Disable "Panic" button on key?

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Anyway to disable this function? I've never intentionally used it but it's in the same location as the unlock button on my other car so that's happened and I've "butt" pressed the button while it's in my pocket several times including early this morning.

Quick "solution" would be to pop the case open and cover the electrical contacts at the switch on the circuit board. Problem is separating the cases yields no access to the button. A drop of super glue would lockout a button if they were separate but they're not.

Any software (Forscan) solutions? I've not seen any.

-- Chuck
 

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You could fabricate a small fitting piece of aluminum and Gorilla Tape it over the panic & 2X buttons, wrapping it all the way around the fob to keep the tape solid. Messy but would work.
 

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Thanks. I want to retain all the other functions of the key other than Panic.

-- Chuck
I know you'll never do this, but I was curious how it would work and it only took a couple minutes. Works pretty well, you can still activate the panic but it takes some effort. Now I know!
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Can anyone confirm these work/don't work on the Expedition (plagiarized from the F150 forum).
I'm resurrecting this old thread because the following settings were found yesterday/today in FORScan:
BCM:
726-37-01 xxxx xxx2 xxxx Panic alarm on fob enabled
726-37-01 xxxx xxx1 xxxx Panic alarm on fob requires 2 presses
726-37-01 xxxx xxx0 xxxx Panic alarm on fob disabled

This also applies:
726-01-02 xxx0 xxxx xxxx Panic alarm - lights & horn
726-01-02 xxx1 xxxx xxxx Panic alarm - lights only

According to Ford the "as built" settings on my truck are:

726-37-01 0001 0066 The last 4 doesn't match the sequence above. I have not looked at the data myself, just using what I got from FordServiceInfo.com using my VIN.

Panic activates after a single press of the button. It turns Off, however, with another press.

-- Chuck
 
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