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New to me 2013 Volt

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After it became clear that my wife and I needed a bigger car than our 2009 Smart Passion Coupe (in order to respond to calls to transport our granddaughters), I researched hybrids like the Prius and Lexus CT200h as well as Chevy's Volt. The Volt won, primarily because it covers so many miles on battery alone before the ICE kicks in, and secondly, because the ICE powers a generator rather than directly driving the car. This preserves the "electric character" of the car even when the battery range is exhausted. Very cool. Furthermore, our typical daily drive rarely covers more miles than the battery range. In short, we are loving the "New to Us 2013."

I'm new to this website, and very excited to have found it. It answers so many questions you just can't get from the owner's manual. The one question I am still trying to find an answer to is: Is there any way to disable the annoying horn alarms...beeps when it locks the doors; beeps when you plug it in. I live in a townhouse and worry that I'm annoying the heck out of my neighbors!
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Is there any way to disable the annoying horn alarms...beeps when it locks the doors; beeps when you plug it in. I live in a townhouse and worry that I'm annoying the heck out of my neighbors!
Welcome! There's some beeps you can disable, others you cannot. Thanks litigious society!

Beeping when locked: You can configure this under the "Config" menu in the car, along with other settings. I've setup my 2013 to automatically lock when I walk away from it, and to beep so I know it locked. You can also tell it to flash the lights instead, or even to do nothing, I think.

Beeping when plugging in: You can disable this if you're "sneaky" and using the 120V EVSE that came with the car (or any other EVSE that isn't "hardwired"). Basically, you need to set your car up for delayed charging, so it doesn't start charging immediately when you plug it in. Next, you plug in the EVSE to the car BEFORE plugging it into the wall. Then, plug it into the wall. You should see the dash light start to blink green, indicating it is setup for delayed charging, and there will be no beep.

You can setup the delayed charging to start at, say, 11pm, so it's ready to go at 8am, assuming you setup a 12A charging rate. As an side, back to the litigious society, the car will default to charge at the slower 8 amp rate, and you need to force the 12 amp rate each time. This is because of lawsuits and the fact that some people's electrical is not up to snuff to support a high current for so many hours.

There's ways to override an individual charging session to charge immediately when you need that capability, but in those cases, it will beep. ;)
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