Aveo, no headlamp buzzer ?

[Treesmaker]

I forgot to shut off my small lights one night, luckily I could start my car a few hours later. Does the Aveo have a buzzer to warn you that your lights are on when we switch off our engine? I hear no such warning sound in my car.

 

CNN, I am very disappionted with GM left out this small detail to save money. All my cheap 1.0 litres cars had headlamp buzzers.

[Genie47]

With some guide books on automotive electronics, you can actually DIY one. I forgot the name. I think it is from Australia.

[Julian]

Yeah...actually they should have....even my soon to scrap Daewoo has it

[Treesmaker]

It is simple to do. I found a link: -

http://www.torontocivics.com/articles/buzzer/buzzer.html

 

Check it out

[Teddy]

hey where can can you purchase the parts besides tat website?

[Viz88]

That is what I have been wanted to add to my Aveo.

 

Thanks for the link.

 

May have to go to Sim Lim Tower to look for a normal 12V buzzer.

 

Wonder it will work ???

[Treesmaker]

I am going to try with the small speaker in the computer case. If it works, I will source for better parts.

[Kklim]

Bought one from Sim Lim (the newer one) for my Matrix but haven't gotten around to fixing it. Location of shop: go up escalator to 2nd storey, walk to row of shops at back, 2nd or 3rd shop from left. Paid $2 or $2.50. It's called a piezo buzzer; remember to ask for the 12V one.

[Soya]

is that sim lim tower or sim lim square?

[Genie47]

The "newer one" should refer to Square. Tower is older.

[Genie47]

Actually can do a lot of things if you are electrically savvy. I think Autospeed has many projects with schematics. You can even make a cabin light dimmer. Makes any car very Conti. As you leave the car, the cabin light slowly dims off instead of switch off when you close the door. Very very upmarket.

[Soya]

btw, anyone knows if flashing LEDs (decoy alarm) are as easy to install?

[Genie47]

No idea. Should be easy.

[Optra118]

see the installation manual here:

http://varad.com/ProductManuals/SCANNERS_All-LED-Models.pdf

[Treesmaker]

This is a better link: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/circ/headalrm.html

 

This is a generic design, so any electricians can build this? I beleive all parts can be obtained locally.

 

I will be able to build this, however I dont know which ends of a diodes or transitors connect where.

[Maded]

diodes have a bar at one end of the component. that would be the + side. The + side of a LED is the longer leg... transistor i cant remember liao pai seh!!

[Ferris]

Sama sama

 

Can understand, but the transistors legs got three, left, right and center legs... Hmm... Sounds familiar, right? Don't know where to go...

[Terrylmt]

I forgot to shut off my small lights one night, luckily I could start my car a few hours later. Does the Aveo have a buzzer to warn you that your lights are on when we switch off our engine? I hear no such warning sound in my car.

 

CNN, I am very disappionted with GM left out this small detail to save money. All my cheap 1.0 litres cars had headlamp buzzers.

 

Car Beauty at Eunos Ave 4 does installation for the buzzer at $25.