Random Occasional Ding

[millerman61]

My Jetta has Kessey. I don't know if that makes a difference. Occasionally when I turn the car off I get a random (to me) ding when I open the door to get out of the car. I have read through the manual twice and I haven't seen anything in there referring to it. I don't think it means anything is wrong, it is just bugging the crap out of me that I don't know what it means when it does this.

 

[NYC-TDI]

I have something similar with my 2010 Golf, only I get a random ding right after I start up but not all the time. Sometimes ding, sometimes no ding. Been doing it since new and I have no idea what it means. I do not have KESSY.

 

[JaredC01]

Side leaving the headlights on, I dunno what else the car would ding for...

 

[millerman61]

Side leaving the headlights on, I dunno what else the car would ding for...

I know it isn't headlights. That keeps dinging. This is just a single random ding when I open the door after I turn the car off.

 

[Locnar]

I noticed this too. It is the same type of ding as leaving your headlights on, but like you said, it only does it once.

I always look to my headlight switch when this happens.

I have the same car as you, only with a manual tranny.

Love to know what this is is anyone figures it out.

 

[Racewalker]

I had it happen for the first time today. I had been sitting in the car for a while after turning it off waiting for a storm to blow by. First time in 3000km.

 

[FVWVWF]

I logged on here tonight about to ask the same damn thing.
The thing is...it doesnt happen everytime. Its totally random from what I can tell.

 

[Gigitt]

Maybe cause you left keys in ignition when opening door?

 

[FVWVWF]

Maybe cause you left keys in ignition when opening door?

Kessey....key stays in my pocket the entire time.

 

[bennybmn]

I get it randomly too... Sometimes I think it's because I HAD the lights on after I turned off the car but before I open the door, but today I didn't. however, I did open the sunroof a tad before opening the door so I wonder maybe if the car is still doing something when you open the door? I dunno...

 

[BoostedLegacy]

Add me to the list too. Totally random and no idea why.

 

[Cesar]

When you stay in your car for a long period of time (turned off and locked) that ding is a spring/sensor I believe, that triggers the lights to go on when you open the door.
Happens to me all the time when I am chilling with the gf.

 

[probstkr]

Sames goes for me.

 

[hb9001]

Has anyone figured out what the ding after start up was?

 

[TDiSkater]

Wow two threads on this? Is it the icy road alert that chimes at 39 degrees? Not sure the sure the OPs ding is the same you are experiencing

 

[glick]

I get that too in the 2015 w/ Keyless Start (not full KESSY). Not lights or turning lights off after engine. Also not from just sitting in car after stopping - I've gotten it about 3s after turning off engine. My Tiguan never did that, so its not just a VW thing.

I never get it after starting, anytime I get a ding after starting there is a reason for it (usually the < 4C outside temperature warning ding)

 

[vtbigdog]

Something interesting and possibly related...some combination of putting into Park, pressing the Stop button and time will sometimes result in ALL 4-doors being unlocked as opposed to just the drivers door. I posted something about this in 2012, trying to find the right combination of those three events.

The ding you hear may be a result of the proper sequencing of Park, Stop and time being met but then timing out. Just a hunch.

 

[jetta rhody]

The ding you hear may be a result of the proper sequencing of Park, Stop and time being met but then timing out. Just a hunch.

I get the random ding too, but mine is a manual transmission, so there is no sequencing for Park and stop.

 

[wwwabbit]

I get them as well, It seems to happen when I am fast to open the door after turning the car off. I am 90% sure I have seen "P/N Switch" on the dash. I suspect it is just the computer catching up to all the switches and not registering the Park/Neutral switch right away because it was busy doing the shutdown sequence for the motor.

 

[TDIx2]

Perhaps it's some sort of reminder to take your keys with you. I have KESSY and I get the single ding all the time.