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Old 09-08-2015, 01:20 PM
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Locking via button vs fob; once vs twice

So, this quirk of the car irritates me to no end, and I'm not sure if there's any solution for it...

When you lock the horn via the door, it chirps.
When you lock the door via the fob, it honks the horn (presumably because you're further away from the car, so it needs to be louder... or whatever).

My issue is the following:

Via fob: Lock = 1 horn Unlock = 2 horn ***edit*** It doesn't actually honk when unlocking. Duh.
Via door: Lock = 2 chirp Unlock = 1 chirp

WTF. Why are these not synced? I want to have it in my head as 1 = this, 2 = that without having to think about which method I'm using to lock the car and what it means in that particular instance.

I know you can disable the notification, but I like having the audible confirmation of what I just did.

Any thoughts?

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Old 09-08-2015, 02:52 PM
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I've noticed this as well.. It's actually become part of my habit to give a quick pull on the door handle when using the button to confirm it is locked. When using the fob I just look at what button my finger is on.
Old 09-08-2015, 04:52 PM
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Mine is disabled. I rely on the amber lights blinking. The horn would wake my family & prevent stealth entry to my house.
Old 09-09-2015, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by GeezerB
Mine is disabled. I rely on the amber lights blinking. The horn would wake my family & prevent stealth entry to my house.
Its in the settings right? I always seem to get home when the fam is asleep and that lock horn is actually pretty loud.

And to the OP, idk if its my car being an 07 or what but only the lock makes noise from the key fob, not the unlock. :shrug:
Old 09-09-2015, 11:57 AM
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To change it you have to use the remote but I forgot the actual sequence. It's in the manual. If you don't have access I can look it up later.
Old 09-09-2015, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by takeapieandrun
Its in the settings right? I always seem to get home when the fam is asleep and that lock horn is actually pretty loud.

And to the OP, idk if its my car being an 07 or what but only the lock makes noise from the key fob, not the unlock. :shrug:
2010 - lock from fob makes horn toot, unlock doesn't. I wish it would just beep instead of the horn :/
Old 09-09-2015, 02:55 PM
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I believe it is lock and unlock at the same time to turn off the alert.. It's in one of the "tricks of the fob" threads on here somewhere. Holding down unlock to put the windows down has legitimately changed my life the past month.
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Originally Posted by takeapieandrun
And to the OP, idk if its my car being an 07 or what but only the lock makes noise from the key fob, not the unlock. :shrug:
Originally Posted by drewfinity
2010 - lock from fob makes horn toot, unlock doesn't.
I'm an idiot. I couldn't remember exactly, and I just assumed it honked when unlocking. You know what they say about assuming...

Still wish you could match the beeps, though. 1 for lock, 2 for unlock. Oh well...

Originally Posted by MistahGuy
Holding down unlock to put the windows down has legitimately changed my life the past month.
Awesome! I had no idea that the car had this feature. I almost always drive around with the windows down, so I will definitely be dropping them as I approach the car.
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You do have an owner's manual? Just sayin
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Originally Posted by lobuzz311
Awesome! I had no idea that the car had this feature. I almost always drive around with the windows down, so I will definitely be dropping them as I approach the car.
I believe this is for any Journey car or above, the Base doesn't have it. Super useful but I wish they could have put the auto windows up in as well. Oh well
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Originally Posted by takeapieandrun
I believe this is for any Journey car or above, the Base doesn't have it. Super useful but I wish they could have put the auto windows up in as well. Oh well
Really? Even my 5.5 had the window down feature.
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Originally Posted by lobuzz311
I know you can disable the notification, but I like having the audible confirmation of what I just did.
Originally Posted by GeezerB
Mine is disabled. I rely on the amber lights blinking. The horn would wake my family & prevent stealth entry to my house.
Originally Posted by GeezerB
You do have an owner's manual? Just sayin
You're going to chastise me for not reading something closely enough?

That being said, I do need to go through the manual cover to cover. Hard to do with a 20 month old at home, though...
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Originally Posted by nelledge
Really? Even my 5.5 had the window down feature.
Even Honda has been doing it going back 10+ years.
Old 09-10-2015, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by lobuzz311
You're going to chastise me for not reading something closely enough?

That being said, I do need to go through the manual cover to cover. Hard to do with a 20 month old at home, though...
I have it in PDF version on my desktop. Read it at work
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Originally Posted by GeezerB
I have it in PDF version on my desktop. Read it at work
Any way you'd want to share that PDF? Maybe upload it to a dropbox, google drive, email it, etc?


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