panic button

[timk49]

Just irritates me when I accidently press the panic button on the key fob and the horn starts blasting. It has evenb happened when i was in the house with the keys were in my pocket.

Any way to disable the panic button without disconnecting the horn?

[MountaineerTom]

Yep, take the key fob apart and put a small piece of electrical tape on the curuit board, between where the button contacts the board.  I havn't actually done this, just heard about it.  Hope it works for you.

 

Why is it called a key "fob" anyway?  What does "fob" mean?  ???

[Professor]

The take works. I disabled mine a few months ago.

[RyanbabZ71]

why disable it?  Its fun to scare people when they get close to your truck

 

Probably the best time was I was out to eat.  We got a good seat and i could see out the window where my truck was parked.  These 2 guys were really checking it out (tires mostly not so much to steal it).  So i tell my gf to watch.  I have never seen someone jump so high.  I had a good laugh

 

[bigblackdog]

I thought FOB was a made up word, but it says in the dictionary it is a short chain a man hangs is watch on to carry in the vest pocket. I guess like in the old movies or that guy on the Monopoly game (the banker?) Ya learn something new every day! Maybe everyone has to wear a vest all the time and put the FOB in the pocket. Never mind!

[MountaineerTom]

LOL.

 

We have some kids that run around all over the neighborhood playing in everyone elses yards.  A couple times, I've had the 4 wheelers loaded on the trailer and hooked up to the truck, and the kids were messing around looking at the 4 wheelers.  A couple started to climb up on the trailer when my son went and got my keys and hit the panic button.  Those kids almost ruined their underwear.  It was funny whatching them all scatter in different dirrections.      

[lrymal]

... It has even happened when i was in the house with the keys were in my pocket.

I don't want to disable mine but would love to figure a way to make the silly thing less sensitive, or maybe even delayed.

 

I use mine for finding the truck in crowded parking lots.  And the range of this thing is absolutely unreal when compared against older ones that I have used.

 

I, too, have had it go off when coins or whatnot jam against it in my pants pocket, or if I pick up the FOB incorrectly.

[TarheelZ]

One day I saw this crusty ol' guy that works with me taking a smoke break in front of my truck so I decided to have some fun with him.  He had his back to my truck, so I hit the 'Lock' button which made the 'thunking' sound as the locks engage.  Ray turns to look at the truck, then looks around him...see's nobody so he goes back to smoking.  I press 'Unlock', Ray hears the thunk, turns around...still see's nobody.  One more time and Ray bends over, looking into the grill area of my truck and I hit the panic button.  It was a riot!

 

I should be ashamed!  

[miclri]

This is good info. I was wonderin the same thing. I heard someone's freakin alarm go off at 5AM as I was getting ready for work. Turns out it was my truck.

[BlueRado]

One day I saw this crusty ol' guy that works with me taking a smoke break in front of my truck so I decided to have some fun with him.  He had his back to my truck, so I hit the 'Lock' button which made the 'thunking' sound as the locks engage.  Ray turns to look at the truck, then looks around him...see's nobody so he goes back to smoking.  I press 'Unlock', Ray hears the thunk, turns around...still see's nobody.  One more time and Ray bends over, looking into the grill area of my truck and I hit the panic button.  It was a riot!

 

I should be ashamed!  

LOL!!  That's great!    

 

I got lots of stories about setting mine off by mistake, at about the worst possible times and places.

 

I'd like to see it be a double pusher, both presses having to happen in, say, less than 5 secs.  That would usually, I think, stop most of the accidental ones.  

[Wingnut]

One day I saw this crusty ol' guy that works with me taking a smoke break in front of my truck so I decided to have some fun with him.  He had his back to my truck, so I hit the 'Lock' button which made the 'thunking' sound as the locks engage.  Ray turns to look at the truck, then looks around him...see's nobody so he goes back to smoking.  I press 'Unlock', Ray hears the thunk, turns around...still see's nobody.  One more time and Ray bends over, looking into the grill area of my truck and I hit the panic button.  It was a riot!

 

I should be ashamed!  

LOL!!  That's great!    

 

I got lots of stories about setting mine off by mistake, at about the worst possible times and places.

 

I'd like to see it be a double pusher, both presses having to happen in, say, less than 5 secs.  That would usually, I think, stop most of the accidental ones.  

I have always liked to just use the remote starter to make them jump.

 

They won't be quite as mad as they are when you honk the horn either.

[cyrylyn]

I noticed this problem with the FOB within a month of getting my 2001 Silverado.  I never use PANIC, so I took the fob apart and removed the panic button (cut it out).  It's not a problem any more, and if I really wanted to use it, I could stick something in the hole to make the connection.

 

For those that lose their truck in a parking lot, just keep pressing LOCK, and follow the beeps..

[timk49]

Thanks for the help guys I'm going to disable it tomorrow.

 

I had no idea you guys were so bad. Really scaring a crusty ol man.

 

Great to have a good laugh once in a while is'nt it.

[lrymal]

...so I took the fob apart and removed the panic button (cut it out).

If you want to keep the cosmetics of the FOB so that there is no cut-out button, just take the FOB apart, pull the rubber button switch plate out.  Look under the panic dome thingeeee.  You'll see a black conductor.  Either scrape the conductor away or cut a very tiny piece of plastic or paper and put in there, blocking the conductor.  

 

No more horn, and the FOB looks good.

 

Don't know why I didn't think of any of this before, until I read all these messages.

 

And, great idea about repeatedly pressing the LOCK button to find the truck in the parking lot.  I knew THAT!  But, it just never entered my pea-brain.    

[99silveradoz71]

Ah, the mystery of the "Fob" has been solved.  Life is all really based on Monopoly anyway isn't it?  Anyway, I had panic problems with it in my pocket, getting out of the truck, etc, so I put a piece of Scotch tape under the button on the inside and no more panic problems.