Random Chime

[daleearnhardt01]

This is on a 2000 model truck. Always happens a few seconds after start up or key on and will also do it randomly while driving etc. It is the same chime that plays when a door is opened. I get 5 chimes in a set and get 5 sets each time this happens, so in total 25 chimes. No indicator lights on dash when this occurs. Any ideas? Its starting to become quite annoying!

[smokeyd]

thats what my seat belt does, when it starts click your seat belt button

[oafydude28]

most likly your seat belt chime and the bulb is burned out

[powerjunky]

If you reach under the seat there is a conection and if you undo it it will shut off the seatbelt chime. See if that helps.

[daleearnhardt01]

Hopefully it is that simple. I will feel like quite the dumbass if it is!

I have driven Ford trucks at work for years now and I always got that seatbelt chime to shut up, funny how a burned out bulb will totally make you forget that possibility

[Diesel Freak]

YUP,,,,seat belts

Welcome to the site by the way

[daleearnhardt01]

Pretty funny really, the guy who drove this truck before me had our fleet mechanic look at it and he couldnt figure it out.... Like I said, I really feel stupid now..

[daleearnhardt01]

Well guys apparently it is not the seat belt chime, unplugged those wires and still have the chime. Talked to a buddy who is a Ford mechanic and he has never heard such a thing.

[powerjunky]

First off I have to get this out of my system. Maby it is just the voices in your head messing with you. (I know bad J/K). Ok now that's out of my system. One other thought, I wounder if it is not the ignition chime. It might have a short or maby it is wore out to where it vibrates enough to where it sets the chime off. Just some random ideas. Hopefully they help.

[dhanna6powerstroke]

In the owners manual there are directions for disabling the seatbelt minder. I would go that route because if you unplug the connector the seatbelt pretensioner will not work if you are ever in a wreck and the airbag deploys. Hope that never happens but they are tied in together.