Key FOB - Push Button Start

On the Ford Explorer FOB when you open the rear hatch, that is the only one that unlocks. Locks back wen you close it. Nice to just be able to thow some items in and continue on your way.

The 4 doors as someone posted can be changed in the car settings on locking. The car settings gives you a lot you can customize. My settings are set so all the doors lock once you get going. Also turned off the headlights staying on all the time.

Now if only I could permanently disable the start stop garbage (where car shuts off when waiting at a light).

What is the year, make, model and engine? Usually the feature can be disabled but it often is not in the manual.

It is a garbage feature and said by experts to only gain you about 2% to 4% in mileage, the 4% being for someone who does a lot of it town driving and the 2% if you do mostly highway driving. So, if you get 28 mpg in city driving and save 4% to will now get 29.1 mpg. If you get 35 mpg the 2% savings will get you 35.7 mpg. The highest number I've seen quoted in savings is 8% in which the Society of Automotive Engineers stated "Most people think the amount of fuel saved using a start-stop system is negligible, but in reality, that fuel burned while idling at a stop adds up quickly. A study by the Society of Automotive Engineers found that using start-stop can see a car's fuel economy improve by over eight percent in heavy traffic. That might not sound like a lot, but over time, it adds up to a whole lot of wasted gas." But take note, the key words "...in heavy traffic."

You also have to look at the mechanism that provides the restart; some use hydraulics but if you have the normal starter then you also likely have a AGM battery which also costs more to replace. The starter is also a heavy duty starter and there are modifications to the cooling system.

'22 stinger 2.5 turbo.

Someone puts out a module that ties into the wiring to retain the previous state. It's somewhat costly, around $100, and requires tapping into the car's wiring. Something I have no problem doing but not so on a brand new car. Most of my driving is urban, not stop and go every 3 minutes. It's become habit to start the car, then press button to disable this each time.

A simple preference setting would be nice to change default from always enabled to always disabled. If I want it on, i'll press the switch to turn it on for that instance. They force other garbage on you like active forward collision, also always enabled but defeatable (turns back on after an ignition cycle).

Yes, the car does use an AGM battery. An h7 iirc.

Over on the stinger forum there is some indications that simply holding the button down will disable the feature. A few owners report doing this for several mnths without any harm.

I did something similar on a 2005 Accord; so long ago I don’t remember what it was. Dealer wanted a couple of hundred to fix things. I opted out and as I left the mechanic told me to wedge the button in, then put black RTV and let it harden.

^^Negative. No way to default it to off. It's re-enabled on subsequent restarts.

Are you sure? An rather large group of people say pushing the button in, and holding it with w wdge or tape, in, will work. Having said that, the comments seem to be relative to the 2020 models and earlier.

I believe that there needs to be a chip or "star" from a rock or something. I had windshields in 2 different cars have major cracks from using the defroster on iced windshields.

Modern windshields are made from 2 sheets of glass with a plastic layer between them. When the defroster is used, the inner glass sheet expands quicker than the outer one, as the plastic between them acts as an insulator. The heated inner layer expands an stresses the outer layer causing it to have a major crack.

BTW - the link above is broken.

Protect against a broken window?

Maybe that's,an extra cost feature?

Sure, wedging something in there is a possibility too, albeit not very elegant. The ideal solution is to just allow for a normally disabled function and let me enable it when I want it.