Is there a way to turn off Approach lighting feature?

[Mrtosh]

I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to turn off the Approach lighting/unlock feature where it unlocks when you get within 5' of the truck?

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[spud_41]

I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to turn off the Approach lighting/unlock feature where it unlocks when you get within 5' of the truck?

Settings - vehicle settings - lighting - welcome lighting

 

[spud_41]

Somehow missed the unlock part. The truck shouldn't unlock until you put your hand on either the front driver or passenger door handle. There is an option to have it unlock all doors when doing this, or just the one you grab.

 

[Mrtosh]

Somehow missed the unlock part. The truck shouldn't unlock until you put your hand on either the front driver or passenger door handle. There is an option to have it unlock all doors when doing this, or just the one you grab.

On mine when you get within a certain distance the lights come on and the drivers door unlocks. Not a big fan of the door unlock feature. Only want it to unlock when I touch the handle or use the key fob.

 

[Green_Bean]

Just came across this thread. But I'm wondering if there has been an update to this feature. I just took possession of my new Lariat, and it does light up when I get within about 6 ft of it...but the door/s don't unlock....just the approach lights come on.

 

[CBGray]

Just came across this thread. But I'm wondering if there has been an update to this feature. I just took possession of my new Lariat, and it does light up when I get within about 6 ft of it...but the door/s don't unlock....just the approach lights come on.

Mine will unlock for me when I put my fingers behind the handle. Basically, do the motion of grabbing the door handle in slow motion. When your fingers go behind the back of the handle, but haven't grabbed the handle yet, the door(s) should unlock. It took me a bit to figure this one out. Also, if you have your fingers in the same place, and you push the black button on the door handle to lock, it won't. I have to make sure my fingers are fully away from the handle, then push the black button on the handle to lock the truck.

 

[ptricky]

Somehow missed the unlock part. The truck shouldn't unlock until you put your hand on either the front driver or passenger door handle.

I have a Poweboost, so this is perhaps different based on HEV/non-HEV... (OP says they have a powerboost in their signature).

When I get close to the car a super loud relay clicks and it *sounds* like the doors unlock. If the keyfob is not in my pocket the same click can be triggered when using the keypad (but without entering all the digits to trigger an unlock).

Regardless of sound, the door stays locked until the handle is touched or all keypad digits are entered (as others on this thread have said).

 

[kosekjm]

Oddly enough I just picked up a Powerboost XLT yesterday and I cannot get the approach lighting to kick on. I have enabled the feature on the sync settings but the graphic it shows is the key fob being triggered.

Just about positive my 21 Ecoboost that I traded for the Powerboost lit up when it detected the key fob.

Most weird

 

[dhrandy]

Oddly enough I just picked up a Powerboost XLT yesterday and I cannot get the approach lighting to kick on. I have enabled the feature on the sync settings but the graphic it shows is the key fob being triggered.

Just about positive my 21 Ecoboost that I traded for the Powerboost lit up when it detected the key fob.

Most weird

Are you sure you have approach lights, seems to be an option on the XLT.

 

[kosekjm]

Are you sure you have approach lights, seems to be an option on the XLT.

Oddly enough both trucks are 302A high packages. The only difference in the window sticker between the two is no under seat locking storage and no max tow on the PB. Most odd.

 

[kosekjm]

So apparently my issue was caused by my wife's key fob being too close to the truck. I normally parked the ecoboost further from the house but now need to park closer in. When my wife comes home she sets her backpack down right on the other side of the wall that I am parked next to. Most likely when she got in today the lights triggered,. After that the truck didn't see the fob move and then never responded to mine when I walked past it.

Neither my Ecoboost or this Powerboost automatically unlocks the doors on approach. I have to either hit the unlock or put my hand into the door handle. Both trucks had the same relay click that @ptricky mentioned but the doors stayed locked.

 

[Airforcetxn]

Mine will unlock for me when I put my fingers behind the handle. Basically, do the motion of grabbing the door handle in slow motion. When your fingers go behind the back of the handle, but haven't grabbed the handle yet, the door(s) should unlock. It took me a bit to figure this one out. Also, if you have your fingers in the same place, and you push the black button on the door handle to lock, it won't. I have to make sure my fingers are fully away from the handle, then push the black button on the handle to lock the truck.

I'm curious if you experience a slight delay in the door unlocking when you position your hand around the handle. If I walk straight up to my 22 Powerboost and pull the handle, it will still be locked. I have to let my hand sit behind the handle for just half a second and then it unlocks. I was fine with it until I drove a 21 Excursion over the weekend which had the same feature but operated very quickly. There was pretty much no way I could pull the handle fast enough to catch it still locked on the Excursion. I know there is some stuff stripped off the 22's that 21's had due to the chip shortage...wondering if there was some change in proximity sensor from 21 to 22 that caused the degraded performance.

 

[Airforcetxn]

So apparently my issue was caused by my wife's key fob being too close to the truck. I normally parked the ecoboost further from the house but now need to park closer in. When my wife comes home she sets her backpack down right on the other side of the wall that I am parked next to. Most likely when she got in today the lights triggered,. After that the truck didn't see the fob move and then never responded to mine when I walked past it.

Neither my Ecoboost or this Powerboost automatically unlocks the doors on approach. I have to either hit the unlock or put my hand into the door handle. Both trucks had the same relay click that @ptricky mentioned but the doors stayed locked.

Careful with where you keep those key fobs at night. I work in Cybersecurity and they had several talks on this at the Defcon hacking conference this year. Best practice is to store them more towards interior of the house. Buddy of mine recently got his '22 Ram 2500 stolen via this attack. Basically, if you keep the fob somewhere that someone can catch its signal from outside your house, they can relay that signal to steal your vehicle. Different car manufacturers have varying degrees of security to defend against this.

https://www.hard-off-security.com/about-relay-hacking/

 

[HSV_MIkeJ]

There is a lot of clicking noise, but don't think mine unlocked until I reached and grabbed the handle. Either way I turned it off. I am in my garage/shop many hours a day and got tired of it turning on every time I moved around. Great feature when walking up to the truck at night, but a pain if you are around the truck in the shop most of the day.

 

[diambo4life]

I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to turn off the Approach lighting/unlock feature where it unlocks when you get within 5' of the truck?

So was this verified that the doors were actually unlocking?

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