headlights on reminder?

[handmedownreatta]

do reattas not have a headlights on reminder?in my camaro a buzzer buzzes if the headlights are on with the key off.twice ive come out of stores in a well lit parking lots and found id left my lights on.

[Guest Richard D]

My 90 coupe hs a chime that goes to a fast bing bing bing when key is turned off with lights on. when key is just left in and door opens I get a slow chime.

Richard

[Guest Mc_Reatta]

Yes, chime should sound with parking lights on, key out and drivers door open.

[NCReatta]

My chime will work about once every two weeks for about three seconds..

[D Yaros]

I find this topic of interest as I had/have a similar problem with my '92 Allante. I left the lights on while on vacation. No chime or buzzer told me I had done so. If it did, I sure did not hear it! 3 days later; well, you know the rest of the story ....

[Reattatude]

Yep you should hear a chime, if not somethings amiss.

[zoltanb]

Anybody know where to get a new one for an 89? mine sounds sick when it on occasion it does work.

[DAVES89]

New one? That's funny right there...

[padgett]

Most people look for ways to disable the chime. Fortunately I can't hear it.

[zoltanb]

Is there at least an interchange? I too have forgotten the headlights

[Guest Mc_Reatta]

May not be unobtainium after all.

PN for module was 25518745 superseded by PN 88959440.

GM Parts Direct's Alternate Catalog shows it for $120

You'd have to call them to confirm it is really available.

Link to page:

gmpartsdirect.com: Alternate GM Catalog

[NCReatta]

May not be unobtainium after all.

PN for module was 25518745 superseded by PN 88959440.

GM Parts Direct's Alternate Catalog shows it for $120

You'd have to call them to confirm it is really available.

Link to page:

gmpartsdirect.com: Alternate GM Catalog

Not worth $120 to me.. I can see my headlights when they're on... They stay up..,

[Guest steveskyhawk]

Headlights on a Reatta will stay up if the bulb burns out also.

[zoltanb]

ever lock your keys in the car? would one from another other e-body work ?

[handmedownreatta]

on sunday i left my lights on again.i must drive at dusk often.i bought an aftermarket headlights reminder but it says hook to the dash lights fuse.my car doesn't seem to have any interior lights that come on with the headlights.i guess i will have to wire it to the headlight switch unless someone else has an idea.

[Ronnie]

The lights on the shifter and ash tray should come on with the headlights. The shifter lights might be 110 volts.

Edited December 2, 2011 by Ronnie (see edit history)

[handmedownreatta]

i looked for the cigar lighter light because the owners manual mentioned it.i couldn't find it.

[DAVES89]

The shifter lights on an '88/89 are 110 volts [remember they have an inverter? Don't know about the '90/91].

Sometime ago I tested some shifter panels I had with an extension cord with a bare end wire. Can't remember now how I did it, but remember thinking how cool it was to be testing something from a car with 110 volts sitting at my desk...

[handmedownreatta]

for future reference none of the fuses in the fusebox are controlled by the light switch.i checked.i also don't seem to have a ashtray light[unless its burned out].i checked after dark.

[Guest Richard D]

The shifter lights on an '88/89 are 110 volts [remember they have an inverter? Don't know about the '90/91].

Sometime ago I tested some shifter panels I had with an extension cord with a bare end wire. Can't remember now how I did it, but remember thinking how cool it was to be testing something from a car with 110 volts sitting at my desk...

Be careful when powering an EL panel from a 110vac wall socket. The inverter in the car is a high frequency device (my guess is around 1KC.)and the 60 cycle wall current will cause the panel to be dim and if left on for more than a few seconds will cause catastrophic failure