Disable 2025 Hybrid External Speaker?

[Aguy]

This Californinan doesn't judge. Happy hunting.

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[fstlan3]

I love the enthusiastic hate of some people. FMVSS are for manufacture and certification of a vehicle sold. Modifying them as such removes the manufacturer’s liability

 

[OleFordGuy]

Put duck tape over it

 

[agmonaco]

My Tesla model Y only makes a sound when backing up. I wish my Maverick was that way.

 

[inline_five]

My Tesla model Y only makes a sound when backing up. I wish my Maverick was that way.

My Prius doesn't even make a noise.

I'd just unplug it. It's under the front bumper IIRC.

The seatbelt menu is also mandated but no one gets up in arms about deleting it either.

 

[Darnon]

The seatbelt menu is also mandated but no one gets up in arms about deleting it either.

It actually isn't yet (not until about '27MY), but the IIHS puts their finger on the scale by factoring it in their safety ratings.

 

[DesertHorses]

Just plan ahead and don't back up.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

My Prius doesn't even make a noise.

I'd just unplug it. It's under the front bumper IIRC.

The seatbelt menu is also mandated but no one gets up in arms about deleting it either.

I don't understand the correlation between an exterior warning sound on electric vehicle's that alerts pedestrians that you're approaching, either forward or reverse, to an interior only seat belt warning.

 

[jeremiah m]

I would like to disable the external speaker noises for deer season. Anyone know if Forscan can do it?

Here is one I was thinking about. Ideally I will find an electric engineer to make me a custom one I can interphase with blue truth to do custom noises. I would love either jetsons or ice cream truck toon as well as the no noise option. https://www.megaohmmotorsports.com/product/ford-psbk-ece

 

[oysterville]

The seatbelt menu is also mandated but no one gets up in arms about deleting it either.

For me personally I'm more concerned about innocent pedestrians getting hurt by nearly silent vehicles than idiots hurting themselves through not wearing seat belts and getting in serious crashes.

 

[oysterville]

Please.
If you quote me. Please be so kind to include the whole quote without editing.
Thank you.

I had actually quoted you by mistake and thought I deleted it on my end apparently some cached version server side didn't go that far. I will remove the rest immediately.

 

[Greg F]

In my opinion, I don't think the mandated hybrid sounds will make any difference. I know from experience, most pedestrians either have earbuds in, headphones on or are looking at their cellphones, oblivious to their surroundings. Very few pedestrians will actually notice the hybrid noise and not walk into the path of the vehicle.

I initially thought about disconnecting mine. The noise isn't that objectionable. Now, I leave it plugged in for liability reasons.

 

[fstlan3]

In my opinion, I don't think the mandated hybrid sounds will make any difference. I know from experience, most pedestrians either have earbuds in, headphones on or are looking at their cellphones, oblivious to their surroundings. Very few pedestrians will actually notice the hybrid noise and not walk into the path of the vehicle.

I initially thought about disconnecting mine. The noise isn't that objectionable. Now, I leave it plugged in for liability reasons.

Don’t even get me started about the deaf guy who still owes me 9 payments for an incident

 

[Phimosis]

https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/812347-minimumsoundrequirements.pdf

Good luck.

It’s no different than driving with a tail light or headlight out. The cop has the discretion to give you a warning or a ticket. If your EV or hybrid is pre-2021, they don’t even have probable cause to pull you over for silent running.

How many % of cops are going to think, “hmm the first year of maverick was 2022 and the EV sound law went into effect in April 2021, which implies all mavericks have the sound emission device and he’s going slightly less than the mandated 19 mph (30 kph) and I don’t hear the electronic sound……. and that pisses me off, so I’m going to pull him over and ticket him”?

And even if you did get ticketed, it would be a fix-it ticket, not a moving violation. Just unplug the bypass go to the DMV and challenge it saying the cop was wrong.

 

[Phimosis]

Planning on shooting them from the vehicle illegally?

Don’t ask. Don’t tell.

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