Steady high pitch beeping noise

my f1 was doing this and my clutch needed to be adjusted - not sure what It means on a manual. its the same sound as the seat belt off right?

 

weird

 

I have a 360 F1 with a 80% worn clutch. I get the beeping sound once in a while during initial drive off.

Dan

 

Edgar- There is a reverse siren/beeper to tell you reverse is selected. Is that what you are hearing?

 

Edgar, i know exactly the sound you mean, mine does the same, it's not loud enough to be an error, think the day after a loud concert sitting in a quiet room, that's what it sounds like my car has done it forever, i've had it for 5 years and done over 30k miles. Doesn't appear to be anything bad

John.

 

My Scud does it, as does my previous one. It's a very hard to hear beeping that seems to stop when you go faster right? Someone once told me what it is but I can't remember.

 

You sure its not the emissions air pump at startup pumping air into the headers?

 

Don't think the 430 has that, scud has but not standard 420.

John.

 

Try backing into your garage and see if you get the same thing coming out.

 

I'm pretty sure I heard on my Scud at times also, only when engine is cold, less than a minute before disappearing.

 

My car does this too. After much complaining the dealer narrowed it down to some control box under the dashboard and said he couldn't make the sound go away.

 

Did anyone ever figure this out? My car does it as well -- only when rolling, sounds like a high-pitched bell-like ringing (or like running your finger on the rim of a wineglass). Not loud or annoying but audible if you listen for it, until you're moving a bit faster and road noise drowns it out. Pitch does not change as speed increases, doesn't matter if clutch is in or out, idling or revving, etc.

It occurred to me that perhaps it's coming from the speedometer when the needle lifts off zero?

 

Fuel pumps?

 

I don't think so ... standing still idling not a sound, rolling while idling at 3 mph, ringing. Brake to a stop, ringing stops.

 

Mine does it as well. High pitched sound. Can hear it at highway speeds with top down. Only when under load though. Goes away when let off the gas

 

Does your car have front and back up sensors? If so it could be the indicators going off because you backed out of the garage initiating a potential obstruction. My 430 did it all the time. You can adjust the sensitivity or just turn it off to avoid the annoying slight beeping. Usually once you have driven a few miles it will fade out.

 

No parking sensors on my car. Seems related to the car moving -- forward or backward. In gear or not. Clutch in or out (mine is a 6-speed). I think it's related to some sort of electronic sender on the car ... speedo, odo, ABS, etc. If it changed pitch related to speed it would seem mechanical. Does it when car is warmed up, too, although it's fainter, perhaps because a fan is running. Glad it's not unique to my car.

 

I have the same sound in my Scuderia. It is a high pitch sound, like tinnitus after a loud rock concert. Someone suggested it has something to do with one of the ECU's, but I haven't been able to verify...

 

Power electronics such as thyristers make that kind of noise.
I can't think why a 430 would use them or anything similar though......

 

Bringing this back, any ideas? I’m still new to the car, but when you start driving it is more obvious cold. Once you are doing 20 mph I’d say it’s hard to hear over the engine. But when you slow down in first or even neutral in roll, it makes a very faint ( like stated above ear buzzing after a concert) and the sound stops right at 3 mph. Soon as you start moving it hums again. I’m just curious what it is. Seeing as others have had this 5 years and 30k miles doesn’t seem bad, just trying to educate myself. Possibly a pump that starts when moving?

 

Yep have the same issue as well. I was super paranoid about it, but after a clutch change and a bunch of different shop looked the car over when they did other work no one brought up any errors, visually or in the computer systems. I've driven over 5k miles this year and everything works either.

I get a laugh at some of the prior replies in here, I guess some of us have still have good enough hearing or are young enough to hear it (or could be a curse because it sure drives a lot of anxiety).

It sounds like the seat belt chime, but so faint almost like someone put a big fluffy pillow over the speakers. It's so faint that you could swear it's in your head. It's only there when the car is cold and I put it in neutral and at a complete stop. It goes away once I get on the gas or once it's fully warmed up.


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My F430 spider does the exact same thing, it is like Tinnitus or a TV/printer on standby, oddly, at 47 I can still hear in this range!!
After 3 years I've grown used to it but I too would like to know what the heck it is? sounds like it's coming from the dash to me?