Want to disable horn honking when leaving vehicle while engine is running.

Barring an actual fix, you can leave the keyfob in the truck, when you get out.

dwbronco

Barring an actual fix, you can leave the keyfob in the truck, when you get out.

Pistol, Wallet, Phone, Keys

Safety thing I am not sure if you can it's made so you won't leave your vehicle running in the garage while you are not in it. I just leave the fob in the car and then no horn honk.

Boom, solved.

This is something you can disable with ForScan. Lots of videos and postings on it for the F150. Pretty much same thing for the Bronco.

Yeah, why not leave the fob in one of the dozen cup holders?

My wife's '20 explorer drives me freaking batty on this front. We took a family trip to North Carolina in it, and even though my wife and kids AND KEY FOB remained in the car, it would honk at me if I got out to go use the restroom, grab a drink, etc. HONK HONK HONK -- I'M AWARE THANK YOU!! There was no simple solution for this.

My GMC does it too, I hate it. But not as much as the lady at the gas station the other day who spilled her coffee when it scared her...

BroncoIII

'21 full size BD.
The horn honks twice ( LOUD AND DISRUPTIVE ) If I leave the vehicle running when I get out.
I live in Texas, we have to get out and open and then close the gate.
I'm tired of drawing extra attention to myself and disrupting the wildlife.
Toyota beeps softly to inform you the smart key has left the vehicle.

How Do I disable this?

Hey I have the same issue only with my Equinox (my Badland isn't here yet) my solution is to get an electric Gate opener. 22 years of opening Three gates to get out of our place and finally going to add the opener, now that my Manual openers are going to College and not riding with me. :D

SuperMike

My wife's '20 explorer drives me freaking batty on this front. We took a family trip to North Carolina in it, and even though my wife and kids AND KEY FOB remained in the car, it would honk at me if I got out to go use the restroom, grab a drink, etc. HONK HONK HONK -- I'M AWARE THANK YOU!! There was no simple solution for this.

Isn't the solution really simple?

AcesandEights

Isn't the solution really simple?

Nope - leaving the keys behind it still did this. And if you mean turn it off... nope... lol! Try turning it off when it's 100° with 80% humidity outside and watch your family go nuts.

SuperMike

...Try turning it off when it's 100° with 80% humidity outside and watch your family go nuts.

That sounds like a terrible idea, but different strokes I guess.

So, if you drop the fob in a cupholder it still honks? Why doesn't it honk in your pocket while you're sitting there? I'm not familiar with the Ford smart key I guess. Do you have to drive around with it in your pocket, or plugged into something that you can't do when you get out? Does it work by knowing whether there is weight on the front seat, like an airbag?

Forscan.

Get rid of ASS while you're at it too

AcesandEights

That sounds like a terrible idea, but different strokes I guess.

So, if you drop the fob in a cupholder it still honks? Why doesn't it honk in your pocket while you're sitting there? I'm not familiar with the Ford smart key I guess. Do you have to drive around with it in your pocket, or plugged into something that you can't do when you get out? Does it work by knowing whether there is weight on the front seat, like an airbag?

LOL!! I tried… once.

But no, it only does it when the driver gets out of the seat. It doesn’t matter where the key is, if the vehicle is running and you (the driver) exit, it honks… 3x, pause, repeat… i don’t know if it’s weight or the airbag sensor. I tried putting the Parking brake on, etc, but the only solution is to turn the car off, I think.

Wow. I apologize for the dumb suggestions. My Jeep does the same, except if you leave the key in the vehicle it doesn't honk, so that's the difference. I assumed it worked the same way with the Ford. There are plenty of times I want the engine running while I'm out of the vehicle. A very simple example, as stated, is opening a gate, but something I do routinely is air up my tires. You're supposed to have the vehicle running while the compressor is running. You can't go from tire to tire while in the rig.

There have got to be hundreds of other reasons for having the engine running while checking something, turn indicators working, backing to hook up a trailer and getting out to check things (yeah, there's a camera...I know), but that seems like one of the dumbest things a car manufacturer would do.