Horn honking when locking car

[Black Gold]

One of my biggest pet peeves (other than people typing "breaks" when they mean brakes) is a car's horn honking when it gets locked. I hear it just about every day anywhere I go. It's even worse when said car is right in front of you when it happens. I'm wondering if anyone understands what I mean.

 

[Grayfox]

Yeah, the horn is not normally loud.
It is more of a dull beep blip sound than a BEEP!.

 

[JMoney]

My dad's Ranger honks very loudly when locked, which is why I lock it from the inside as I get out.

Manual locks on my truck, however.

 

[opelgt1969]

Horn honking not as bad as when you touch the "Panic" button by accident on remote while your hands are full of stuff while trying to make only one trip from car to house!

 

[JMoney]

Horn honking not as bad as when you touch the "Panic" button by accident on remote while your hands are full of stuff while trying to make only one trip from car to house!

I think the panic button is pretty useless (also a feature my truck doesn't have). Even if someone is breaking into your car, nobody will pay attention to the alarm because they assume you accidentally pressed the button. I think yelling or screaming would be a better attention-grabber.

 

[Black Gold]

Out of the 4 cars I have at my house, only my Neon does that, but I turned it off. You also have the people that hit the button 3-4 times because they forgot that they already locked it.

 

[Mikeybc]

Doesn't really bother me, I usually will hit the button twice to make it honk if I forget and I'm too far away to hear the locking mechanism engage. If it doesn't honk then I know a door isn't closed properly. I just try to be mindfull of people near the car when I do it.

 

[Black Gold]

Doesn't really bother me, I usually will hit the button twice to make it honk if I forget and I'm too far away to hear the locking mechanism engage. If it doesn't honk then I know a door isn't closed properly. I just try to be mindfull of people near the car when I do it.

It's better when people are mindful of it, it's just the people that don't care when they do it. I'm around the latter most of the time, unfortunately.

 

[Harry6784]

My car honks twice when I lock it with the key, I like it since you're sure if you locked it even when you're far away. But at night I usually just lock it with the indoor switch and close the door, but this way I have to make sure the key is in my pocket

 

[hawkeye122]

My parents had a 4runner which wouldn't use the horn, but put out a rather mild "beep". This ought to be the standard.

 

[Black Gold]

My parents had a 4runner which wouldn't use the horn, but put out a rather mild "beep". This ought to be the standard.

I have an Avalon that uses neither, you just have to listen for the lock mechanism. Most newer Toyotas use that beep, but mine's a '95, so no horn or beep.

 

[Tornado]

This was one of the first things I turned off when messing with the Feature Programming on my car, so only the lights flash.




Second thing was turning off the old man ejecto seato function.

 

[Leggy1]

Is this a US only thing? I'm sure I've never heard it here.

 

[sems4arsenal]

Horn honking not as bad as when you touch the "Panic" button by accident on remote while your hands are full of stuff while trying to make only one trip from car to house!

This, especially in crowded places where you look like an idiot braking into your own car, happened alot to me

 

[Black Gold]

If it's a faint horn, It's all cool with me.

These are one of the worst offenders though.

 

[GTPorsche]

It's to notify you that the alarm is active.

 

[EF12345678]

Yes, this issue annoys me too.
Although Ford has seemed to solved this in a 2010 Ford F-250.
Instead of blowing the horn full blast it quiets it down, and you still get that reassuring, yet quieter beep when you lock it.
No, it doesn't wake the neighbors.

 

[opelgt1969]

It's to notify you that the alarm is active.

But My truck doesn't have an alarm! Must be so stupid people will think you have alarm, but they are stupid and don't care.

 

[Black Gold]

It would be appreciated if most companies would do what Toyota does, just use an electronic beep instead of the horn and save the annoyance for something else.

 

[Mikeybc]

If it's a faint horn, It's all cool with me.

These are one of the worst offenders though.

Ha, yeah, the older Honda horns are ear piercing, our CRV almost makes my ears ring when standing in front of it. However the newer Accords sound just like an old American car horn now with a deeper tone.

 

[Harry6784]

Just so it's out there, most cars do allow you to customize your notifications. Silent, single beep, double beep, lights only...etc.

 

[opelgt1969]

It would be appreciated if most companies would do what Toyota does, just use an electronic beep instead of the horn and save the annoyance for something else.

Would you mean something like the headlights going out on all vehicles, but what would the battery makers do with the money they give the car companies not to install this.

 

[Black Gold]

Ha, yeah, the older Honda horns are ear piercing, our CRV almost makes my ears ring when standing in front of it. However the newer Accords sound just like an old American car horn now with a deeper tone.

At least they don't throw on the reverse lights as well. (GM, I'm looking right at you).

 

[Black Gold]

Would you mean something like the headlights going out on all vehicles, but what would the battery makers do with the money they give the car companies not to install this.

Pay them to put more manual trannies in their cars.

 

[Zenith]

Normally the first push of the "door lock" button simply locks the car. Pressing the button again honks the horn so that the driver can confirm they locked the car from a long distance or without line-of-sight. This is also valuable for finding the car in parking lots.

As for using a softer honk, this would just be an unnecessary complication. Why would they add another horn to the car instead of using the one they already have? This would also limit the cars ability to confirm that it was locked to a distant owner.

 

[Black Gold]

Normally the first push of the "door lock" button simply locks the car. Pressing the button again honks the horn so that the driver can confirm they locked the car from a long distance or without line-of-sight. This is also valuable for finding the car in parking lots.

As for using a softer honk, this would just be an unnecessary complication. Why would they add another horn to the car instead of using the one they already have? This would also limit the cars ability to confirm that it was locked to a distant owner.

AFAIK Hyundais and Kias do that. Also, some cars have separate horns for that purpose, newer Fords for example.

 

[SniperRed3]

My dads Kia makes a dull beep.

 

[Black Gold]

A family friend's Sedona would do that after hitting the button twice, my cousin's Optima is the same, just with a forklift horn.

 

[Minty]

My BRZ does a really light, soft beep that still manages to make the sound travel a decent distance. I have to click it 3 times in succession before it'll beep. It's soft enough of a tone for it to actually be kind of pleasing to hear, even when it beeps on unlock.

 

[Joey D]

The MINI didn't and the Volvo doesn't honk, however the Focus did and that was turned off fairly quickly. All three cars had/have proximity so I never needed/need to press the lock button, I just walk away.