Key Left Vehicle Feature (Three Horn Chirp)

[Rock Crawler]

I mean seriously what's the reason...can't be stolen if the fob is in my pocket.

From what I understood, these trucks can be driven away without the fob.
They should have made it where the truck dies if someone gets in the truck and pushes the brake pedal to put it into gear without the fob present.

 

[HSKR R/T]

I never changed what I was saying and proven wrong about features? I quoted above what started this.

You called every "features" a "safety nanny"

I said not all features are for [safety] nanny's and then listed how lots of safety features are not just for safety nanny's like side view mirrors, awd, etc.

But whatever.

I didn't call every feature a safety nanny, you even quoted exactly what I said. I said the safety nannies were because of a few. You went off on a tangent trying to compare a mechanical LSD and AWD system to electronic safety nannies like TCS/ESP.

 

[Rock Crawler]

Not yet. But in a few years... https://www.npr.org/2022/09/20/1124171320/autos-drunk-driving-blood-alcohol-system-ntsb

I don’t drink alcohol of any sort, but it would make perfect sense in this current world, that I would be punished by having to blow into a breathalyzer to start my truck because of some f#@& ups that drink and drive. My decision to never have kids is validated more and more every day. I feel for the next generation.

 

[Scram1500]

They need a "breathalyzer" for cell phones. Way more deaths due to people goofing off with their phone while driving

 

[Idahoktm]

Breathalyzers wouldn't bother me, other than the cost it would add. It's not a bad idea.

That and a lockout for texting while driving.

 

[Brutal_HO]

That and a lockout for texting while driving.

More teens are killed every day (14?) from texting and driving than are killed by "gun crime." ~half a million crashes per day. What are they always trying to ban? That's right, guns. It's for the Chillen!

 

[Darksteel165]

More teens are killed every day (14?) from texting and driving than are killed by "gun crime." ~half a million crashes per day. What are they always trying to ban? That's right, guns. It's for the Chillen!

I never saw anyone die from texting and driving, it's the sudden stop that always gets them.

 

[HSKR R/T]

I never saw anyone die from texting and driving, it's the sudden stop that always gets them.

I mean, guns rarely kill people either. It's the usually bullet hitting them that does.

 

[crusher]

I mean, guns rarely kill people either. It's the usually bullet hitting them that does.

sometimes its the lost of blood too, lol

 

[Darksteel165]

I mean, guns rarely kill people either. It's the usually bullet hitting them that does.

I put a gun on a table and no matter how many times I turned my back to it, I never once got hurt.
I tried a few more times and no matter what the gun wouldn't take any action against me.
Maybe I should ask it to try harder.

 

[Dewey]

Back to safety nanny’s

 

[HSKR R/T]

Back to safety nanny’s

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Been there, done that.

Some of y'all never had to hand crank a tractor to start it though.

 

[Eighty]

Been there, done that.

Some of y'all never had to hand crank a tractor to start it though.

I’ll see your hand-cranked tractor and raise you a hand-propped airplane engine. That’ll get your adrenaline going!

 

[dski]

Hate it. Horn is way too loud and I'm not unware I'm leaving a running vehicle. Be OK if the horn was not so loud.

 

[CalvinC]

From what I understood, these trucks can be driven away without the fob.
They should have made it where the truck dies if someone gets in the truck and pushes the brake pedal to put it into gear without the fob present.

On my F150 I used Forscan to disable the 3 horn honk, AND enable "COP MODE" where even if the truck is running, unlocked and free as a bird, the transmission wont shift out of park if the fob is not in the truck.

It would not surprise me to learn that AlfaOBD offers some such COP MODE for rams, given Stelantis et al's Police Car program.

 

[Brutal_HO]

Been there, done that.

Some of y'all never had to hand crank a tractor to start it though.

Broke my arm doing that once the wrong way.

 

[Brutal_HO]

On my F150 I used Forscan to disable the 3 horn honk, AND enable "COP MODE" where even if the truck is running, unlocked and free as a bird, the transmission wont shift out of park if the fob is not in the truck.

It would not surprise me to learn that AlfaOBD offers some such COP MODE for rams, given Stelantis et al's Police Car program.

AlfaOBD can enable Police Mode but there's a failure cascade of stuff that doesn't work if it's enabled.

 

[6of36]

So...can I turn this off yet or what?

It gets pretty annoying when I'm hitching up or disconnecting at a campsite and my horn starts beeping.

If you don't shut the door, it doesn't beep. Why do you shut the door to hook up a trailer?

 

[SnowBlaZR2]

If you don't shut the door, it doesn't beep. Why do you shut the door to hook up a trailer?

Dogs, rain, heat or A/C, fun, etc.

 

[6of36]

That and a lockout for texting while driving.

They should go back to the system they used to have, that let you voice text hands free. Now it has limited responses that are useless.