Blind Spot Monitor audible alarm?
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We have a 22 and I have not heard an audible alarm for BSM. Just the light in the mirror. I have had several vehicles with BSM and have never heard anything audible when a car is detected, just the light.
John H.
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Isn't that alarm annoying?
Bought a 2024 Equinox Friday and traded a 2017 Equinox with only 52000 miles. Our main reason to buy new is because might wife has issues with turning her enough to see the blind spot. We asked a few times if the 2024 has AUDIBLE Blind spot alert and we were told yes. Test drove and the lane assist beeped but not the blind spot. Had a salesman (only 3 months experience) drive it and he cut off a couple vehicles ( not too close) to see if he could get the audible to work. He could not and said it probably just needs turned on. So we bought it anyway ( my bad) and after looking on the vehicle menu found nowhere to turn it on. Looked through the manuals and found no mention of audible alarm! Got on line and after further searching found out Equinox has NO audible blind spot alert. So now we have a 2 day old suv that won’t do what we were told it would. What would YOU do?
She should be able to see the yellow flashing symbol in the mirror without turning her head.
In my 2018 manual, page 146 covers Safety Alerts and tell you how to change the settings.
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Looked in my OM, no audible alert to turn on (or off).
The flashing in the mirror is pretty reliable, just get used to checking that before any lane change. Best to verify with your eyeballs, just in case tho.
The flashing in the mirror is pretty reliable, just get used to checking that before any lane change. Best to verify with your eyeballs, just in case tho.
One thing that really helps, the yellow warning symbol will rapidly flash when you use the turn signal while a car is in your blind spot.
This is noticeable without a head turn.
I wonder if the OP thought to get the 360 camera option. This lets you park without any head swivel.
Looking online today it looks like vehicles with the audio alert only have the chime when you use the turn signal and there's a vehicle in the blind spot or or quickly approaching.
With the Equinox in that situation the yellow warning in the mirror rapidly flashes.
This bright rapid flash is very noticeable in your peripheral vision.
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A shame there is no legal recourse when a salesperson lies to you - or is there?
Lesson to be learned here, be sure to ask the salesperson to demonstrate the feature they claim works. If they give you a hard time, they are not the one you want to buy a car from.
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If a option is important to me I want to see it work. If a salesman is not sure, they need to learn to ask another sales person or employee how it works.
