Fake engine and hybrid exterior sound in Maverick hybrid 2.5L?

[daddio211]

You didn't see it in the reservation guide!? I had a tough time choosing between the Focus RS and the Mustang GT, but eventually paid for the the GT350 sound file. I think it was $99.

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[FirstFord]

Same here. I don’t have a Garmin computer but I’ve been looking at one of those Garmin radars for a while now. People drive like madmen so it’s best to hear/know people are coming

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Garmin bike radar works with Wahoo GPS computers. Likely others too.

 

[Benson]

I hope to God it doesn't. Fake engine noise as a whole is terrible and on a hybrid would be so so dumb

What actuall is the point of fake engine noise?

 

[mamboman777]

Will the maverick hybrid have fake engine noice piped through the speakers?

I don't think there's any added sound through the internal speakers. I think it's required to have some sound externally below a certain speed because it's very quiet when the ICE is off.

 

[JohnHartshorn]

My 2021 Prius has no noise when running forward in the "electric" mode. Kind of scary...but nice. I like quiet!

Are you sure. You won't hear it inside the car. Roll down your window, and roll forward slowly. I bet you hear a slight whistling noise.

 

[Abraxis]

What actuall is the point of fake engine noise?

Manufacturers these days often pipe in fake engine sounds through the speakers just to make cars sound more sporty.

 

[icegradner]

I don't think there's any added sound through the internal speakers. I think it's required to have some sound externally below a certain speed because it's very quiet when the ICE is off.

The quietness is definitely a thing (one of the things I love about having a hybrid), in older hybrids like mine there was no requirement for that low speed exterior speaker sound. I constantly sneak up on people in parking lots, it's fun to watch them jump with surprise when they look behind them and see me as they walk out in front of me. They only catch on when they hear the brakes.

 

[Decayed]

What actuall is the point of fake engine noise?

On the outside for safety so people can hear you coming. Inside is pure idiocy.

 

[Aherpa]

Don't know if it has the Symposer/Engine Sound Enhancer/Automatic Noise Correction, but if it does, its often just a matter of disconnecting the microphone, pulling a fuse, or use ForScan per this post https://www.mustangecoboost.net/threads/disable-exhaust-sound-played-thru-speakers.16271/post-227021

Maybe if it can be shut-off in ForScan, the sound file it plays can be replaced. Perhaps with a low throaty sound of a V8 with Magnaflow exhaust........the possibilities are interesting. A Saturn V at launch, the RoadRunner, .......

 

[oilman300]

Maybe if it can be shut-off in ForScan, the sound file it plays can be replaced. Perhaps with a low throaty sound of a V8 with Magnaflow exhaust........the possibilities are interesting. A Saturn V at launch, the RoadRunner, .......

I'd replace it with an F-14 Tomcat engine sound since it is a Maverick.

 

[teamster02]

Will the maverick hybrid have fake engine noice piped through the speakers?

My ice makes LOTS of noise, so I don't need any additional. I've never heard a 4cyl as loud as this one.

 

[DanMav1701]

A friend has a car with this. When he drives away, it sounds like he is on a spaceship and ready to go through an Einstein-Rosen bridge

First time I heard it, was staying with a friend a couple months ago, Always new when he was coming home due to the signing car pulling in the garage.

 

[CZaugg]

I thought there was some governmental requirement that an EV or Hybrid had to make noise if some kind when the vehicle was in motion, externally, while running electrically. Someone please correct me if I understood that incorrectly.

I can just tell you my experience with my 2021 Toyota Venza Hybrid. When vehicle is in electric motor mode only (gas engine NOT running) AND vehicle is moving, the vehicle makes the noise as described above. It annoyed me so I asked Toyota about it. I was advised government regulations requires that noise so nearby traffic & pedestrians can hear you. Basically a "safety issue". Now . . . my question is . . . does this apply to the "all electric" vehicles? If not, why. By the way, when the motor kicks in, that obnoxious noise stops.

 

[bombast]

Now . . . my question is . . . does this apply to the "all electric" vehicles?

Yes.

 

[g1zstar]

Now . . . my question is . . . does this apply to the "all electric" vehicles?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...et-cars-rule-extending-deadline-idUSKCN1GA2GV

Law was passed in 2010 with guidelines supposed to be finalized in 2014. Actuality they were finalized recently and soon it will be 100% required. Most electric cars already have it since it was known it was coming.

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