Horn operation with keyless remote

I have owned four Fords with remote keyless entry, and not one beeped the horn when unlocking the vehicle. In fact, Fords don't beep the horn when you lock the doors unless you press the button twice rapidly. I would guess your neighbor has some sort of alarm system installed that beeps the horn to indicate the alarm is armed / disarmed. This may be programable. I suppose you could ask your neighbor about it.

Ed

On mine, a double click of the unlock button will unlock all doors with NO chirp. It's a '98.

My wife likes to make the horn honk when she locks the Explorer. (2 quick pushes on the lock button) It drives me nuts. I don't understand why she has to bother everyone else around her with sound pollution that is absolutely unnecessary. I am looking for a way to disable this feature.

Does anyone know how I can accomplish this?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a procedure in the owner's manual -- I don't remember just off hand. Funny you should mention it though. I tend to do the double push honk just because I know it drives my wife nuts! Any chance she's just trying to get your goat?

Mark

Yes Mark, my wife knows perfectly well that it drives me nuts! She obviously likes to push buttons.... especially mine!

Thanks for the reply. I'll check the owner's manual.

Will

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I do not know what year your have but the 97 owners manual not only does not provide a way to turn it off but also indicates why you want to click if twice and issue the sound pollution.

The second click will result (for a 97) in chirping the horn once if the security system is armed. If a door is left ajar, the horn will chirp twice and the alarm system will no arm!

In my case I always verify the alarm is on and my wife does not like the pollution. I agree that I like my Siebring better as I was able to get it to only flash the headlights, but once again it is an information feed back that the system is armed.

From the Manual (which I have pdf of)

Locking the doors

Press LOCK to lock all doors. To confirm all doors are closed and locked, press the LOCK control a second time within five seconds. The doors will lock again, the horn will chirp and the lamps will flash. If the horn chirps twice, a door is still ajar and the anti-theft system will not arm.

Art

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