Somewhat disconcerting find with HomeLink buttons (universal garage door opener) ...
12-04-2015, 08:23 PM
#11
12-04-2015, 08:36 PM
#12
Junior Member
I am not sure about others, but I find the Homelink on this truck does not work very far away. I have to be turning into my driveway which is only 25 feet long (live on a corner lot) before it opens. My last truck would work two house lengths away (approx. 180 feet).
Anyone else with this issue?
Anyone else with this issue?
12-04-2015, 10:55 PM
#14
Senior Member
Not new, my 2011 Edge, 2004 F150, and 2005 Excursion work the same way.
I suspect that Ford has not been swamped with complaints about this "problem". Probably because it is a non-issue for most people, since Ford vehicles have been this way for over 10 years.
12-05-2015, 07:13 AM
#15
Senior Member
you do realize garage doors even the ones with keypads are one of the easiest features to hack....do even a little bit of research and you will find high school kids are doing it for kicks...driving down the road setting everyone's doors off for fun....its relatively cheap to, a laptop and about $100 worth of off the shelf parts and your in...
if your worried about security you need to make sure your garage house door has an alarm on it as well as your front and back doors.....
not that it should be able to, just saying its not that big a security breach as you are thinking...
are you sure it works even after everything is off? have you had someone without the key sit in the truck, shut everything off, locked it so it goes into secure mode and had them try it?
if your worried about security you need to make sure your garage house door has an alarm on it as well as your front and back doors.....
not that it should be able to, just saying its not that big a security breach as you are thinking...
are you sure it works even after everything is off? have you had someone without the key sit in the truck, shut everything off, locked it so it goes into secure mode and had them try it?
12-05-2015, 08:54 AM
#17
Senior Member
So your saying you can sit in the truck for hours looking at yourself in the lighted vanity mirror while opening and closing your garage door, but you can't at the same time charge your cell phone, listen to the radio or grab something to drink from the 12V powered cooler in the back seat unless you keep pushing the start button twice every 10 - 20 minutes.
They think of everything,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that they think I'll think is dumb.
They think of everything,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that they think I'll think is dumb.
I'm looking at getting a battery tender because of the low battery warning I get often, I use my vehicle every few weeks.
12-05-2015, 09:17 AM
#18
Senior Member
What's a start button...
I'm looking at getting a battery tender because of the low battery warning I get often, I use my vehicle every few weeks.
I'm looking at getting a battery tender because of the low battery warning I get often, I use my vehicle every few weeks.
12-05-2015, 09:24 AM
#19
Senior Member
Unfortunately, since my truck is in the garage that doesn't help. My local drives of 20 minutes or less don't seem to help the warning, and I don't make the longer drives often enough to avoid the warning. Got new cell phones and the radio wouldn't stay on long enough to add them to Sync, had to start the truck. Very, very annoying, but the truck does start every time I go to use it.