heard of it?

 

[brian60]

I have a 2016 ST2, bought it Jan 14 and it has 779 miles on it. Every time I start the car, with a couple exceptions, something down by my left leg beeps ten times. It used to do it one more time than the previous time I got in the car, but it seems to have capped at 10. It's not the normal "your seatbelt is not buckled" noise or "your door is open."

I took it to the local ford dealership and they couldn't re-create the problem, nor could they find any record of anyone else having the problem in the whole ford dealership/service system. I've been looking through the forum trying to find similar threads, but have not found any.

Has anyone else had this problem or heard of it?

Edit: I'm an idiot and missed the mileage. Does it have an insurance-tool-plugin-thing in the OBD2 port? They monitor driving to see if you qualify for insurance discounts.

 

[ST-Collie]

New or used?

Brand new.

 

[brian60]

Brand new.

See my edit.

 

[ST-Collie]

It does not have a plug in, first thing I checked.

 

[ddfred]

I have a 2016 ST2, bought it Jan 14 and it has 779 miles on it. Every time I start the car, with a couple exceptions, something down by my left leg beeps ten times. It used to do it one more time than the previous time I got in the car, but it seems to have capped at 10. It's not the normal "your seatbelt is not buckled" noise or "your door is open."

I took it to the local ford dealership and they couldn't re-create the problem, nor could they find any record of anyone else having the problem in the whole ford dealership/service system. I've been looking through the forum trying to find similar threads, but have not found any.

Has anyone else had this problem or heard of it?

A member had a similar problem, but with a different noise. Turned out that his car was obtained through a dealer swap and the original dealer had a GPS tracking device installed. It made more of a spacey cartoon ray gun sound if I remember correctly.

 

[ST-Collie]

A member had a similar problem, but with a different noise. Turned out that his car was obtained through a dealer swap and the original dealer had a GPS tracking device installed. It made more of a spacey cartoon ray gun sound if I remember correctly.

Ray gun would be exactly the sound that I would describe it as. I just couldn't quite think of how to describe it.

 

[brian60]

Ray gun would be exactly the sound that I would describe it as. I just couldn't quite think of how to describe it.

Well, you know what to ask your dealer now. Unless you know where it's installed and can uninstall it yourself.

 

[ST-Collie]

Well, you know what to ask your dealer now. Unless you know where it's installed and can uninstall it yourself.

Indeed, thanks for the help you two.

 

[screzzy]

Here's a link to that thread.
http://www.focusst.org/forum/showthread.php?t=73650
Focus ST (space gun) Beep sound

 

[ghettojay]

Gps tracking because u financed your car and might not have great credit

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[ST-Collie]

Did finance, however my dad and I co-signed and both have great credit.

 

[ghettojay]

How long of a loan usually 3.5 or more years is when they do it

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[wheelhopper]

^I could see the finance company wanting this done, but I have never had anything like this on any of my cars. I do have a GPS on my Ram truck that I bought used. The HVAC company I bought it from had it on their trucks to track them. I have been afraid to disconnect it because it is tied in with the ignition and I don't want to mess something up and not be able to start my truck. It does make a faint periodic beep. I can't hear it with the window down or radio on.

 

[Freebird23103]

That is interesting. Never knew finance companies went to those extremes to track an asset. I know mine is clean cause I refinanced and moved after about a year of ownership but still an interesting find.

Only beeping I have heard of on these cars was the sound symposer in cold weather would make a beeping sound from time to time, when parked engine off 2013-14 models.

 

[ghettojay]

We do it all the time. I cant tell u the system we use but i can tell u that they should have disabled the beep portion of it.

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[ghettojay]

Most banks especially ford financial require trackers if its financed. Once ur loan is paid off it gets deactivated

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[UnfocusedST]

I wonder where they put these trackers at? I want to see if I have one.

 

[ST-Collie]

I wonder where they put these trackers at? I want to see if I have one.

Based on where the sound comes from, it's installed somewhere above the insurance plugin thing. I see a black box that looks like it's installed on a bracket they bought at home depot with some wires that are tied into the insurance thing.

 

[UnfocusedST]

Based on where the sound comes from, it's installed somewhere above the insurance plugin thing. I see a black box that looks like it's installed on a bracket they bought at home depot with some wires that are tied into the insurance thing.

Pictures?