Check back seats for occupants message

[Area51BS]

My Bronco is now telling me to check back seats for occupants when I shut it off. Just started doing this. Anyone else.

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[Mlarv]

Yup a new idea for stupid people. You can turn it off, but in a few months it will turn itself back on. It is under settings then vehicle I think.

 

[JimmyG]

https://www.fordservicecontent.com/...ringEnabled=True&userMarket=USA&buildtype=web

Also to note how it works if you want:

HOW DOES THE REAR OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEM WORK

The system monitors when rear doors have been opened and closed to indicate the potential presence of an occupant in the rear seat.
A message displays in the information and entertainment display screen and an audible warning sounds when you switch the ignition off after any of the following conditions have been met:

• A rear door is opened or closed while the ignition is on.
• You switch the ignition on within 15 minutes of a rear door opening and closing.
• You switch the ignition on within 15 minutes of the alert having displayed or sounded.

 

[Mikey1287]

Sounds like a 4 door problem

 

[Area51BS]

It was in settings. You receive a reminder twice a year when you select off it says.

 

[SubmarineNuke]

You may not need it, and you may think it’s dumb…but watch the news come summer and hear about all the small children left on backseats that die. Every year we hear about a parent who left a child in the back seat in their car seat because they were asleep and they “forgot” they had a kid

school busses, day care busses etc also have this feature AND they have cameras now. All because people leave their kids

I raised my child in the late 90’s and early 2000’s in a car seat in cars like an 85 Nissan Pulsar and a 98 Dodge Durango….never once did I get out of the vehicle without my daughter.

but as I am older and don’t have a small child to worry about anymore, I turned this off

 

[Bruno]

Yup a new idea for stupid people. You can turn it off, but in a few months it will turn itself back on. It is under settings then vehicle I think.

Accidents happen, it does not mean you are "stupid". Some very smart people have accidentally killed their kids by leaving them in the back seat on a hot day

 

[userdude]

Sounds like a 4 door problem

Is it? I still have backseats, although putting a kid in a child seat would be a little challenging...

 

[Yukon65006]

Turned mine off a year ago and have never received any reminder or had it turn itself back on.

 

[userdude]

Accidents happen, it does not mean you are "stupid". Some very smart people have accidentally killed their kids by leaving them in the back seat on a hot day

It's actually a very difficult problem to deal with, you annoy some to hopefully prevent a family's tragedy. Here in Texas, cars get hot very fast (like HOT). I've been in the parking at Krogers more than once when a mother locked her keys in the car and someone's bashing on the windows to get in. It's a tough thing.

 

[Whodat]

Can easily be turned off in seatings. If you don't want it on just turn it off.

 

[Tricky Dick]

Is it?

Yes, we don't get that message.

 

[userdude]

Yes, we don't get that message.

Interesting. All I've had back there are over-imbibed middle agers. They did struggle to get out but impossible not to know they were there... lol

 

[Bruno]

It's actually a very difficult problem to deal with, you annoy some to hopefully prevent a family's tragedy. Here in Texas, cars get hot very fast (like HOT). I've been in the parking at Krogers more than once when a mother locked her keys in the car and someone's bashing on the windows to get in. It's a tough thing.

yea... And we dont need to call those people "stupid"

 

[userdude]

yea... And we dont need to call those people "stupid"

I don't know they meant anything by it. Sometimes people vent because they're annoyed is all.

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