I've had my SHO for about a year now. One of the "features" my car has that I've noticed the 2013 SHO doesn't seem to have, is one where if I have my keyless fob in my pocket, as I believe is where it's meant to stay when I'm getting in and out of my car, and I leave the engine running, the car will do this double horn honk thing. I suppose it's meant to warn me that I'm leaving the engine running while outside of the car. If I take the key fob out of my pocket and leave it in the car while I get in and out, opening and closing the doors or trunk, my car won't do the double honk thing. I think this is a ridiculous feature that Ford has introduced in their newer cars. I've asked around and it seems that there's no way to have that feature removed. I understand that some people may say, "what's the big deal? Just leave the key fob in the car when opening and closing doors." But as I've stated in the first place, why have a keyless fob that stays in your pocket, if you need to take it out of your pocket to leave it in the car to prevent the car from going honk honk every time a door is opened and closed while the engine is running? Imagine this scenario. You get up early in the morning and get the car running in your quiet neighborhood. As you leave it running, you load up your kid in the car seat on one side, close the door (honk honk), open the other side, get the other kid in his car seat on the other side and close that door (honk honk) . Then you open the trunk to load up some bags. Close the trunk (honk honk) . Get in your car, and drive down to your mail box at the front of your driveway, open your door and with engine still running, get out of your car to leave some outgoing mail in your mail box and close the door (HONK HONK) . Get in your car and as you drive off, see all the pissed off neighbors looking out their windows wondering what the hell you're honking at. It's just ridiculous!
Is there a way that Ford can turn this feature off? My friend who has a 2013 SHO does not have this issue. He was surprised when I told him of this besides laughing at my description of this feature. Can anyone please steer me in the right direction to get that feature removed? To me, it's not a matter of leaving the key fob in the car while it's running, as stated in my thoughts. And it's also not a matter of turning off the engine every time I need to jump out of the car, close the door and then get back in real quick. I also don't think I should have to leave the door open if getting out of the car real quick if I leave the engine running just to keep it from honking. Anyhow, sorry for the rant. It's just irritating. Any thoughts?