# Beeping From Dash **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** windstar, ford\ **Created:** [February 17, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660 "2010-02-17T19:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Windstar01010101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Windstar01010101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Windstar01010101)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/1 "2010-02-17T19:14:07Z")
On my 01 Ford Windstar when I go ove 75 mph a beep comes from the dash that sounds just like when you have not fastened your seat belt. I have contacted Ford and no one knows what it is. I have only just bought the van, but according to Ford this is not a saftey feature. Someone Please Help! ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/2 "2010-02-17T19:18:26Z")
Some Fords do this when the odometer has been swapped out and not correctly updated with the car’s actual mileage. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/3 "2010-02-18T17:06:23Z")
Why are you going over 75mph? In a Windstar. It’s a warning signal. ---
**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/4 "2010-02-18T18:34:48Z")
When I had the same problem the beeping was a backup warning indicator for a burned out SRS/airbag warning bulb. Make sure all the idiot lights on the dash come on when you turn the key to run. ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/5 "2010-02-18T19:01:38Z")
That’s different. It’s five sets of five beeps that start when you turn on the car, not after you hit a specific speed. ---
**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/6 "2010-02-18T19:44:11Z")
Now that you mention it, that is how mine was acting when the SRS bulb was burned out. Looks like you are right, this probably is an odometer thing. ---
**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/7 "2010-02-18T20:37:23Z")
The beeping is telling you to SLOW DOWN, before you kill someone. ---
**Author:** ![DfromSD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dfromsd/32/1669_2.png) [@DfromSD](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DfromSD)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/8 "2010-02-18T22:22:43Z")
Does the interior light come on when this happens? I had a Windstar that would do that as if the rear hatch was open from time to time. (It never was) ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/9 "2010-02-19T00:28:06Z")
Really? Is 75 mph really that fast on the highway in a relatively modern car? I’ve always felt that 80 is the ideal cruising speed. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/10 "2010-02-19T00:46:54Z")
Is 80 mph (or even 75 mph) an ideal cruising speed in a vehicle that has a track record of fractured rear suspension components? The 2000-01 Windstars are somewhat notorious for a sudden break in the lateral support beam of the rear suspension (usually referred to by owners as a “broken rear axle”). If that happens at high speed, the result would…not be good. ---
**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/11 "2010-02-19T03:39:08Z")
What is the speed limit where you live?? In most states it is less than 75 ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/12 "2010-02-19T11:39:42Z")
It may be a sad testament, but the posted speed limit is something I usually ignore except in residential areas, school zones and the like. ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/13 "2010-02-19T11:44:59Z")
…let the flames begin. LOL ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/14 "2010-02-20T13:16:09Z")
Do all the idiot lights and gauges on the dash work? On some cars you get an audible beep when one of these is indicating a problem—perhaps one of the lights is burnt out and you’re getting the beep but no light? I know it’s a long shot. ---
**Author:** ![Windstar01010101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Windstar01010101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Windstar01010101)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/15 "2010-03-09T18:28:14Z")
Is there a way to tell if it has been changed. We bought it used and has done it since we bought it. It has the Digital Odometer ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beeping-from-dash/44660/16 "2010-03-09T18:37:20Z")
A dealer can scan it and tell you.