Anyone else bothered by loud double horn honk?

[Dude]

Mine double honks sometimes after I turn it off and open the door. Idk why…

Unsure why this occurs but some believe is due to something heavy enough on a rear seat (as if a human is left sitting on a rear seat).

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[mrdale14424]

Leave your door open or your keys in it. The horn honks when it's running and the key is outside car with doors shut.

Thanks, it works! I don't know why I didn't think of leaving the key in the cupholder as I've done with other vehicles (that had far less intrusive alarms than the double honk).

 

[Bill G]

Yeah, I hate the horn honking deal, but the auto makers are stuck. This came about after the “safety experts” got into it right after the old guy, whose sons gave him a new Mercedes, left it running in the garage right below his bedroom and went upstairs and went to sleep ‘cause he forgot to push the button to turn it off. You can guess the outcome and, of course, it was the mfgr’s fault — so now we have horn honking to everything.

 

[Bronco Blue]

Unsure why this occurs but some believe is due to something heavy enough on a rear seat (as if a human is left sitting on a rear seat).

I mean I have my backpack sitting in the back sometimes when it does it, but it does it when it’s not in the car too usually really early in the morning when all my neighbors are asleep…

 

[Dude]

I mean I have my backpack sitting in the back sometimes when it does it, but it does it when it’s not in the car too usually really early in the morning when all my neighbors are asleep…

Yep it’s random

 

[BLUEOVALRACER]

Thanks, it works! I don't know why I didn't think of leaving the key in the cupholder as I've done with other vehicles (that had far less intrusive alarms than the double honk).

Kind of the same thing i mentioned last night!!

 

[Robins21]

No does not bother us at all. We think it is funny, kind of like the BS is telling you, hey dummy you left the engine running.

 

[mrdale14424]

No does not bother us at all. We think it is funny, kind of like the BS is telling you, hey dummy you left the engine running.

Do you mean that you never have the Sport running in the drive where you need to run back into the garage or house for something before leaving?
Of course I know it's running but I don't need or want two loud horn honks. This was the only way Ford could come up with an alert and one that was so intrusive?

 

[Robins21]

Yes, at times we will exit the vehicle with it running & the horn honks twice, so. You do not need 2 horn honks, would you rather have the annoying key in the ignition buzzer that vehicles used to have?

 

[WildFord]

It is kind of a loud alarm, especially early in the morning. For those installed an air horn it’d be even more of an issue.

maybe the key fob should have a notification feature

or play a Christmas tune

 

[Paradocks]

Two honks is nothing. My Tucson Hybrid sounds like a freaking garbage truck when backing out of the garage. Constant, loud, obnoxious beep whenever the car is put into reverse. It’s one of the reasons why I want to get rid of it and looking at the Bronco Sport.

 

[BroncoBear]

I'm not really phased by it. Granted, if I need to swap the cars in the driveway without making too much noise, I'll keep the fobs in each vehicle to prevent the double honk but to be honest, it's not a big deal. For me it's a good way to know that the fob is on my person and the car is just letting me know that.

Leaving the FOB in the car makes no difference. If you get out of the car with the engine running and you close the doors, it will double-honk.

 

[Deleted member 8941]

Leaving the FOB in the car makes no difference. If you get out of the car with the engine running and you close the doors, it will double-honk.

Are you sure? Because I've done that many times and not once did the horn go off with the fob inside. Maybe it's a configurable feature.

 

[BLUEOVALRACER]

Are you sure? Because I've done that many times and not once did the horn go off with the fob inside. Maybe it's a configurable feature.

X2 same for me!!

 

[BroncoBear]

Are you sure? Because I've done that many times and not once did the horn go off with the fob inside. Maybe it's a configurable feature.

Then maybe Ford smartened up at least a little bit with the newer models. Your profile shows that you've got a 2023. Mine is the first generation 2021, and it makes no difference whether my FOB is in the car or in my pocket - the car will still do the stupid double honk as long as I get out of the car with the engine running.

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