Lights and buzzer will not shut off

AnyaSays · Post by **AnyaSays** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:39 am

I pulled into my driveway and turned off my car. The radio, parking lights and the buzzer (as if my keys were in the ignition with the door open) will not stop. Has anyone else had this problem?

Ponyota · Post by **Ponyota** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:43 am

That's the first time I've heard of it... It might be in your key switch? Sounds like it might be stuck in the accessories position.You might try unhooking the battery and letting it sit for a few minutes. Re-hook the battery and see if it resets itself.Also .. Welcome to Genvibe!

AnyaSays · Post by **AnyaSays** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:26 am

Thanks. I'll try that in the morning. It is dark and raining right now so I don't want to try it, but hopefully that will work. I can't afford to have my car stuck at the dealers tomorrow as I have to work.Thanks for welcoming me aboard. I have read lots and learned some things already.

Ponyota · Post by **Ponyota** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:32 am

That's why Genvibe is here... To learn more about your car and share problems, thoughts and ideas. Alot of knowledgeable guys and gals here that can help with just about everything. Sometimes you just have to be patient for answers to questions but eventually someone will answer you.

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:02 pm

Is the door ajar light on?Check the hatch door and hatch glass to make sure they're properly shut. They seem to take a bit extra force to close, and don't appear to be open even if they are.

AnyaSays · Post by **AnyaSays** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:26 pm

No the door ajar light is not on. I opened all of the doors and shut them again to make sure. I even cranked up the car, pulled out of my driveway, pulled back into my driveway, and shut the car off again. I called the roadside assistance people who gave me another number to call. They called a dealer on the West coast who would still be open to talk to one of their service reps. The service rep stated that he had not heard of anything like it and therefore didn't know what the problem is.

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:45 pm

My suspicion is, if the door ajar light isn't on, but the radio stays on, it's the ignition switch.Let us know what the dealer says...

AnyaSays · Post by **AnyaSays** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:08 am

I twisted knobs and pushed whatever I could find to push to get everything off last night. This morning everything is fine except when I turn the interior lights on so that they come on when you open the door, the buzzers starts going off again. I wasn't able to get someone to run me to the dealership today so I'll have to do it tomorrow (I'm off from work). I'll post as soon as I know something.Thanks again for everyone's input.

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:56 pm

this stays on ALL the time when then car is off? headlights not left on? Interior light not left on?

remusrm · Post by **remusrm** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:48 pm

my grand am did that went the battery was gone...

nodwink · Post by **nodwink** » Fri May 06, 2005 1:09 pm

I've had my car for two weeks, and started having this problem last night. I have a 2005 basic vibe model. last night i noticed that my dash lights weren't on, so i flipped the headlight switch on, and the dash lights came on. when I got home, and turned off the car, remembered to turn off the headlight switch, and the dash lights stayed on, and the buzzer was going off when i opened the door.I tried everything to get them to go off. turned the car on and off several times, played w/ the interior light switch, and switched the headlights on and off, somehow, they finally went off.tonight, a friend told me that my back lights weren't on, so i switched my headlight switch on, and my dash lights didn't come on. i figured out that i had left the interior light switch all the way down, and moved it back up the the white line.everything was great going home.when i got home, and turned everything off, the dash wouldn't go off, and the buzzer started again. finally after several combinations, i figured out that turning the headlights off while the car is still running, then turning the car off, will most of the time turn the dash and buzzer off. I looked in the manual and can't find anything about it. if anyone has any suggestions, please help.

Jahntassa · Post by **Jahntassa** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:03 pm

I wonder if both these vehicles were 2005 models.. Obviously the second one is.. Maybe there's something wrong with the DRL module? If it does it again, i'd definitely take it to the dealership for some warranty work..

nodwink · Post by **nodwink** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:33 am

ok, so here is what is going on now.when i had the car for about a week, i had an alarm installed at rollin sound. two nights later, i realized that in order for my gear lights and dash, (ac and radio) lights to come on at night, i had to turn them on which i had not been doing before that time because the headlights come on by themselves.so, when i got home is when i noticed the problem of them not turning off. so i have no idea if they did this before the alarm was installed, because i had not turned them on before. so, i noticed that when i armed the alarm, the lights did not blink like they had in the other car i had that alarm in. so, i took it to rollin sound, and they said, "oh yeah, we disabled that option because when we had it set to blink the lights, they would not blink, just stay on". so, they diconnected the alarm, and it still had the problem. i called the pontiac dealership and explained the problem. they said that it was the alarm.they said that if it was a problem w/ the car, they would fix it, under the warranty, if it was a problem caused by the alarm, they would fix it and charge rollin sound.when i told the alarm guy this, he panicked and called the viper tech people and they said that he should remove the alarm completely. and told him other things to check.so, i took it over to pontiac today, and had to explain the problem 20 times before they would understand what i was saying. they kept saying, "well there is a delay before it turns off" then finally they understood, and figured out that it wasn't supposed to do that.so, i waited two hours, and they said, "well you've had something installed and uninstalled, that's what messed it up." i asked how they could tell that it was the alarm, and they couldn't give me an answer. so now the alarm people and pontiac are arguing back and forth. I just told them that i didn't care who paid for it as long as it was fixed, but i know for sure that i am not going to pay for it.so, pontiac paid for me to have a rental car, and that was at about 1:30pm, today, (i had been there since 9:15am). I called them at 4:45, and they said that they are still on the phone w/ the gm tech support and will hopefully have it up and running by mid day tomorrow.i'll keep you posted when they figure out what actually happened.

nodwink · Post by **nodwink** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:36 am

just to clarify, i meant "how can you tell it was the alarm that messed up the system, how do you know it was the car?" i wasn't trying to hide the fact of the alarm, i told them about it when i called them the day before.

nodwink · Post by **nodwink** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:37 am

correction, "how do you know it WASN'T the car?" from the previous post, i said "was the car"..... typo

Jahntassa · Post by **Jahntassa** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:31 am

Well, the parking lights are switched by 'ground', if the installer put +12v on the parking light wire, then he probably fried something, and said he disabled it to cover it up.I'm going to say that the installer probably accidentally messed something up, and just didn't realize it...

POLO · Post by **POLO** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:45 am

It was raining and the humidity was hight,becauss a month ago my vibe start to buzz and the light,after 10 minutes it stop herself,between i try everything,possible cause the remote was wet due the raining.

nodwink · Post by **nodwink** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:05 am

ok, got the car back today. the problem was a short in the headlight switch. they could not prove that it was the alarm, but do suspect that it was caused by a power overload from the alarm, but repaired it under the warranty.the alarm installer refused to refund my money, but would re-install the alarm for free. coggin pontiac said that that would be fine, and if the problem happened again, then it would definitely be the alarm, and they wouldn't be able to deny it.So, AnyaSays, maybe you should have the headlight switch checked out if you are still having the same problem.