That Damn Horn

[SargeDiesel]

"My fob goes in my pocket, that way I don't forget it in the Jeep"


Isn't this precisely what the 3 honks are for ?

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[Vtur]

It's a live setting on the Tazer, meaning it requires the device to be connected to initiate a horn kill.

Got it. Mine 2021 doesn’t have this feature.

 

[ALT2870]

I think this is a post June 2021 thing. Mine was one of the last off the line before they did that head end change and has never done it. Even checked on Tazer and never activated it (plus was leaving it running before then anyway).

 

[Blue Ridge Holler]

Oh, you are not Free, my friend. Stellantis is collecting EVERY detail about your vehicle, including driving habits, i.e. hard braking, hard acceleration, speeding, seat belt use, GPS, locations, etc. and selling it to the highest bidder. That's why I'm working on disabling the telematics.

I ”liked” your response but in truth I dislike the response (that quaint freedom thing!). I miss my 64 VW.

 

[ecidiego]

There’s no setting in Jscan or Alfaobd to disabled?

No, it's a "Live" intercept feature. BCM has no such function.

 

[Supazuk]

I wonder who it is at Jeep that gets to sit around and dream up these useless and ridiculously stupid features? The "auto park" one that automatically shifts to park if the door is open while moving slowly made me want to throw a brick through the windshield years ago...I had to kill that one with a seatbelt extender buckle.

tazer fixes that too

 

[IamFrank]

Yep that horn drives me nuts too. I often ride with no doors on and if I jump out and leave it on for any reason it drops two rounds of three rapid horn blasts on me. Very annoying. Someone said once that if you hold your key FOB close to your side view mirror before closing the door it'll deactivate that. I have tried that and it does actually seem to work... sometimes. Haven't tried that doorless yet but here's hoping.

 

[mgenbox]

Tazer - "KILL3HONK"

Tazer turns it off. The horn honking was the sole reason I bought one but I have found a few other live features that I like. It isn’t perfect. Mine quits working after about 6 weeks but cycling in to the menu fixes it. It has done this through every firmware and on two different Gladiators.

Interesting. Mine just starts working again on its own. Aggravating it stops working

 

[spanishmack]

I wonder who it is at Jeep that gets to sit around and dream up these useless and ridiculously stupid features? The "auto park" one that automatically shifts to park if the door is open while moving slowly made me want to throw a brick through the windshield years ago...I had to kill that one with a seatbelt extender buckle.

It's not just a Jeep thing. My wife's Range Rover Evoque does the same thing. Probably some NHTSA dreamed up safety crap that's coming due soon.

 

[@californiajeeping]

tazer fixes this and so much more

 

[ChrisNLA]

tazer fixes this and so much more

The best part about Jeeps.

All the $330 devices to 'fix things'.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

I don’t know which is worse the 3 honks or the annoying ly loud beep the 4Runner does. Wifey found a mouse in her cabin air intake. She found it by turning on the AC and hearing the “KaChunk”. Yeah dead mouse in the ac air intake. So trying to fumigate her truck of dead and splattered mouse I cleaned it up and used ac refresher. In order to do this we needed to let it run with the AC cycling the spray stuff. Not good to breathe and we don’t have an extra fob. I don’t leave keys in vehicles when it’s running especially if there ain’t another key. Toyota beeped at me lit up warning lights yelled cursed and wasn’t very nice. I finally just set the door to but not all the way closed to defeat the Imperialistic Revolt it tried to mount because it had no key fob.

 

[JeffinNV]

Yep that horn drives me nuts too. I often ride with no doors on and if I jump out and leave it on for any reason it drops two rounds of three rapid horn blasts on me. Very annoying. Someone said once that if you hold your key FOB close to your side view mirror before closing the door it'll deactivate that. I have tried that and it does actually seem to work... sometimes. Haven't tried that doorless yet but here's hoping.

One tip I read, but forgot, was to lay your fob on the windshield wiper, start the engine, then get out, shut the door and remove the key.
Maybe placing the key against the windshield will stop it as well.

All of the above though relies on memory.
When I remember, I don't shut the door. When I stop to check the mail it is now second nature not to shut the door.
It's when I'm going through gates, or backing up a trailer, that I'm thinking about real things, and not keeping the Jeeps BS systems happy.

 

[Idlethunder]

Interesting. Mine just starts working again on its own. Aggravating it stops working

Mine might start again on its own but I've never tried to wait it out. How quickly does yours usually start back?

 

[Janster]

My fob goes in my pocket, that way I don't forget it in the Jeep.
I miss the days of keys in ignition switches, it was foolproof, I don't know why they had to stop.

Same here. At my age, I'm constantly checking my pockets to confirm ...Keys - Check. Phone - Check. Purse - Check.

......when I leave the keys inside the jeep and I get out and try to lock it. Thank God the jeep somehow knows the fob is inside and won't lock it!!

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