chime tone change
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chime tone change
Ok, I have a strange symptom. At first I thought it was my imagination but now I can confirm the seat belt chime has changed tone on my 2018 F250 PSD. The backup collision chime has also changed tone. The normal melodic chime is now a much more generic sound. Still a chime but definitely different. I haven't had any service done or anything like that and no check engine light. May be my imagination but seems like the engine is cranking a smidgen slower than usual after truck sits overnight or for several hours. Like when your battery is on it's way out. Should get more than 3 years out of batteries, correct? Maybe one is going and draining the other? Any possibility this is related to the chime change? Truck runs perfect otherwise.
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The chimes and tones are supposed to play over the front speakers. If there is a fault pending or if forscan changes were made then it will revert to the instrument panel and have a different tone.
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There are a multitude of conditions that cause the chimes to play from the dash piezo sounder instead of through the speakers. When I remote start my truck with the key fob or the phone app it happens. When I start and stop the truck with the driver door open it will happen. There's other situations where it happens but I can't recall right now what they are. The main takeaway for me is a normal drive cycle or two always resets it back to through the speakers again.
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Thanks for the replies and the insight. That is precisely the behavior; speaker chime has gone to IPC speaker. Didn't know it had it. I have used Forscan but months(years?) ago without issue and no changes recently. I am going to check the battery voltages and connectors this weekend. I don't have a load tester but it is a start anyway (no pun intended).
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Do you know, where I can set this via Forscan? At mine Explorer from 2016 the chime came through the speaker, but after conversion to SYNC 3 it comes from the piezo. Do you have any idea?
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