You can disable the double honk using forscan: I know it's annoying to have to do that, but if it bugs you so much, it is a pretty easy way to fix it. There are a couple of other features you might want to enable, while you are at it.
Yes, the lift gate is less than reliable. Best option (again, annoying you have to do it) is to disconnect the antenna.
Engine shut off: push the button. Or, there are a couple of options to 'permanently' set it to not do that.
The alarm defaulting to on? Well, that's probably the best way for the vast majority of people.
The keypad works fine without the key nearby: perhaps you have a technical glitch?
Most of these features are what would satisfy the majority of people (intermittent tail lift gate not withstanding). Most of them can be defeated with a bit of work. I'd investigate that if you are so against them
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Thanks, Whitely (that's brave!) I appreciate the intelligent repy, even if you seem somewhat more accepting, or tolerant, of control and stupidity than is healthy for society. My view.
Disable double honk using Forscan? I had it disabled by an independent shop on my 2015 but when I got the 2019 the shop had it a week and said no one had broken the new code yet, try again in 6 mos. I'll have to google Forscan. Thanks.
Engine shut off: push the button - Yes, at least there is that. But you have to do it every time you drive, you've paid who-knows what for something you don't need or want, so some envirowhacko can feel like he's saving the world - a second at a time. And I'd wager that the quick stop-start emits more of whatever he doesn't want emitted than steady running over the same time. Engine stop. Engine start. Inertia. No, I don't believe in global warming or anthropogenic climate change (the name change and the consistent string of failed predictions should be all you need to know), nor do I believe it is anything but the height of hubris to think we could do anything about it if there were anything to it. It's about control, some people have an insatiable appetite for control of the behavior of others. I resent being controlled and co-opted into a stupid move in a fight I don't believe in.
The interior alarm - The alarm doesn't just default to on. It has a new (since my 2015 anyway) feature, "interior sensor." I'm OK with the alarm setting. I'm not OK with, and don't see the point of, the interior feature. Is that for if you left your keys in the car with a prisoner? You left someone in the car and you don't want them to move?
The keypad - Page 72 Owner's manual, middle of left column. In italits. "
Note: You must have an intelligent access key within 3 ft of your vehicle." Found that after many frustrating attempts. Yours is a 2019 also, so I don't understand.
Even if there is eventually a way to defeat these aggravations, I deeply resent having to. I'm being controlled by the stupidity and control appetite of others.
