Drewpydog Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 I always hesitate to start a new topic since I'm sure it has been covered somewhere but I haven't found any coverage after searching. My 2017 Edge Sport gives one single honk every single time it is started - I'm about ready to unplug the horn. Anyone have any experience with this one? All the doors are closed, key is in the driver's seat, foot is on the brake, its in park - button press gets a honk and a normal startup.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar302 Posted November 11, 2020 Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 Don't remember reading about this before. There is no known scenario (in stock form) that would cause the horn to honk when starting the engine. Do you have any alarm system installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted November 11, 2020 Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 I think I remember something like that happening when the hood was open (or the latch was faulty). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewpydog Posted November 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 Just purchased this thing last Sunday - haven't had time to open the hood (I'm ashamed to admit I didn't even look before I bought it). I'll try to re-latch the hood. To answer the first question, It doesn't have an aftermarket alarm - it is an unmodified factory-optioned Sport. I'll let you know what I find so we all can advise the next poor guy who has this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar302 Posted November 11, 2020 Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, akirby said: I think I remember something like that happening when the hood was open (or the latch was faulty). If the hood is open (or latch is faulty) an indicator in the instrument cluster will show that hood is open. But, even with the hood open it still will not honk. At least that's how it is on my 2016 Sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewpydog Posted November 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 I wondered if there would be an indication if the hood wasn't latched or the switch failed - either way, it doesn't appear to have fixed my problem. I'm not really excited to have a problem nobody else has encountered since it thins out the ideas ? I'll be unplugging the horn for now... hopefully that won't set a code of some kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr061 Posted November 11, 2020 Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 Does it successfully remote start? Assuming it has that option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CARR142 Posted November 11, 2020 Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 FYI, My 11 MKx won't remote start with the hood open. Holding down the hood switch it will start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewpydog Posted November 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) Just had the boss test it and she said the remote start is not working so maybe it needs to go back where I got it and have them hassle with it Edited November 11, 2020 by Drewpydog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewpydog Posted November 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) I’m told it honks twice now - possible for it to be a key battery going dead? so I guess if you want something done right you have to do it yourself. After further personal investigation, the remote start works if you know how to use it and it honks once on start up as originally described. So I’m basically back to square one with absolutely no idea where to go from here. Edited November 12, 2020 by Drewpydog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewpydog Posted December 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 For those who will be helping others troubleshoot oddball stuff in the future - the cause was a GPS device attached to the BCM and set to honk on startup. I'm still not sure what benefit that provided, but it is removed and all is good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southside Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 somebody wanted to be able to tell if the tracker had been tampered with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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