Score! I also like that it is "invisible"...Forscan is cool and all, but not sure how the Mother Ship would feel about having certain features turned off at that level. The AS Eliminator takes like less time to install than booting up the computer and going into Forscan.
Ford includes in the manual how to permanently turn off the seat belt warnings, without the need to use forescan or any special tools.
I wish they would also include instructions/the ability to turn off other things without using Forscan such as double honk and autostop...but the autostop is not intended to be turned off by the owner. The AS Eliminator leaves no trace and is plug and play...it doesn't get much easier than that. I get that for many folks it is a non-issue, but for those of us that are annoyed by it we should have the ability to toggle it on and off without having to do so every time we drive. If Ford would simply make the default setting be off, that would save the need for any tweaking...but I assume there's some kind of credit with some sort of perceived fuel economy improvement, so the default position is on. There is no way that an auto stop feature doesn't prematurely reduce the life of a battery or a starter or other components...especially for folks that have a lot of stop and go driving. There are always going to be camps that love it and camps that hate it and endless arguments about why auto stop is a good or a bad idea, but regardless if a manufacturer would just offer the option for the owners to decide what they want without forcing them to have it as a default, that would make things easier. Because most other manufacturers are also going with default auto stop these days, it clearly is something that even the manufacturers probably have little control over If they want to remain in whatever position they're in.
I don't like the motor shutting off until I decide I want it off. I want to keep that choice.
I don’t like when it turns off when it is really hot out. AC doesn’t blow very cold when engine not running.
Those are actual things that exist...no matter how much some people don't want to acknowledge their existence. When such folks have the chance to replace/repair a turbo, they will learn:
No problem...happy to provide the laugh. I assume you are not a mechanic? As useful as the forums are for sharing information, unfortunately there are a lot of opinions out there with no accurate facts to back them up. Any time any mechanical device is used, wear happens...even though the demand on a starter is far less on an up to temp. engine is less than is on cold engine, there is a finite number of cycles. More starts=less longevity. Hopefully the laughs will continue when you are replacing yours down the road if you don't turn off your autostart.
Not anymore.
