No more annoying door chime

[ForcedSHO]

Well it took me awhile to finally do this but I did it.



Car starts fine and no issues have come up.

Anybody else do this?

 

[hawkeye18]

I simply disconnected the purple wire that came from my ignition cylinder. That eliminated the door chime at all times... unless my lights were on (and I opened the door). That is perhaps the one useful feature of the door chime, as the keypad obviates my need to remember to take the keys out.

You gotta think smarter, not harder lol

 

[Vnuk1]

I've got to do that too, I hate that thing..

 

[sperold]

What year, and where did you find that thing?

 

[LJRuddy]

Wonder if there is a way you can reprogram that thing to play midi files... Chicken Dance FTW!

 

[ForcedSHO]

What year, and where did you find that thing?

Open Drivers door and move seat back and steering wheel up.
Get on your back and look up to the left of the column and you will see it with a wire loom hooked up.
Slide it off its clip and leave it or remove it.

It's on a 1994 MTX by the way.

 

[JRA2000TL]

Chime box is a little black box with a speaker in the stated area. If so desired, you can remove the whole thing; just won't have the headlamp reminder. I like my chime; doesn't bother me.

 

[Ishodu]

I pulled the wire long time ago, nothing more annoying than the door chime. My other ride is also done.

 

[llamaking122]

what can happen if the WHOLE connector to this box is disconnected? mine was when i bought it

 

[Irish Pride]

The chime doesnt bother me one bit, but i also dont need it one bit either. I use the auto lights and never actually turn my headlights on. Also if i happen to lock my keys in the car i can just use the key pad to get in.

 

[ForcedSHO]

what can happen if the WHOLE connector to this box is disconnected? mine was when i bought it

If the wire loom is pulled out from the box then it just won't power the chime.


You must be deaf if it doesn't bother you.

 

[hawkeye18]

Normally I drive around with the autolamps on too, but driving on a base requires you to have parking lamps only, and autolamps can't do that. So I turn them off and flip the switch to park. Then, once I'm through the gate, I'm too lazy to turn the switch back off and turn the autolamps on (and like, I'm trying to roll the window up, turn the interior lights off, etc.. and trying to drive too) so I just flip the light switch to on and call it a day. Then... "DING DING DING... ah shit, left the lights on". I know they turn off after 45 minutes, but it has still saved me more than a few times.

I'm just sayin'. That part is useful because your battery might die and you could get paged at wal-mart "Will the person with the blue Taurus, license plate SHOZOR, you left your lights on". And that's never good. The rest is just annoying, though.

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

on my daily driver I went one step further and threaded a small screw into the "speaker" on that little unit until all it does is tick.

So now it sounds like a time bomb

 

[Joe_Cool]

Normally I drive around with the autolamps on too, but driving on a base requires you to have parking lamps only, and autolamps can't do that. So I turn them off and flip the switch to park. Then, once I'm through the gate, I'm too lazy to turn the switch back off and turn the autolamps on (and like, I'm trying to roll the window up, turn the interior lights off, etc.. and trying to drive too) so I just flip the light switch to on and call it a day. Then... "DING DING DING... ah shit, left the lights on". I know they turn off after 45 minutes, but it has still saved me more than a few times.

I'm just sayin'. That part is useful because your battery might die and you could get paged at wal-mart "Will the person with the blue Taurus, license plate SHOZOR, you left your lights on". And that's never good. The rest is just annoying, though.

Mine shuts off the interior lights after a few minutes if I leave them on with the car turned off... does it not shut off the headlights too? I also always use the autolamps, so I don't know. Just curious.

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

Mine shuts off the interior lights after a few minutes if I leave them on with the car turned off... does it not shut off the headlights too? I also always use the autolamps, so I don't know. Just curious.

Autolamp and interior lamp delay are two different things.

 

[Joe_Cool]

Autolamp and interior lamp delay are two different things.

Yes, I know. I am wondering if, when NOT using autolamp, but using the headlight switch, the computer will shut off the headlights if you leave them on, the same way it shuts off the interior lights if you leave them on.

 

[hawkeye18]

The computer will shut off all lights (interior and exterior) after 45 minutes. Dunno how, but it does. I've timed it.

 

[Joe_Cool]

The computer will shut off all lights (interior and exterior) after 45 minutes. Dunno how, but it does. I've timed it.

Nice. Thanks for the info.

 

[JRA2000TL]

It could always be worse. You could have a 70s car with the buzzer!

 

[raff18]

the ford chime is ok it doesnt bother me
now the honda one OMFG do i hate that chime