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10-21-2008, 07:57 PM
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Hardwired radar detector?
I bought a 2005 E55 a few months ago, loving every moment of it. Just recently as I was backing up, my turn signal indicators started flashing red and beeps starting coming from the dash, which sounded like a radar detector. I was fearing that there was some sort of electronic malfunction, so I checked for any messages from the car... none. Turned off the engine, started it again, and the lights and beeps started from the moment I turned the car on.
I went to a local grocery store to pick up some things, and the lights and sounds were constantly going off. I was thinking to myself, "I guess I'll bring her in to have it looked at tomorrow." When I happened to drive through my neighborhood that has one of those speed indicator kiosks, and the lights and beeps started again, in a very rhythmic manner. "Could it be a hardwired radar detector?" I asked myself. So I took a video of it and POSTED IT on youtube. I've done some testing and it indeed is a radar detector. The dealership I bought the car from never made mention of it. I'm assuming they did not know, or else they would mention it as a selling point of the car. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance. |
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10-21-2008, 08:09 PM
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10-22-2008, 05:28 AM
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yep thats a custom installed UN2000.. congrats you got a $2000 radar system on your car. look at the lower dash panel and you should find the control knob which will let you turn it on/off and control the volume.
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10-22-2008, 09:41 AM
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Ah ha! Thanks, guys. I've since done the research on the K40 site and answered all the questions I had. I still have no idea how it turned on. I may have brushed the control knob with my hand or knee one day. Again, thanks for all the help.
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10-31-2008, 01:02 PM
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you just got extremely LUCKY!
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11-25-2008, 01:35 PM
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Yeah, nice setup! Congrats you lucky SOB!
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11-25-2008, 09:23 PM
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Same Thing
happened to me soon after I bought mine. Lights went off, car starts chirping. I immediately pulled over and started to read owner's manual thinking that I was in limp home mode. Found the K40 instruction manual behind all of the other documentation. Sweet surprise....
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12-01-2008, 10:59 AM
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Well, it's not all roses. The radar randomly stopped turning on, even with the control switch. One day, I hit the button to release the headrests on the rear seats and my dash chirped and the lights blinked twice, but still no radar. I'm thinking it's a wiring problem. Does anyone know where I should go to have this looked at?
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