Rear Occupant Seat Alert

[gordonf238]

Is there any way to turn this feature completely off?

I have the Rear Occupant Seal Reminder turned OFF in the options.

However, upon starting the vehicle every time, a reminder tells me that it's OFF, and asking me whether I wish to turn it ON.

This is beyond annoying, and is a feature that was recently introduced through one of the wonderful updates.


The logic just escapes me. You have the featured turned OFF, but a reminder constantly reminds you that it's off. Please Ford, if you're listening, can you kindly stop forcing these nuisances on your customers?

If anyone has any tips on how to permanently disable this, I'm all ears. Thanks guys!

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[RickMachE]

This is a safety feature.

You turn it off.

Your wife gets in with the two kids, and one of them doesn't buckle up. She gets no warning, she has no idea you turned the feature off...

 

[JLowe]

This is a safety feature.

You turn it off.

Your wife gets in with the two kids, and one of them doesn't buckle up. She gets no warning, she has no idea you turned the feature off...

True enough, but this is where user responsibility should come into play. Too many laws and features protecting people against their own idiocracy.

 

[ctenidae]

True enough, but this is where user responsibility should come into play. Too many laws and features protecting people against their own idiocracy.

Totally. Seatbelts only work in a crash - if I don't get in a crash, why should I have to wear them?

/not against letting people suffer for their mistakes, but we've got a lot of ground to make up before we can trust people with things as difficult as checking the rear seat. As we read about far too often.

 

[A-A-Ron]

Is there any way to turn this feature completely off?

I have the Rear Occupant Seal Reminder turned OFF in the options.

However, upon starting the vehicle every time, a reminder tells me that it's OFF, and asking me whether I wish to turn it ON.

This is beyond annoying, and is a feature that was recently introduced through one of the wonderful updates.


The logic just escapes me. You have the featured turned OFF, but a reminder constantly reminds you that it's off. Please Ford, if you're listening, can you kindly stop forcing these nuisances on your customers?

If anyone has any tips on how to permanently disable this, I'm all ears. Thanks guys!

Try turning it on and back off again. I had that happen to me before too. When you turn it off, it'll tell you it'll ask you again in 6 months, but shouldn't ask you to turn it on every time.

 

[JLowe]

Totally. Seatbelts only work in a crash - if I don't get in a crash, why should I have to wear them?

/not against letting people suffer for their mistakes, but we've got a lot of ground to make up before we can trust people with things as difficult as checking the rear seat. As we read about far too often.

Agreed. I like all the technology and safety features available in todays vehicles, but I also like the ability to turn them off, and not be bothered by some of them at times. If a user overrides safety or any other settings, then that’s on the user from then on.

 

[generaltso]

However, upon starting the vehicle every time, a reminder tells me that it's OFF, and asking me whether I wish to turn it ON.

Something's not right. I have the reminder turned off in my car and it doesn't pop anything up when I start the car. As @A-A-Ron suggested, try enabling it and disabling it again.

 

[worachj]

On my 2023, I have never seen a warning once I turned it off.

 

[Jppumper]

Is there any way to turn this feature completely off?

I have the Rear Occupant Seal Reminder turned OFF in the options.

I have tried this also with no luck. I just hit the button when it goes off now.

 

[Martin desbrulais]

A few times I have had the rear centre seat belt not plugged in warning when there is only one person sat in the rear (slim) and nothing on the centre of the rear seat.

 

[AKgrampy]

I had this, along with interior sensor alarm, start to pop up after a recent update. I was able to reset the settings and all is working correctly now.

 

[RickMachE]

True enough, but this is where user responsibility should come into play. Too many laws and features protecting people against their own idiocracy.

Yeah, but since the majority of the population have below average intelligence, that's the way it is.

 

[Neil4Real]

Yeah, but since the majority of the population have below average intelligence, that's the way it is.

Why are you saying this is how it is? It is a bug and isn't supposed to be working this way. It is tied to your profile so if you do have someone else who needs it, they can set their own profile with it on. With the setting off, it is only supposed to notify you twice a year if you want to change the setting back to on.

With 4.2.6 the bug has gone a step further and now fully turned this setting back on, so everytime I turn off, it doesn't just have the "twice a year" popup asking if I want to turn it back on, it bings 3 times and tells me to check the back seat.

 

[Mach-Lee]

Make sure it's turned off in the guest profile?

 

[Maquis]

Why are you saying this is how it is? It is a bug and isn't supposed to be working this way. It is tied to your profile so if you do have someone else who needs it, they can set their own profile with it on. With the setting off, it is only supposed to notify you twice a year if you want to change the setting back to on.

With 4.2.6 the bug has gone a step further and now fully turned this setting back on, so everytime I turn off, it doesn't just have the "twice a year" popup asking if I want to turn it back on, it bings 3 times and tells me to check the back seat.

He’s not commenting about bugs vs no bugs…..his point is the reason for rear seat warnings to exist at all is because of human stupidity.

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