[sd_tom]

So we got the f150 last night and this morning at 4am when my wife heads to work (truck is her car) I could hear back up beeping through the walls of the house. Is it there a button to turn this off or reduce volume?

Googling says probably not as its not unique to lightnings, the hybrid f150s have it as well. With prior cars either have to "defeat" the entire pedestrian warning system or dig into some settings with the odb can bus.

But just in case the lightning is improved with a setting someone found thought I'd pose it here.

 

[THEsocalledfan]

So we got the f150 last night and this morning at 4am when my wife heads to work (truck is her car) I could hear back up beeping through the walls of the house. Is it there a button to turn this off or reduce volume?

Googling says probably not as its not unique to lightnings, the hybrid f150s have it as well. With prior cars either have to "defeat" the entire pedestrian warning system or dig into some settings with the odb can bus.

But just in case the lightning is improved with a setting someone found thought I'd pose it here.

You have to be kidding me.....WTF, they think it is a caterpillar? This is a huge no go for me...hope a setting can be changed.

 

[FM_Jack]

The mach e does the same thing. There might be a setting,

 

[Ron]

It's true for most if not all EVs
With no engin noise, it can be expected

 

[sd_tom]

I am fine with the pedestrian warning rumble but the beep beep beep backing up sound is not so cool. Looks like I see regular f150 hybrids started having this in 2020.

 

[sameye4m]

Model 3 doesn’t beep, it makes a spaceship sound loud enough for pedestrians. There’s definitely a more elegant solution than beeping

 

[GoGoGadgetTruck]

there's no setting.

it's a legal requirement in the US:

49 CFR § 571.141 - Standard No. 141; Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. | CFR | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (cornell.edu)

The 2018 Kia Niro PHEV does it, which is the earliest I could find when I last looked:

Beeping in reverse?

So we didnt notice this at first. Its almost like it just started last night (day 2). When we put the car in reverse you get a beeping like you are driving a big truck. Its louder in the front. Is this a feature or issue? I cant tell from the owner's manual. 2019 LX PHEV

www.kianiroforum.com

on Mach-E forums, it was worked out that there's a speaker that is just for the backup warning, and if you replaced it with an appropriate resistor, you were good to go. (just removing it caused an error condition in the car... appropriate given that it's a legal requirement)

ultimately, it's a safety feature for low vision pedestrians.

there have been many, many pixels spilled on other sites about this, including the "other" Lightning site, the Kia site I link to above, and on Mach-E sites.

 

[GoGoGadgetTruck]

Model 3 doesn’t beep, it makes a spaceship sound loud enough for pedestrians. There’s definitely a more elegant solution than beeping

in forward, at low speed, the Mach-E does this as well.

in reverse, you get the beeping.

I agree that there's probably a better sound than the beeping, potentially, although it's reasonable to argue that pedestrians (of all kinds) know what a backup beep means, versus a "spaceship" sound. But I am absolutely not a safety industry expert or an accessibility expert, and I feel like Ford likely pays people who are.

 

[THEsocalledfan]

My, oh, my. Of course, our unelected government bureaucrats required this! Have to justify those jobs....

Well, I'll be hacking this when I get my truck.....

 

[RST]

My, oh, my. Of course, our unelected government bureaucrats required this! Have to justify those jobs....

Well, I'll be hacking this when I get my truck.....

Couldn't agree more! What are they thinking? The VW ID.4's make a whirring sound while backing....but not a damn beep beep beep. Have a feeling there is going to be a lot of hacking going on.

 

[Voltz]

Couldn't agree more! What are they thinking? The VW ID.4's make a whirring sound while backing....but not a damn beep beep beep. Have a feeling there is going to be a lot of hacking going on.

Ford was probably thinking this is a truck that will be used by the trades on a lot of working job sites and that the standard backup warning is a good idea. I hate the sound. But, it makes me take notice when I'm on work sites.

 

[THEsocalledfan]

Ford was probably thinking this is a truck that will be used by the trades on a lot of working job sites and that the standard backup warning is a good idea. I hate the sound. But, it makes me take notice when I'm on work sites.

Now I'm curious just how loud this is. This is a residential vehicle for many, and I can't have it waking neighbors when I drive to work at 6:30 in the morning.

 

[sd_tom]

It was loud enough to sound like she had the door of the truck open and was getting yelled at by a "you don't have a seatbelt on" chimes.. so, that kinda of relative volume.

the truck is parked about 6 feet from our bedroom window and from what I can tell the spreaker on other f150s is under the front grill so it's possible I was in the perfect spot to get annoyed vs how it will sound when we drive it around this weekend.

 

[sd_tom]

Nah it's pretty loud

 

[Voltz]

Ugh, the Martians are backing up the Jetsons' car..
That shoots my working truck on a job site theory all to pieces.

 

[2023 lighting]

If it's a speaker on the back of the car maybe some enterprising Korean will come up with a replacement that emits a more subtle yet effective tone.

 

[Peter_F]

The mach e does the same thing. There might be a setting,

There’s no setting in the Mach-E. I assume it’ll be the same in the Lightning.

 

[ogdobber]

If it’s the same as the hybrid f150, it is a speaker behind the front bumper. There is no setting to turn off, and if you unplug you will get errors. This is the delete for the hybrid, wonder if it will work on the lightning. By the way, I don’t think it’s that bad, no where near a fork lift chime.

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

 

[Peter_F]

If it’s anything like on the Mach-E it’s not too bad. I always back in the driveway anyway, and thus it’s never a problem in the morning.

 

[sd_tom]

If it’s the same as the hybrid f150, it is a speaker behind the front bumper. There is no setting to turn off, and if you unplug you will get errors. This is the delete for the hybrid, wonder if it will work on the lightning. By the way, I don’t think it’s that bad, no where near a fork lift chime.

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

Yeah saw that earlier. That would kill the UFO low speed sound as well if I understand it, which to me is a little too far as these things are quiet and my older Tesla without sounds has definitely snuck up on people in parking lots.

backing in is maybe the immediate plan for weekdays. Going to dig through the ODB settinf based solution a bit more.