Disabling Reverse Beep and Droning Sound

[WillB17]

If anyone else hates the backup and other fake noises the truck makes, you can grab a bypass kit here:

https://www.megaohmmotorsports.com/product/ford-psbk-ece

The forscan method is a bit of a hack, the dealers will still see "silent codes" that the speaker is not operating whereas the bypass actually makes the truck think the speaker is installed.

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[PopsGG]

If anyone else hates the backup and other fake noises the truck makes, you can grab a bypass kit here:

https://www.megaohmmotorsports.com/product/ford-psbk-ece

Happy customer here, well done product. It includes a 3D printed cover for the connectors to the speaker to protect them from the elements.

To anyone with safety concerns, even with this product installed the vehicle still makes a lot of noise. Due to the lack of a belt attached to an idle engine, if you have the AC on or the batteries/motor need any sort of temperature regulation, the fan is quite loud and can be heard from a distance. Its just not an artificially generated noise.

 

[WillB17]

Happy customer here, well done product. It includes a 3D printed cover for the connectors to the speaker to protect them from the elements.

To anyone with safety concerns, even with this product installed the vehicle still makes a lot of noise. Due to the lack of a belt attached to an idle engine, if you have the AC on or the batteries/motor need any sort of temperature regulation, the fan is quite loud and can be heard from a distance. Its just not an artificially generated noise.

Glad you're loving the product! And you're right, I'd much rather have the natural vehicle noises which are very tolerable than some obvious fake noise.

 

[Wheelist]

That looks to be the same speaker as in the Mach E. I pulled the speaker apart and plugged a resistor between the terminals and put everything back together. Easily reversible and costs nothing but a 2 cent resistor and a couple of push on terminals. Works great. I don’t remember the exact resistor I used but I think it was around 1.5k ohm. Doesn’t have to be exact.

 

[adoublee]

If anyone else hates the backup and other fake noises the truck makes, you can grab a bypass kit here:

https://www.megaohmmotorsports.com/product/ford-psbk-ece

The forscan method is a bit of a hack, the dealers will still see "silent codes" that the speaker is not operating whereas the bypass actually makes the truck think the speaker is installed.

I just installed your product and am happy to have the reverse droning deleted without the vehicle noticing.

I'll mention that after installation I was getting an active air dam failure alarm (after getting up to highway speeds) and was concerned. I quickly realized that I had secured the device with included zip tie to a component with holes in it that is actually the air dam. I re-secured another way (not straight forward on best thing to do with resulting dongle) and all seems well.

 

[spadesaspade]

If anyone else hates the backup and other fake noises the truck makes, you can grab a bypass kit here:

https://www.megaohmmotorsports.com/product/ford-psbk-ece

The forscan method is a bit of a hack, the dealers will still see "silent codes" that the speaker is not operating whereas the bypass actually makes the truck think the speaker is installed.

I installed your product over the weekend. It worked for the reversing beep but I still hear the fake electric motor sound when I accelerate/brake going forward. I know it is fake since I do not hear the same sound at similar speeds when backing up, tested this in an empty parking lot. Is there a second speaker that makes the fake sound when accelerating or (regenerative) braking? Will this product work on that second speaker too if there is one?

 

[TheBigBezo]

I installed your product over the weekend. It worked for the reversing beep but I still hear the fake electric motor sound when I accelerate/brake going forward. I know it is fake since I do not hear the same sound at similar speeds when backing up, tested this in an empty parking lot. Is there a second speaker that makes the fake sound when accelerating or (regenerative) braking? Will this product work on that second speaker too if there is one?

There is a fake interior noise that mimics an engine that can be disabled via the Sync menu.

 

[spadesaspade]

There is a fake interior noise that mimics an engine that can be disabled via the Sync menu.

I have the pro and could not find the setting anywhere. Will try to look for it again. Thanks for the input.

 

[BennyTheBeaver]

I have the pro and could not find the setting anywhere. Will try to look for it again. Thanks for the input.

I believe this is something available in high trim Lariats, and on the Platinum.

 

[Grumpy2]

Page 303 describes it as "propulsion sound". In Sport Mode it states it is louder, but I can't find reference where you can shut it off in the Manual. There is a note that Propulsion sound may not be available for all trim levels.

 

[spadesaspade]

No option for propulsion sounds in the pro trim. I wonder if someone has had success to turn this off using forscan.

 

[kbuicker]

It's only on the Platinum trim. Lariats do not have propulsion sound.

 

[Zprime29]

There's no engine sound, but I definitely have a sound when accelerating from a stop and decelerating to a stop. I hear it typically <15mph, sounds like a turbine spinning up/down. I think that is what @spadesaspade is referring to.

 

[astricklin]

It's only on the Platinum trim. Lariats do not have propulsion sound.

That is an interior noise, not an exterior noise.
The exterior low speed pedestrian warning sounds are federally mandated for any hybrid or EV that will drive without the ice motor running.

 

[kbuicker]

OH OK, I was actually responding to TheBigBezo, "There is a fake interior noise that mimics an engine that can be disabled via the Sync menu." I thought the discussion was about the selectable propulsion sound in the Platinum trim, not the normal droning noise outside of the truck.

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