Yesterday I went to the local lumber yard to pick up lumber for a project. Came out with a cart full of 2x4's and 2x2's. Before I started loading the truck, I started the engine with remote start. As I was loading lumber, with the engine running in remote start mode, each time an 8' 2x4 or 2x2 hit the bed of the truck the horn would sound 3 or 4 quick short chirps as if locking the doors but 3 or 4 chirps instead of 2. Do all SD's with remote start and peripheral factory alarms do this? I just want to confirm that this is normal as I can't find anything in the manual about it. I'm guessing it's just a warning to would be thieves that the truck is locked and alarmed - back off.

 

the door was locked, right.. so probably the shock (truck got bumped) sensor

 

Yup. Doors locked engine running keys in my pocket. Thanks. Didn't know the trucks had shock sensors. I tried the same scenario with just the truck locked but no result. Only does it in remote start mode.

 

I will have to check this out next time I load the bed with stuff.
Chuck

 

Interesting. I can see how that would be nice if it was running in the hotel parking lot and someone tried to break into it thinking they could drive it away, but it would be kind of annoying in the lumber yard. Maybe you could unlock it with the remote, then lock it manually and not arm the alarm.

I found out with my 14 XLT that the alarm/horn will sound if I lock it with the fob and unlock it with the key if I don't start it within a few seconds, so I don't think the lock cylinders are tied into the alarm.

 

My apologies. I tried to duplicate what surprised me yesterday, today and was unable to recreate what happened. Should have tried to recreate it before I wrote. Not sure what I was doing to make the horn chirp every time I dropped a 2x4 onto the bed. It must have been a fragment of my amalgamation. Thanks for your thoughts though.

 

Just my thoughts.

I have the Ford bi-directional remote on the 2013 F350. I find that if I lock the doors with the Fob twice and the honk chirps, the truck's shock sensor is enabled. If I lock the truck with the FOB once and start the truck with the remote system, this will enable the shock sensor. It is disabled if the doors are unlocked. Also on the remote start module there is a Sensitivity adjustment. I adjusted mine because the horn would chirp when I was brushing snow off the truck in the morning. Also if the module wasn't mounted firmly, the module can move around and the sensitivity can change.

CUT & PASTE (From my Manual)
the adjustment **** accessible.

 

FYI, no Ford comes from production with a shock sensor alarm.

In order to add shock sensor, you must add the Ford Accessory long range remote start kit (i.e. one-way, bi-directional, and/or Remote Access).

Most Ford's do come with "perimeter" alarm, meaning that unauthorized opening of a door triggers the dome light to come on, which will in turn trigger the perimeter alarm. This can also be triggered by not using the factory keyless entry, meaning unlocking by putting the key in the lock cylinder and opening the door.

Hope that helps clarify a few points.

 

Thanks for the information Pocket:
I was wondering why other folks haven't talked about adjusting sensitivity. My wife has a 2013 Ford Edge with factory remote and she hasn't brought it up. She never lets me drive it, and I'm sure throwing 2x4's in the back would be out LOL.

The only thing I'm not really happy about is with my 2013 Ford remote system, it has been hit and miss. My dealer said that I can upgrade to Remote Access for around $900.