Proximity sensing

[Airstreampuller]

I have an XLT with all the tech packages. When my truck is parked in my garage and I walk past it makes a kind of click/clunk noise like it is locking or unlocking the doors. This occurs when I don't even have the key in my pocket. Also, it seems very random as to when it "greets me" by turning on the exterior lights. Sometimes when I walk up to it all the exterior lights go on and sometimes nothing goes on. This is always when in the garage and unlocked. I have read everything in the manual about proximity alerts, etc. and find nothing that explains either of these behaviors.

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[Notallthosewhowanderarelo]

I have been trying to figure that out too. Other people even notice it. They keep telling me my truck is clicking.

 

[FordConvert]

Do you have the key in your pocket when walking by?

 

[Notallthosewhowanderarelo]

I hear it clicking even when I do not have the key.

 

[Airstreampuller]

Do you have the key in your pocket when walking by?

Same here. No key in my pocket although the key is only about 15 feet away in the kitchen. Maybe it is still sensing it.

 

[Orlando150]

Without the key mine doesn't react if I walk near it. But it will "wake up" if I touch the door handles even without the key. When I get near it with the key it wakes up and makes some noises but I haven't felt they were abnormal.

One new noise did surprise me the other day. I was awake much earlier than normal (6:30 on Saturday) and I went out to put some stuff in the truck. As soon as opened the back door (without a key) it made a super loud clunk which sounded like a big circuit breaker. My truck is a Powerboost and my guess is that the sound was the high voltage battery being reconnected. My previous hybrid has a similar disconnect sound for the battery but wasn't quite as loud. And maybe it wasn't expecting me so it had disconnected overnight and not reconnected automatically yet? Not sure if that was the case.

These are pretty advanced trucks. They're pretty much always doing something so noises like that when walking up to the truck don't surprise me. It's just getting ready for you to start driving.

 

[jeffcrum]

I have never had it without the key. But, with the key, it does some clicking. But, what is that doing. Not unlocking the door or anything.

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