I have a Long Travel Ford Raptor 2011 set up by Outlaw Offroad. The mods done to the vehicle remove certain parts (like traction control, rear ABS, and other items). Bottom line is when I got the truck back the dashboard would like up like a Christmas tree and the chime/warning alarm would be sounding for about 20 seconds on engine start and another minute once I put it into gear. Very annoying! I attempted to find someone to turn these warnings off via reprogramming but so far could not find anyone who knew how to do it.
I did a lot of reading online about how to disable the chime. There were a few partial solutions like silencing it for seatbelts not being worn or when you put the key into the ignition. I wanted the chime off completely.
I decided to find the chime and kill it. The chime speaker is part of the dashboard unit that holds the gauges. Removing the steering shroud and dash is fairly easy if you have any car experience at all. Just a few basic tools are needed and this whole process only took about an hour (going slowly since I had not pulled the dash apart before).
Long story short is remove the large plastic unit that holds the dash gauges. On the back of this unit you will see a small round speaker. It is about 1 1/4 inch across. Use a wire cutter or knife to break out the plastic mesh and foam you see on the speaker. Then use a knife to cut the thin plastic membrane in the speaker. Pull out the plastic membrane. When you pull it out a small circle of copper will come with it out of the center of the speaker. The speaker is now dead. It is still hooked up and will try to make noise but no noise will come out of it since you removed the part that makes noise.
In the pics below I opened up the rear of the dash to figure out if I could pull the speaker out. I could not see an easy way to do it so I just disabled the speaker itself and left it in place.
Below is a link to some pics I took:
https://picasaweb.google.com/107340845332205134287/DashRemoval
Hope this helps someone.
I did a lot of reading online about how to disable the chime. There were a few partial solutions like silencing it for seatbelts not being worn or when you put the key into the ignition. I wanted the chime off completely.
I decided to find the chime and kill it. The chime speaker is part of the dashboard unit that holds the gauges. Removing the steering shroud and dash is fairly easy if you have any car experience at all. Just a few basic tools are needed and this whole process only took about an hour (going slowly since I had not pulled the dash apart before).
Long story short is remove the large plastic unit that holds the dash gauges. On the back of this unit you will see a small round speaker. It is about 1 1/4 inch across. Use a wire cutter or knife to break out the plastic mesh and foam you see on the speaker. Then use a knife to cut the thin plastic membrane in the speaker. Pull out the plastic membrane. When you pull it out a small circle of copper will come with it out of the center of the speaker. The speaker is now dead. It is still hooked up and will try to make noise but no noise will come out of it since you removed the part that makes noise.
In the pics below I opened up the rear of the dash to figure out if I could pull the speaker out. I could not see an easy way to do it so I just disabled the speaker itself and left it in place.
Below is a link to some pics I took:
https://picasaweb.google.com/107340845332205134287/DashRemoval
Hope this helps someone.
