The impatient Transformer in my driveway is honking once again.

I’m a fan of the original Transformers movie in which Shia LaBeouf’s character buys his first car, a used yellow Camaro, which turns out to be an alien autobot-come-to-earth.

He names the car Bumblebee because of its yellow and black coloring.

The story goes from there, with Bumblebee pulling LaBeouf’s character out of dozens of tight situations as he’s fighting the bad Transformers that are hunting the earth and trying to destroy the good Transformers.

I found it amusing that Bumblebee would get impatient with his owner, at different times revving the engine or honking to get his attention.

That’s where my 2014 red Ford Escape comes in. Lately it’s been randomly honking at me, out of the blue.

For instance, the other day my grandson, Solomon, and I were in the front yard of his classmate, along with her mother. We were focused on a turtle the kids had found when the mom told me my car was honking at me.

Sure enough, the Escape was honking at like 30 second intervals in a real quick and not too loud honk. I walked out to the street where it was parked and pulled my keys out of the pocket thinking that maybe I had pressed a key accidentally.

The car ceased honking, and I went back to the neighbor’s yard.

That’s just one example. The previous week the car was parked in the driveway and I was in the back of the house. My wife, Paula, called out to me and said the car was honking and she couldn’t make it stop. I walked out the front door, and the Escape was honking, but at a more frequent pace.

I grabbed my keys and hit the door lock button trying to see if that would help. The honking ceased … for a few minutes. Then it started up again. I went out again, started it up and drove around the block before parking it back in the driveway. The honking ceased again and didn’t resume.

The honking has occurred at random times over a period of months.

Maybe the car just needs some attention in the same way our late Chihuahua, Sam, would bark and growl at us until we gave in and played with him.

So, I’m not sure if we have an alien Transformer disguised as a Ford SUV on our hands or if the car has some sort of electrical issue. I will go with the electrical issue, for now.

But just in case the car is an actual Transformer, I’ve decided to give it a nickname. Happy now, McIntosh?

I no longer hear any honking.