Acoustic pedestrian protection S4U9A=Yes

kstinmb · 07-24-2019, 01:47 PM

My 2016 F15 has this option (well, it's on the build sheet. I haven't actually seen it).
Acoustic pedestrian protection S4U9A

When is it activated, what does it sound like, can it be disabled?

turboawd · 07-24-2019, 03:04 PM

So it makes noise so pedestrian can hear you coming?

gwes · 07-24-2019, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by turboawd

So it makes noise so pedestrian can hear you coming?

Just start the car without the ICE, you'll hear it running. Sounds sort of like a ufo whirring.
It's a legal thing - so that people can hear the car coming when the ICE isn't running, I guess people at some point were getting run over by electric vehicles and sued.

gwes

OnlyGerman · 07-24-2019, 08:03 PM

Is this part of the driving plus package?

gwes · 07-24-2019, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by XLife14

Is this part of the driving plus package?

It comes with all 40e’s - it’s for electric vehicles.

CHECKERED · 07-26-2019, 03:38 PM

also found on hybrids,

I removed it from my wife's Prius,

you can remove it, unplug it, or disable it via codding

turboawd · 07-26-2019, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CHECKERED

also found on hybrids,

I removed it from my wife's Prius,

you can remove it, unplug it, or disable it via codding

Why? Can you hear it inside?

CHECKERED · 07-30-2019, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by turboawd

Why? Can you hear it inside?

with the windows down you could hear it

smyles · 07-30-2019, 12:17 PM

My prius beeps on reverse.... inside! Imagine that.

alphaod · 07-30-2019, 12:46 PM

Remember if you remove it, and some idiot runs into your car (and clearly their fault) it could become your liability.

gwes · 07-31-2019, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by CHECKERED

with the windows down you could hear it

On the 40e it’s so quiet that, while in the car, unless you have the windows down and are in an enclosed space you wouldn’t be able to hear it. Not only that, but when the car is moving you’d never hear it - the speaker faces forward and the wheels make more noise contacting the road than this thing does.
You can either remove it by coding or unplug it - or get something like this - you won’t be able to hear it at all.

kstinmb · 07-31-2019, 10:18 AM

I would be happy if mine sounded like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NgSZ8sjDgU

turboawd · 07-31-2019, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kstinmb

I would be happy if mine sounded like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NgSZ8sjDgU

gwes · 07-31-2019, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by kstinmb

I would be happy if mine sounded like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NgSZ8sjDgU

Haha

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