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Old 06-11-2007, 11:52 AM
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Ever since i put a speaker box in my trunk, ( big one ) whenever i go over an average size bump my DIC gives me the beep beep beep. it can get very annoying..

is it a warning the air ride compressor is kicking in.. or not kicking in..
is there a way to disable the dinging..

it doesnt happen on every bump , it has to be a fair size, not like potholes.
entering a parking lot , also if i hit a dip in the road on a highway same beep beep.
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It might be a better idea to fix your suspension, that way you cure both problems.
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this didnt start happening until i put extra weight in the trunk.
and I was told there is a compressor that adjusts the ride height.

this beep means my suspension is broken ??
it never made a sound before.
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if you push down on the rear of your car, and get it bouncing, how many times does it keep bouncing after you quit touching it?
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Just have to steal the thread, I just bought a 1990 sse, do I have Air ride suspension?
Or is it just some models that has Air Ride technology?
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the rear end stops bouncing amost immediately..
one to one and a half bounces..
I know what you are referring to though.. . my old gran torino'* shocks went out
and the back end would bounce constantly..
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is it for sure something about the air ride? or is that just a guess....

this might or might not help, but on my old 1989 SE, I had 2 15" subs in the trunk. after a few weeks, the subs moved so much air, that I would get a "ding ding ding" from the DIC telling me that the trunk was open, when in reality, it was the subs actually moving so much air that the DIC sometimes got a "trunk open" signal.

after a week or so of this, it got to the point where any little bump, even going down a driveway would set it off!!!

I had to adjust the latch to make it stop.

I only thought about this because you said a big speaker box was installed, so maybe this will help, maybe not
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great info.. something i will look into.
however, i just get the ding sound .. there is no visible indication on the DIC
I know it works because I have left the trunk open and got both a visual and sound notification.
and its just a guess for suspension from my part.
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thats how mine started, it would go so quickly that the light barely had time to flash. I would hear a ding, then by the time I looked, the light was off.

It took a few weeks to find out for sure, for the light to actually stay on long enough to see it.


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