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Key Left Vehicle Feature (Three Horn Chirp)

How do you feel about it?

  • Love it! It's a life saver!

    Votes: 6 1.7%

  • I hate it! Get rid of it.

    Votes: 120 33.1%

  • I'd like the option to disable it.

    Votes: 236 65.2%
  • Total voters
    362
I'm not sure what kind of guidelines the NHTSA or any of those government agencies have mandating this, but its pretty clear the objective here could be accomplished with a much less obnoxious noise. A ding or a buzz of some kind that wont be heard inside your neighbors living room.

Edit: I agree that toatlly disabling it is even better. Just not sure if this is a mandated thing or not?
 
Leaving tomorrow for the first time using the big girl to pull the TT. I am going to be the star of the campground when I start her up early to warm up for the coffee run then let the three blasts rip as I head back into the camper for a few.
 
Lettikka said:
Leaving tomorrow for the first time using the big girl to pull the TT. I am going to be the star of the campground when I start her up early to warm up for the coffee run then let the three blasts rip as I head back into the camper for a few.
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A Laramie does not come with remote start?
 
You get a horn chirp on remote start, just one though and I think it can be disabled but not certain.


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I am hopeful. I am going to find out when the next Uconnect is scheduled to come out. (Does anyone know this? ) and if a fix is not built into that update I am going to wire an interrupt switch into the horn wire so when I go to leave the truck I can hit the switch to disable the horn before getting out. Of all the solutions this seems like the most straight forward and simple.
 
The next UConnect is out, but it is for 23MY. There hasn’t been a 22MY update in a bit it seems. Guessing you’re waiting for that.

For the switch you could do the fuse bypass interrupt I mentions using a wireless switch. But alas it probably costs more, but may be quicker / easier.


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Lettikka said:
I am hopeful. I am going to find out when the next Uconnect is scheduled to come out. (Does anyone know this? ) and if a fix is not built into that update I am going to wire an interrupt switch into the horn wire so when I go to leave the truck I can hit the switch to disable the horn before getting out. Of all the solutions this seems like the most straight forward and simple.
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It was discussed earlier in this thread that it may take an ECM update to fix this issue, not just a uConnect update. I don't know either way, but thought I'd mention it.
 
Forgot about the Fng horn chirps this morning when I started the truck in the dark surrounded by friends and other acquaintances in the campground. Only saw one other guy that was up and he ran right into me cussing Ram and calling the truck a POS. Amazing how one stupid little feature can cause hatred for a vehicle. It just sets me off, especially when I probably woke up several neighbors that were likely going to sleep for at least another couple hours. I may just unhook the horn. It's so slow it's almost useless in a panic situation anyway. What a joke all the way around.
 
It’s not just Ram, it’s anything new.

The rental Furd F-150, Tacoma, and GM 1500 I’ve had over the last couple moths all do it.
 
AH64ID said:
It’s not just Ram, it’s anything new.

The rental Furd F-150, Tacoma, and GM 1500 I’ve had over the last couple moths all do it.
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You can disable it on the Ford. Which is nice

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I thought is was posted here already but if you hold the fob against the second door window when you close the drivers door it won't do the 3 chirps.
 
AFF said:
I thought is was posted here already but if you hold the fob against the second door window when you close the drivers door it won't do the 3 chirps.
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I haven’t heard of that one… but that doesn’t solve the problem. When I remember about the stupid 3 horn blast I leave the fob in the truck, so it’s the forgetting about it that causes the noise.
 
AH64ID said:
I haven’t heard of that one… but that doesn’t solve the problem. When I remember about the stupid 3 horn blast I leave the fob in the truck, so it’s the forgetting about it that causes the noise.
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Lol, yep, the remembering part. Here's the video going around if it links properly 1407271783342224
 
What really aggravates me is that it's 3 honks, not chirps. I've had other vehicles that emitted a chirp that was plenty audible enough to get your attention when you were near the vehicle but probably wasn't long enough to awaken everyone within 100 yards at a campground. Whoever the ignoramus was that programmed this particular feature obviously doesn't understand the difference between a chirp and a honk. And it doesn't have to be 3. The first one is plenty to get my attention, then I think Fk, here comes 2 more and I can't do a thing about it.
 
I’m kind of surprised more people haven’t finally gone in and fixed it themselves using some of the methods I’ve posted here and others have as well. Yes, they do involve a little bit of work but this is annoying AF as many have reiterated here. It only took me living with it for a couple months to take the time to do it. Ram is not going to deliver on this.


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Yeah I was really hoping Ram would come though on this. Planning on implementing the fix on the first available Saturday.
 
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