Silence !!!

I have a Ford 2011 F-350 that has a door dinger that is driving me crazy. Used to be a vehicle would ding at you if you got out of your ride and left your lights on. This thing dings ALL THE TIME! This is a crew cab work truck and I carry a lot of tools and crap in the back seat, front seat, floors, dash, you name it. Whenever I have the door open because I'm rummaging around for something, I have to listen to this thing that has an overly loud and irritating tone about it.

How do I silence this thing? Yes I know it's also the seat belt dinger but they did program it not to ding for a seat belt. Yes I know I can pull the keys but that is a hassle and irritating as well because its impossible to see the keyhole behind the steering wheel when you go to put the key back in so you have to contort your body somewhat to get the right angle of sight either through the spokes or behind the wheel in order to see where your poking that dang key.

The dealership says they can't program it to NOT ding and they can't just pull a fuse and they can't just rip it out because if they cut the wires it'll screw with the computer somehow. ??? I think its a load of bull and they just can't find the noise maker but hey, I couldn't find it either which is why I took it to them.

Anybody on this sight seriously know how to silence this thing permanent other than trading for a chevy or any other comedic remedies? Or does anybody know where the dinger is located so maybe I could at least muffle it with a few layers of dust tape? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I believe the dinger is part of the stereo system. About all I could think of would be to take the door switches so that the truck thinks the doors are closed all the time. It might make other things a little tougher, but it should stop the dinging.

Dorf has the absolute most annoying dinger of any make I?ve ever seen . Only advice I have is keep the doors shut.

I would think all you need to if you do not want to just insert the belt into the latch would be to find the wires that come out of the latch and cross the two , I assume that the belt inserted into the latch is just completing a circuit telling the puter that the belt is installed I know on mine there is a sensor in the seat pad for pressure to tell the puter there is someone in the seat

They have pretty much made them tamper proof. We tried disabling them for our meter readers a few years ago, and anything we did, would screw up something else, that you wanted to work.

Do a Google search for your question. There are alot of sites with info on disabling the singer.

Good luck.

I pull the keys every time I exit a vehicle. I never have to worry about locking the keys in the vehicle. And I don't worry about someone stealing my truck at a gas station. But I guess that's taking the easy way out.

So it only alarms when the door is open and the key is in the ignition? Why not try to open the door, with the key in the ignition and press the switch button that the door pushes in while the door is closed. If this stops the dinging or buzzing or whatever sound. Why not just fix it so the switch button is permanently depressed. You could test with some duct tape. Glue it shut, or pot rivet a piece of tin over the button to hold it in the same as the door. You won?t have any interior lights when you open the door, but so what, you can still turn them on manually if you need it

I got a 2007 f150 had a dinger that would ding all the time. I pulled the gauge cluster out and disassembled the cluster to get to the front side of the circuit board. On the circuit board is a black cylinder about 1/2" tall 1" around. Used pliers to wiggle it of no more dinger. When assembling the cluster don't push the gauge needles on to far or they will stick. Reset gauges and no more dings.

There is no "dinger", therefore no dinger to remove. Its through the computer and the radio.

I broke off a toothpick in the door switch to do this, but don't know if a 2011 has an actual push switch.

Way too simple and sensible solution for YTers.(LOL)

Wouldn't do any good on a Dodge anyway if you left the truck running the fenders rattling would drown out the dinger.

I'm pretty sure the door switch is on the slide rod that limits
Door opening.

This is how a 2007 F550 company truck I once had.

I sprayed some WD 40 or contact cleaner(can't remember) on it one time and the problem went away and worked normally.

Worth a check.

Tom

You need to find a shop that has a IDS fords factory scan tool , or at least programming capabilities. There is a section where you can do things like turn the chime off , turn the daytime running lights off, etc.

My truck is 2012 GMC, when I turn it off if I pull the key out just a little it stops the dinging. I don't know if you tried that or if it will work on a Ford.

Pull the key back a tad. No need to take the long way around the barn. As far as I know, chimes and DRLs can only be shut off on vehicles originally built for emergency services use (GM is this way, don't know about Ford). Bet you truck has a label saying it is not to be used as such.

I wonder if the dealer scanner could actually do it. My uncle buys Ford trucks and on his last 2 he said he would not buy them unless they disabled the seat belt warnings. Well low and behold they were able to do it. He did have to sign a paper though. If you could actually talk to one of the better techs in person they might be able to tell you if it can be done.

You'll be wishing you had the dinger the first time you accidentally bump the lock button with your elbow while rummaging for tools, and lock your keys in the truck.

The dinger is there so that you'll get annoyed and remove the key, so it doesn't get locked in the vehicle.

I know under some circumstances the driver's door won't lock if the key is in the ignition, but I'm sure there is some contrived way to circumvent that protection, and that it involves bumping the power lock button with your elbow while rummaging for tools.

The ding is totally integrated into the rest of the vehicle's electronics. As such, there is no separate dinger to disable or disconnect. Pulling the key out part way doesn't work on Ford vehicles. You can remove the ignition lock cylinder, and you will see a thin brass strip on the lock cylinder that activates the dinger. You can remove that piece and put the lock cylinder back in and there will be no more dinging.

To remove the lock cylinder: Insert the key and turn it to the "ON" position. Then, there is a pin at the bottom of the steering column directly below the ignition lock that you depress. While that pin is depressed, you can slide the lock cylinder out. Reverse the procedure to put it back. Simple and easy.

Why do you have to see the keyhole to put the key in? I put mine in by feel and it is easier and faster than trying to contort around to where I could see. Just learn to do it by feel and pull the key every time you get out. Will keep your truck from being stolen as well.

Can't help you on the dinger. Looks like jimg.allentown gonna get you fixed up.

Just remembering when I was a young guy I liked to play the radio with the door open.
The dome light was always on. I had to reach up and grab a hot bulb to turn it off.
I then cut a short stick to depress the door switch button between the door.
It worked until someone leaned on the door. It broke the stick and mashed the door switch.
Ended up rigged up a small canopy switch under the dash for the light.

Easy problem to solve , don't buy new trucks , step back in time to when they made real trucks with out all this garbage on them . Back when you could open both doors and take the old fashioned interior detailing to it and detail the inside with a garden hose . Some of this new stuff you can not disable or the car/ truck will not run .

On my 07 GMC Sierra, when my front door speakers quit working the dinger stopped as well.

My two cents? Your post stated that you had tools on the seats. The seats may have a switch that tells the computer that someone is in a seat. So the computer will need to see a sequence of weight in seat then belt fastened. Then belt unfastened and then weight off of seat. Easy way to check would be to take stuff off of seats and see what happens. I was able to program my 2006 Dodge 1500 to not ding for the driver seatbelt but the belt light will stay on in the dash. If someone gets in the passenger seat and does not put the belt on the dinger comes on. PS I have not noticed my fenders rattling.

All of the Fords I have owned have the entry key buttons on the door. Not a
problem. Some of the little modules up under the dash have a little grill where
the sound comes out. Electrical tape.!

Uh duh . And still better than a dorf

Wow! Thanks for all the comments. You guys always come through and I appreciate it.

A few comments.....
Sounds like the dinger coming through the speakers makes sense. That would explain why the Ford Tech couldn't disable it.
Why didn't he just tell me it comes through the speakers? Grr.

I already have the seat belt dinger disabled which the Tech did years ago when I bought the pickup so anything seat belt related doesn't really apply here. They are two separate issues. My trouble is the dinger sounding off any time the driver door is open. The other three doors and none of the seat belts will trigger it.

Also, I'm not worried about leaving the key in and locking myself out because I have the keyless entry touchpad on the door.

Sounds like jimg.allentown has the answer for my situation. Guess I'll have to pull the thin brass strip out of the lock cylinder.

Like jim said, I can't pull the key out partially to kill the dinger because the newer Fords don't work that way. I also can't fiddle with the door switch because it's buried deep inside the front quarter panel somewhere, it's not exposed in the door jam like all other vehicles in the past.

Also won't do any good to go to a shop with a scanner because that's what I already tried at the Ford dealer, which got me no where and brought me to the YT brain trust.

A lot of good ideas though and I appreciate every one. Besides farming, I also run a seed business and in the spring when I'm loading and treating seed, I usually sit inside the pickup to do paperwork for the customer or I'm standing at the door with the door open and spread out my books on the seat. I get sick of always having to listen to this thing or reach around the jerk the keys out. By the time I'm done shuffling paperwork around working over the center console, I go to leave and now I can't find the damn keys because they fell on the floor or maybe I put them in one of my many pockets in my pants or coat or coveralls, or maybe they're in the cup holder. Grrr. Or I get in and shut the door to get out of the wind but now its hot in the cab and I want to crack the window quick. Go to turn the key for power and nothing there. OK, where the heck did I put the keys I pulled out of there just two minutes ago. Anyway, enough is enough! I'm going to silence that dang thing once and for all. It baffles me that the computer program will let you disable the seat belt alarm but not the door ajar alarm.