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2016 Sierra Owner Senior Enthusiast

2016 Sierra Owner

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My dad has a 2012 Ford F-150. In the past he told me if the seat belt is not buckled the radio will not play. I found it hard to believe. However yesterday when he picked me up the message center on the dash said something like audio will be unmuted when seat belt is buckled. Sure enough when I buckled my seat belt up the radio came back on and the message went away. So I guess Ford makes you wear the seat belt or else? Has anyone seen this before?

Wolfmanjohn Enthusiast

Wolfmanjohn

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That is clearly blatant discrimination and bias against younger drivers in general and teenagers in particular. Bring on the lawyers immediately!

kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

kstruckcountry

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I don't think it hurts you any to wear your seatbelt... I can't speak for a ford but even my 8 year old truck has good enough brakes to throw me out of my seat.

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

MikeNH

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It's an option that he doesn't know how to disable. It's called MyKey and it's to help helicopter parents keep tabs on going drivers. When enabled the top speed can be limited to 80 with warning chimes at speeds of your choice, it will mute the radio, prevent traction control from being turned off and maybe some other stuff.

mike94silverado Senior Enthusiast

mike94silverado

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If it wasn't that it's the annoying repetitive chime they use.... I always wear my seatbelt but when Partridge hunting, crawling on the logging roads throughout the property? I Don't..... and If Ford was so damn smart why do they make the rear seat belt buckle that clicks into the driver's buckle? ;)

mossbum Enthusiast

mossbum

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I disabled my driver side seat belt dinger so that when I'm riding around the farm I can get in and out and not be constantly annoyed but mine has never shut the radio off.

NitroCherokee Enthusiast

NitroCherokee

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I disabled my driver side seat belt dinger so that when I'm riding around the farm I can get in and out and not be constantly annoyed but mine has never shut the radio off.

I did the exact same, easy to disable

unit731 Senior Enthusiast

unit731

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I don't think it hurts you any to wear your seatbelt... I can't speak for a ford but even my 8 year old truck has good enough brakes to throw me out of my seat.

 

 

No it doesn't hurt.

But there are times that require the non use of such.

Trucks are the last bastion of avoidance of the socially/politically correct types.

Leave the trucks alone.

truckofwinandawesome Senior Enthusiast

truckofwinandawesome

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It's an option that he doesn't know how to disable. It's called MyKey and it's to help helicopter parents keep tabs on going drivers. When enabled the top speed can be limited to 80 with warning chimes at speeds of your choice, it will mute the radio, prevent traction control from being turned off and maybe some other stuff.

 

here's what Ford says the features are for MyKey:

 

 

The easily programmable system features several options:

 

 

  • Persistent Ford Belt-Minder® with audio mute sounds

    chimes and mutes the radio to remind teens to buckle up. A message on

    the instrument panel is also displayed: “Buckle Up to Unmute Radio”

  • Volume control can limit the audio system to 44 percent of maximum output if the radio is too loud
  • A speed alert chime at 45, 55 and 65 mph will remind teens to slow down. Parents can also limit top speed to 80 mph
  • “Do Not Disturb” helps parents block incoming phone calls and hold text messages on a phone paired with Ford SYNC® when teens are behind the wheel
  • In addition to the typical warnings displayed when the fuel level

    reaches 25 and 50 miles to empty, MyKey provides an extra warning at 75

    miles to remind your teen to fill up

so yeah, Ford MyKey is pretty much a Big Brother System for Teenage Drivers thought up by Paranoid Parents. (and from what MikeNH has mentioned before, some Rental Companies that have Fords Equipped with MyKey use the Speed Limiting Feature so the cars won't get beaten to death.)

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

MikeNH

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I don't know for sure it was the rental company who turned it on in the first place, it's pointless to do since the other key on the key ring was the admin key. I just disabled it. It could've been a previous renter looking to mess with people. I may or may not occasionally switch voice prompts for Bluetooth on rentals to French. Same deal. :lol:

truckofwinandawesome Senior Enthusiast

truckofwinandawesome

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I don't know for sure it was the rental company who turned it on in the first place, it's pointless to do since the other key on the key ring was the admin key. I just disabled it. It could've been a previous renter looking to mess with people. I may or may not occasionally switch voice prompts for Bluetooth on rentals to French. Same deal. :lol:

 

Darn, I should have done that to the '13 Cruze we rented back in June, because it had the MyLink Radio!

mike94silverado Senior Enthusiast

mike94silverado

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I still think the old fashioned " I catch you or hear about you driving like an idiot/not wearing a belt/racing, etc You lose the keys" system from the old man works better than this.... Hell I know I sure wouldn't have wanted to be seen without a belt and have it get back to him......

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