Fake engine noise?

[fetasigma]

What models and trim levels have the fake engine noise? Or where do I look it up I forscan adress wise to see if mine has it? Getting my dongle to use forscan next week to disable the autostop/autostart. Thinking about other things to change as well.

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[Adieu]

I thought that was just a BMW thing?

Et tu, Ford?

 

[fetasigma]

Some folks were talking about it on the forscan thread, I got the idea that it may just be in the platinum to make it sound more v8ish. Just making sure ND if I can find the adress to look it up I will find out if it's on my limited.

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[aggiegrad05]

They all do. Only the Platinum has noise cancellation.

And it’s not just BMW. Almost al manufacturers do it these days. If a manufacturer has ditched an 8 in favor of a turbo 6 or a 6 in favor of a turbo 4, you’d be pretty safe putting money on them piping some fake engine noise into the cabin.

 

[aggiegrad05]

They all do. Only the Platinum has noise cancellation.

And it’s not just BMW. Almost al manufacturers do it these days. If a manufacturer has ditched an 8 in favor of a turbo 6 or a 6 in favor of a turbo 4, you’d be pretty safe putting money on them piping some fake engine noise into the cabin.

And to be honest...and not as a criticism...I don’t understand why people care. I get if you’re buying a 6 cylinder and trying to pass it off to your friends as an 8 so you play fake audio...but if Ford wants to pipe in some fake noise to make my vehicle sound better, go for it! I guess I don’t understand.

 

[st381183]

What models and trim levels have the fake engine noise? Or where do I look it up I forscan adress wise to see if mine has it? Getting my dongle to use forscan next week to disable the autostop/autostart. Thinking about other things to change as well.

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Go here for FORscan codes that work on the 2018 Expedition:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iO4Uz1shNRwZv5gi2TKARDo2Y7lfSOMFj6Gott8g7yg/htmlview

 

[Shaggy]

I thought that was just a BMW thing?

Et tu, Ford?

Ford Raptors have it.

 

[16plati]

And to be honest...and not as a criticism...I don’t understand why people care. I get if you’re buying a 6 cylinder and trying to pass it off to your friends as an 8 so you play fake audio...but if Ford wants to pipe in some fake noise to make my vehicle sound better, go for it! I guess I don’t understand.

My 2016 sounds like a V8 ‍ But I deleted my rear resonator and it’s tuned so that’s probably why

 

[mquick5]

Fake noise is just in the 2018 plus models right?

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[benyl]

My 2016 sounds like a V8 ‍[emoji3603] But I deleted my rear resonator and it’s tuned so that’s probably why

With a 6 banger, they with sound like a dead cow (BMW), a Cummins diesel truck or something in between.

No matter what you do, it won’t sound like a V8. Just plain physics.


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[sjwelds]

With a 6 banger, they with sound like a dead cow (BMW), a Cummins diesel truck or something in between.

No matter what you do, it won’t sound like a V8. Just plain physics.


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Agreed.

If I ever trade my 08 on an Ecoboost, that's the one thing I'll miss. That V8 rumble.

 

[Trainmaster]

Focus group stuff. Where Ford Marketing puts 20 people in a room and asks them "what engine sound makes you more happy".

 

[Adieu]

Agreed.

If I ever trade my 08 on an Ecoboost, that's the one thing I'll miss. That V8 rumble.

I think you meant "that familiar faint ticking"

 

[sjwelds]

I think you meant "that familiar faint ticking"

How else do you know what engine you have?

 

[O5111]

If you don't know that your vehicle has it, then why bother to remove it?

When I first got my truck with the augmented sound, my father in law commented multiple times on how good it sounded. He has had several EcoBoost trucks, but this one finally sounded decent. He was very impressed. A month or so later I told him it was fake sound and now every time he rides in it he comments on how it just doesn't sound right and how I need to remove it.

 

[16plati]

With a 6 banger, they with sound like a dead cow (BMW), a Cummins diesel truck or something in between.

No matter what you do, it won’t sound like a V8. Just plain physics.


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I beg to differ, but thanks for the reply!

 

[Randy Schmidt]

I beg to differ, but thanks for the reply!

Sorry to agree with the other guy. No way a V6 ever sounds like a V8.

 

[Meeker]

And to be honest...and not as a criticism...I don’t understand why people care. I get if you’re buying a 6 cylinder and trying to pass it off to your friends as an 8 so you play fake audio...but if Ford wants to pipe in some fake noise to make my vehicle sound better, go for it! I guess I don’t understand.

My wife has complained about the noise the truck makes when towing - it definitely turns up the volume when the engine is working! I'd rather just disable it and get the quietest ride possible...

 

[aggiegrad05]

I'd be really interested to see a video comparing the sound in the cabin with the fake noise and without. So all you folks with Forscan and not enough to do...get on it!!! Haha

 

[JohnT]

To my ear it also cranks up the volume when in sport mode, maybe I am just imagining it