Please in the name of all that is right, can we get rid of the triple honk already?

[jcarlilesiu]

If it is outside the vehicle and honking at you, I think something may need to be adjusted. I don't believe what you are experiencing to be normal operation.

As for taking the vehicle without the key in it... I am pretty sure you can. At least other vehicles with key fobs allow you to. Of course you are super screwed if you turn off the car when you get to your destination and realize you left the key at home!

The purpose of the triple honk is to remind you that the keys have left the vehicle, not that you did.

If you were to drive away after the keys were removed, it would let you. But restarting the truck you couldn't do.

That is the warning.

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[Shadow17]

So to me the idiocy is that if you get out of the truck while letting the keys set on the center console, all is well.
But if you step out of the truck with the keys in your pocket, it warns you.
So I guess I should get into the truck and lay the keys on the center console and then pick them up after I arrive at my destination. So really it's just like the old style vehicle in which one stuck their keys into the ignition...

I don't think it should honk in either case.
And if one can actually get out of their truck while parked in a garage and not realize it is still running, they should not be driving a vehicle.

 

[ajs800]

I've owned two other passive start/entry vehicles and neither one would honk. They would, however, make a subtle ding and provide a message on dash but nothing annoying as the honking.

 

[Shadow17]

It sounds to me there must be a way to turn it off then.
I'll go back through the menu system...for the 20th time. lol

 

[Denada]

ONCE AN FOR ALL... The triple honk is to warn you that you left the vehicle WITH THE KEY FOB STILL INSIDE. You drove the vehicle, opened the door, got out, closed the door, and the vehicle is still sensing the key fob within the interior perimeter. If your vehicle is triple honking and your key fob is outside the vehicle, your car is broken.

Conversely, if you have started the vehicle and then exit it with the key fob inside and it DOESN'T triple honk, it is broken.

 

[Shadow17]

ONCE AN FOR ALL... The triple honk is to warn you that you left the vehicle WITH THE KEY FOB STILL INSIDE. You drove the vehicle, opened the door, got out, closed the door, and the vehicle is still sensing the key fob within the interior perimeter. If your vehicle is triple honking and your key fob is outside the vehicle, your car is broken.

Conversely, if you have started the vehicle and then exit it with the key fob inside and it DOESN'T triple honk, it is broken.

No offense bud, but you truly don't know what we are talking about. Perhaps your truck is different. There is a triple honk that does alert you if the key is left inside the truck after it is turned off and you step out. That can be turned off and mine is.
My truck, and others, honk if you step out of the truck and close the door while it is running with the key in your pocket.
And conversely, if you start the vehicle and exit it with the key fob inside the truck it will not honk. How would it exactly know you exited the vehicle? Just because you opened the door? The truck is still running and the key is inside...

 

[13yukon]

As an outsider looking in. This thread has been amusing. Do people read the entire thread before commenting ???

 

[Shadow17]

As an outsider looking in. This thread has been amusing. Do people read the entire thread before commenting ???

I know.
Next time I'll just start a thread that says, "What are different sounds your truck makes?"

 

[Kpwweb]

I know.
Next time I'll just start a thread that says, "What are different sounds your truck makes?"

This has always been a controversial topic (was on the explorer forum as well) clouded by the fact that there are many configurations of the Tahoe/Denali/Escalade.

Add to that those with "keys" don't know what you are talking about, and some of them don't know what they are talking about, it can lead to quite a variety of responses!

I would just like to live near those responsible for the HONK HONK so I could remind them every morning bright and early!!!

Thanks for being the one to step out!

 

[Kpwweb]

Just to add to this...

I'm away from home on a business trip and get a nail in my tire. I do a giggle search for tire shops and pick a nationally recognized chain. I go there and leave them the keys and wait for my vehicle.

The tech pulls my Tahoe into the bay (I'm watching like a hawk--yeah, im that guy) and, guess what? Leaves the keys in the vehicle (as is customary). Know what happens next?

Can you guess?

Wait for it...

Yep, in seven bays about half the mechanics crap themselves as my Tahoe goes HON-HONK--HONK!!!!

Sad but true... Wish it were a separate speaker/driver/piezoelectric whatever and more of a pleasant chime!!

Just had to share.