How to get rid of your S13 warning chime

[~4N~]

As many of you may have found out, the warning chime can get quite annoying at times. If you're not going to miss it, here's my write-up on how to get rid of it. This shouldn't take anyone more than 10 minutes.

First, I'd recommend to disconnect the battery.

My dash happens to be out right now, but you only need to take off the driver's side kick panel. If you've never taken off the kick panel, visit http://www.jdmrice.com/tech/dash/dash.html for some very useful information. The location of the chime is circled in the picture, which should give you an idea of where to look for it once the panel is out.



Disconnect the circled connector.



Voila, no more chime sound!



You may choose to remove the chime for ultimate weight reduction. It is held on by one bolt, for which you will need a phillips head screwdriver, or a 10 mm socket.



Reinstall the kick panel, and enjoy the sound of silence.

[nvrplzd240]

woah! ultimate wieght reduction indeed!

you must have gained at LEAST 50hp to the wheels

all joking aside.. cool writeup.. I'll prob. end up doing this someday when it aggrivates me enough

[ZiG]

I plan simply to replace my chime with one from a VW or something else that sounds cool.

[Shownarou]

Wewt! Now I can work on my car and listen to the cars stereo at the same time without that stupid chime!

[Logan76]

First mod I did to my 240 when I got it Nice write up Matej.

[mattscar]

nice write up.

[Florida240sx]

I did that the same day I got the car...

[mrgreeneyes]

just did that the other day... oh man, i dont miss that PITA one bit...

[RyanAwesome]

Try getting rid of your automatic seat belts too! Its heaven not choking yourself when you get out of the car fast.

[R6_240sx]

LOL i never knew that S13s did that! I would be going crazy. I learn something new everyday.

[redtop91]

Is this the chime when you have your keys in or the lights on on battery power? Hell No that thing has saved my a$$ numerous times from being locked out in below freezing weather.

[rsmithdrift]

I miss my bitchin betty from my old 84 zx. she was cool as hell "headlights are on" "Right door is open" "Parking brake is on"

I'd like to put her in the 240!! lol.

[R6_240sx]

Wait is this the chime that goes when u go past a certain speed limit?

[kamikazestorm420]

its the chime that goes off when you have the keys inside the car and the door is open.

this was the very first thing i did to my car

[R6_240sx]

Ohhh I thot it was the one that goes on when u go past a certain speed limit. Never mind then!

[Redevil]

I work at circuit city and install car audio and alarms. It took a little while but now I'm immune to the chime!! One time I was working on a guys car alarm and had the chime going for like 10 minutes and all of the sudden he came over to the car and pulled the key out. He looked at me and said "Man that sound is so f'ing annoying!" And I told him dude, can I have the key back? As soon as he gave it back to me I stuck it right back into the ignition and a fiendish smile stretched across my face. Then I told him that customers weren't allowed in the shop and to go on the other side of the chain.

[sip]

Ohhh I thot it was the one that goes on when u go past a certain speed limit. Never mind then!

I think that is only on JDM cars, mine has it.

I want to know if they are one and the same chime. If i leave the headlights on in my car there is a really annoying buzzing sound, not a ding ding ding sound. It is more like a continuous EEERRRRRRRRRR.

I wonder if we have different chime sounds JDM vs USDM. ANYONE?
Modified by sip at 10:09 AM 12/10/2006

[RalliartRsX]

LOL at Redevil

As for the chime, AFAIK, it comes with the JDM CA18DET clips. I dont think the SRs, KA, or RB wiring has this option. In the CA, its actually located on the cluster (the actual sensor).

[R6_240sx]

I work at circuit city and install car audio and alarms. It took a little while but now I'm immune to the chime!! One time I was working on a guys car alarm and had the chime going for like 10 minutes and all of the sudden he came over to the car and pulled the key out. He looked at me and said "Man that sound is so f'ing annoying!" And I told him dude, can I have the key back? As soon as he gave it back to me I stuck it right back into the ignition and a fiendish smile stretched across my face. Then I told him that customers weren't allowed in the shop and to go on the other side of the chain.

I'd be pretty pissed too if sum customer went inside the shop that's a huge liability issue. I remember one time at Sear's I needed to get my tires rotated and i didn't feel like doing it at home, plus it was free, they told me that if I can just come the next day or if I wanted to wait 2 hrs. I was like aww man WTF? Can I just do it myself I know how to do it, the guy kind of remembers me bc I knew one of the techs there and he told me ehhhh alright just don't say anything. I should've just hurt myself on purpose, LOL.

[adrianfromthecastle]

I plan simply to replace my chime with one from a VW or something else that sounds cool.

i'd like to replace my chime with Arnold's voice

[nissans13240sx]

i just plugged mine back in a couple weeks ago, cause i always forget to turn my parking lights out...

[redtop91]

i'd like to replace my chime with Arnold's voice

Awwwwwl!!! Get Downn!!!!!!!!!! Get your keys out of the choppa!!!!!!

[PowerGrid06]

Awwwwwl!!! Get Downn!!!!!!!!!! Get your keys out of the choppa!!!!!!

I want that.

[240on430]

i'd rather not remove it...i dont wanna leave my keys in the car or my light on.