Buzz after opening drivers door.

[TheNip73]

Anyone else hear a buzzing noise when they open the door of their unlocked car that has been sitting for a while?

It is almost like a buzzing noise that comes from what sounds like the dash between the steering wheel and the firewall. I doubt it is the gauge cluster.

High pressure fuel pump for direct injection?

Seems “normal” as the sound appears under consistent conditions. SXP trim if that matters.

I do not use the easy in/out seat adjustment feature, so it isn’t the seats.

Going to drive me nuts until I figure it out.

 

[Tellthemride]

Could be the hard drive or other telecom devices booting up when drivers door is open? I’ve sat in the car when I tried to remote start before and you can hear the modem or hard drive buzzing like 1 minute before it actually starts.

 

[TheNip73]

Could be the hard drive or other telecom devices booting up when drivers door is open? I’ve sat in the car when I tried to remote start before and you can hear the modem or hard drive buzzing like 1 minute before it actually starts.

Previous car had a hard drive, I didn’t think that to be the case with this one.

Your probably right. Hard drive for animations in dash and/or the Nav system!

You would think they would be using flash memory vs. magnetic platter hard drives...

I’ll listen closely next door opening, but I agree, this is probably it.

 

[Bt84]

On other cars it’s usually related to the fuel pump and necessary electrical delays coming on to prime the fuel lines in anticipation of starting the vehicle. I believe you will notice it won’t do it if you recently turned the car off as the fuel lines are still pressurized.