wait to start light

[vc]

The buzzer that normally sounds while the wait to start light is on quit buzzing on my truck. Is this anything I should be concerned with?I know the heater grid is working because when it's cool out like tonight was,it still cycles on and off as usual.
TIA for help.
vc

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'97 Ram,auto,3. 54 lim-slip,4x4,smoothie,BD(TST)#8 fuel plate-slid forward,Prime-Loc,VDO Vision pyro/boost,HiddenHitch class V Magnum.

 

[illflem]

Consider it a blessing to not have to listen to the chime. I don't know that mine ever chimed for wait to start, bought the trucks in the warm part of the year and disabled the chimes the next day.

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95' 25004X4,AT,Driftwood,Banks Stinger,Warn fender flairs and running boards(work truck)
95 3500,5 speed 3:54,BD E-brake,Driftwood,Banks&Psycotty,34,000 GCVW apple and tractor hauler(works harder truck)

 

[radixr]

vc,

The buzzer in my truck also sounds off when I turn on the key. I always assumed it was because I didn't have my seat belt fastened.

 

[Andy Morrison]

I wish mine would quit. I don't think it will be a problem as long as the heaters are still working.

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'97 2500 4X4 club cab, BLACK, Leer XL-100,running boards , cup smoothie, EZ Drain, 103,000 miles

 

[Extreme1]

SEAT BELT BUZZER!!

Put the belt on while the heater heat. It goes off!

 

[illflem]

The chime is extremely easy to disable,at least on a '95 others are probably the same. Follow the ding to a blue box under the dash. The box hinges open and there is a round metal disc inside about the size of a quarter, remove it close the lid you're done. Just unplugging the chime box makes some warning lights not work, better to just remove the baby gong.

 

[Piersol]

I'm not sure the buzzer has anything to do with the heater grid. In cold weather the buzzer stops long before the light goes out.

 

[Skydiver]

Thanks illflem,I will now go outside in the snow on the first day of spring and see if this applys to my 96. It ain't supposed to snow in Alabama.

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96 3500 Feline deceased. Ready to upgrade. 86K. auto,3. 54,Ext. cab.
K&N air,Star wheel spun,silencer ring hanging on a nail.
Truck looks just like the truck on left side of page 6 issue 31.

 

[SlyBones]

Seatbelt buzzer. Mine stops as soon as the belt is pulled. Since my belt does not always retract very well, sometimes I buzz and sometimes I dont.

I vote for its coincidental that the seatbelt buzzer and the heater grid go out about the same time, at least in colder weather.

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1997 2500 4x4, CC, Auto, 3. 54 LSD, 66K, Everything inc Leather, K&N, 4" BD cat-back, otherwise stock, Isspro Gauges(3), 285/75/16 on Alcola's, RS9000's, Canopy, BedLiner, and tons more.

 

[vc]

I guess I had dual buzzers then because even after I put my seatbeltononly one buzzer would stop andanother wouldcontinue for a moment longer,and would go out with the waitlight. However,if it's really cold out,the second buzzer would quit a little bit before the light. Weird huh. Thanks guys.
vc

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'97 Ram,auto,3. 54 lim-slip,4x4,smoothie,BD(TST)#8 fuel plate-slid forward,Prime-Loc,VDO Vision pyro/boost,HiddenHitch class V Magnum.

 

[DavidGardner]

VC
My buzzer goes off as soon as I fasten my seat belt. This happens way before the wait to start light goes out (first start when cold). My truck is a 95 like illflem"s and I bought it new. Never had to disable anything.

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95 slt, reg cab, 2wd, auto, BD exhaust brake, primelok fuel filter relocator, K&N air filter, Cat sleeping in garage by fire, TST 230-605 fuel plate, Bill Kondolay modified trans, 98,000 miles going strong. "Who says six in a row don"t go?

 

[illflem]

David, the main reason I disabled my dinger is because sometimes I like to have to the doors open with music on. Most of the time the beat of the ding didn't go with my taste in music.

 

[DieselB59]

Removed my buzzer the day I bought the truck. I heard it buzz when I got it at the dealer and that was all I needed to hear. Got home, took off the lower dash panel and did some searching. I can still hear that wretched buzz in my nightmares.

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Chris Timochko
AUTO WURKS DIESEL R&D TEAM
1997 5sp 4X4, Rhino Linings, Espar Heater, A. W. D. HX40 turbo, ATS 3pc Manifold, BD 4" Brake, Marine Compression, A. W. D. Custom Tuned Injection Pump, A. W. D. Intercooler, A. W. D. 370B Injection Nozzles, Delivery Valves, Governor & AFC Spring Kit, Psychotty Air, A. W. D. Water Injection, NOS Diesel Kit, A. W. D. 6" Chrome Exhaust System, BD No Smoke Valet Switch, McLeod Dual Disc Clutch, Mag-Hytec Rear Cover, Cummins Chrome Kit, Optima Red Tops, Hadley Bully Horns, Hurst Line Loc, Goodyear Wrangler AT/S 305/70/16s. 15. 50@97mph on Goodyear All-Terrain tires.
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Project U96 - 1996 3500 2WD racer. A. W. D. Marine Ultra Low Compression, A. W. D. Teflon-coated Pistons, A. W. D. High Lift Camshaft, Ported and Honed Cylinder Head, Intake and Exhaust manifold; A. W. D. HX40 Turbocharger, ATS 3pc Exhaust Manifold, A. W. D. Water Injection, A. W. D. Custom Fabricated Fuel System, Race Spec A. W. D. /BD P7100 Injection Pump, A. W. D. Custom High Flow Fuel Injection Nozzles, BD Auto transmission and Custom TC, Weld Draglites, Goodyear Eagle Drag Slicks, 5" Single Stack Through The Bed, Mag-Hytec on Rear and Transmission. 11. 54@115mph