Disabling the Remote Alarm Button on your remote Key

[GoHack]

Is there any way of disabling the Remote Alarm Button on your remote Key.

I have a problem w/mine always setting my alarm on my Bronco due to other things, and keys in my pocket hitting it, sadly at the wrong time of the day when people are sleeping.

If they had designed it better perhaps, having that switch more indented than the other buttons, that might have helped.

Why they even need it is beyond me. For locating your Bronco in a large parking lot, I would imagine, but then again, your vehicle will only stand out anyway.

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[Lcubed]

the cheap solution: take the other junk out of your pockets

 

[Brisco2]

In Forscan, you can switch the panic from one press to two. Have not set mine off since I switched

 

[Bkbk]

Forscan is all you need, I disabled mine and its great.

BdyCM

726-62-01

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0=disabled, 1=2 clicks, 2=one click (default)

 

[Fly by Nite]

If you don't have easy access to Forscan, you can take the fob apart and put a piece of tape on the contact for the button.

 

[GoHack]

the cheap solution: take the other junk out of your pockets.

It doesn't take much to be in your pocket to make contact w/the Alarm Button.

 

[GoHack]

If you don't have easy access to Forscan, you can take the fob apart and put a piece of tape on the contact for the button.

I've thought of doing that.

 

[GoHack]

Forscan is all you need, I disabled mine and its great.

BdyCM

726-62-01

x*xx

xxxx

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0=disabled, 1=2 clicks, 2=one click (default)

What is Forscan?

 

[Fly by Nite]

What is Forscan?

It's the programming for all the various modules on your Bronco.
The software is free, you will have to buy a dongle to plug your computer into the OBD port to access it, about $25-50.
There's a whole forum devoted to it:

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/forums/forscan-programmers-tuners-coders.44/

This thread describes what you can change:
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...k-sport-mode-chimes-seatbelts-and-more.28489/

 

[Lcubed]

It doesn't take much to be in your pocket to make contact w/the Alarm Button.

shift all the non-essential stuff to another pocket.
once i did that, the false alarms stopped.

super low tech and extremely easy to implement

 

[GoHack]

shift all the non-essential stuff to another pocket.
once i did that, the false alarms stopped.

super low tech and extremely easy to implement.

I really don't have a whole lot of things in my pocket.

The real issue here is in the design of the button. It either needs to be more receded so that it's not as easy to contact, or simply removed or easily be deactivated.

 

[Lcubed]

I really don't have a whole lot of things in my pocket.

The real issue here is in the design of the button. It either needs to be more receded so that it's not as easy to contact, or simply removed or easily be deactivated.

are you using the dealer supplied key cover?

it was part of the SWAG i received at pickup

 

[TheKim]

That key cover reminds me of my grandpas flip phone carrying case.

 

[Moto26]

the cheap solution: take the other junk out of your pockets

I don’t carry anything else in the pocket where I put the key, but I can set it off just leaning against the door sill, or my work bench, or any number of things.

My truck is even worse, and on top of that it has the old “switchblade” style key that pops out, and I hit that button all the damn time, which is really fun to have in your pocket because when it’s deployed it’s about 3 times longer than an old-fashioned car key.

Really, the best solution here is the double-click setting through Forscan.…

 

[helifino16]

What is Forscan?

Well, it's like this...
It's the part the doc takes off your baby boy's baby boy.
(couldn't resist - sorry)

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