Remote beeping while washing the car

Thanks. That makes sense now. I was wondering how my loose pockets could be pressing the fob.

 

With the smart key, if the car is locked when you wash it may unlock as the door handle sensor is activated by the water while the fob is in range. The car will automatically relock in about 30 seconds after unlock if a door has not been opened. Water may then activate the sensor again and the cycle repeats.

Solution: either leave the car unlocked when washing it or leave the fob out of range.

 

Before I wash my Prius, I reach under the steering column and poke the SKS Disable button. Problem solved

 

First, there is no beeper in the remote. It's a quiet device.

Second, I've never triggered the SKS flooding the handles with water. In fact, I've never triggered the SKS when washing the car (I use a mitt). You're either squashing the FOB in your pocket or pressing too hard on the car when you wash it (pressing in the black rubber buttons on the doors).

 

You can always put the fob in a cup holder inside the car, then you can't lock or unlock from the outside and you know where the fob is when you're done and want to move your car.

 

The simple solution: Just unlock the car before you start washing.

If the car isn't locked, it won't beep when you get the sensors wet.

If you want the car to show its appreciation while being washed, lock the car and keep the FOB in your pocket.

 

my opinion, and its pretty common is that since the water conducts electricty (or it can act as a conductor for electricty to transmit through)
is the water acts as a giant antenna and if you so much as touch a wet
door or quarter panel it will unlock the car

i suppose you could rinse your car with pure distilled water to see if it stop this behavior

 

LOL. That is what it seemed like to me. The car was beeping and the blinkers lighted every few minutes while washing the car. It was like saying "thank you" in its own language.

I rarely use a mit or sponge. I wash my cars once or twice a week (when new) at a coin operated car wash. The intense spray pushes the dirt, bugs, and road grime right off. ( This is really a good idea on dark cars as it will not cause swirls created with a mit or sponge)

I guess the intense spray is pushing the black buttons and or touching the sensors. I will try to remember to turn off the SKS next time and see what happens.

 

My car also beeps incessantly when washing. I figured it was just the proximity of the Smart Key plus the conductivity of the water simulating a hand on the door handle. It doesn't bother me, but some passers-by have given me strange looks when they hear me say 'stop it car, I'm not unlocking you.'

 

Washed the car on Sunday, it beeped a lot as I had the SKS in my pocket, so I left it in the garage.

And yes, it rained on monday.

 

You can always turn off the SKS if the beeping bothers you. I just let it beep.

Tom

 

I can't see that it has anything to do with water. This happens not just when I wash the car, but when I walk around it and get just a bit too far away.

The car has no idea you intend to stay close by. Once you start walking away (after having been inside the car and left it unlocked), the car will beep to warn you it is unlocked. Most likely, IMHO, you are fooling your poor car into thinking you are walking away and leaving it unattended, when in fact you are simply going to grab the hose for a proper rinse!

My solution has been to leave the key fob inside the car while I wash it.

 

Ok I think we have a winner here. This sounds like the best explanation.

Thanks

 

This is not true. The car does not beep if you leave it unlocked and walk away.

Just leave the car unlocked and it will not beep when you wash it. If it is unlocked it does not matter where the fob is. (Why do so many people lock their car when they wash it?)

 

I think the above poster may be the closest to why this is happening. If the car is 'ON' an you have the FOB in your pocket and walk out of range, the car will beep.

 

That is strange. These two statements are exact opposite of what I experience in my 2008 Prius.

My car does beep when I leave it unlocked and NOT running and walk away with the fob in my pocket.

I do not lock my car when I wash it. It is unlocked.

It tell you this thing is beep happy. Probably some function I could turn off with an elaborate Japanese process of bowing down to the car and opening and closing the back hatch 4 times then the drivers side door twice. Then turn the car off then on then press the brake then.......