Ford Ranger Door Chime Problem - Solved (REALLY) 

It's not the most mature thing I've ever done, but do know how satisfying it was to take that little buzzer when I disconnected it, put it on an anvil, and smashed it into shards? I could feel all of the stress in my shoulders start to melt. Thanks for uploading!!!

Great video. I did this on a 2002 Focus last year that had the same problem. I now have a 1998 Ranger with the problem... So I wanted to see the location of the module. I'm glad you did this for people having this problem. I wish they wouldn't put these silly buzzers in cars it's the worst when you are diagnosing any problem on the interior or you are trying to read scanner data and the car yells at you the whole time..

Thank you immensely my friend!!! i was ready to take a hammer to the dash lol!! you saved me much troubleshooting and sanity from the buzzer! Much gratitude!

Thanks x1000 for posting this. I did the procedure in maybe 30 minutes! Vehicle is a '02 Ranger XL 5 speed 2.3....... I used a dremel tool with a miniature burr tool attached. I simply ground down the two connections until they were flush with the circuit board then very carefully pried it until the chime speaker popped free. No more phantom chimes, EVER! -Regards from Waterford, Michigan USA :-D

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I just finished this on my 2000 Ford Explorer and it worked perfectly. Wasn't really that hard thanks to your detailed instruction. The hardest part for me was getting that screw back in that holds the black box. I lost it and replaced it with something that worked. Also, I didn't de-solder the connections. I just twisted the bastard a little with a pair of channel locks until it came off. If it weren't for you I would have had to just deal with that annoying beeper. My situation was that about 7 seconds after every time I started the vehicle, the beeper would do a series of 5 beeps for 5 times. Infuriating. Also do it again every half hour or so. My deepest thanks and appreciation for your efforts. You made someone really happy today. Blessed silence! Steve from Toms River, NJ

Thanks for the info. I will do this when I replace the malfunctioning sound system. Seems like a good time to fix the chime and the radio.

Thank you greatly for this video . It's very helpful on locating it and solving the issue . I plan on taking out the chime on my 2000 Ford Ranger Supercab before it gives issues .

YOU my man are a genius, THANKS your video was clear concise and Correct Finally that stupid chime is off

Thank you for sharing your experience, this will help me a lot on my case.

Cheers fella. I just purchased this issue. Very helpfull and kind hearted.

your video was very helpful! I have a 97 ford explorer and it's the same way to fix . thank you for this useful knowledge

Thanks for the info, it helped me to rid me of that annoying door chime. I followed all the steps and now the chime is riding in the ashtray. Thanks again.

Beautiful silence, that's what I want. I'm gonna try that. I removed the box this afternoon and I'm leaving it out. Doesn't seem to affect anything else. Thank you SO MUCH for the video. That noise was driving me NUTS!! Well I just found out that THAT particular module is for the 4 wheel drive on the 06. Same description and everything, but it is NOT for the door open chime. The chime for the doors open, headlights on, key in the ignition is on the backside of the gauge cluster. You have to remove the cluster and look for a round black plastic thingy. On the 06 ranger its right behind the speedometer. What I did is once I had the cluster out of the dash and just pry off that black round thing. Put it all back together and wahla, no more annoying dinging. In his picture, that is exactly what the piece looks like, but on the 06, it's on the back of the gauge cluster.

That's what I have been looking for. Thank you for sharing this video.

im going to do this on my 02. thanks so much for going step by step like that.

Thank you, I have a Ford ranger 1998, same problem, and within a day after watching your video was able to take that beeping car part out..... I did try just unplugging a set of wires, but the broad is tied together with the speedometer, so thank you for pointing out that small cylinder.

Thank you. I have a 2003 Ford Ranger Edge 3.0L. Thanks to you, no more buzzer.

Great video on how to solve this problem, thank you !!!!

This worked perfect thank you for your time and information.

You my friend are awesome that helped I just twisted the speaker off it came off really easy didn't damage the circuit board or anyting

I get in and out of my truck a lot, leave it running, leave the doors open, leave the keys in it, and the damned chime was driving me insane. I’d tried the ignition tumbler solution; the voodoo solution of latch the belt three times, switch on the lights, latch three more times, swing a chicken over your head; and a few other worthless procedures. This is the only solution that shut the damned thing up for good. It’s a simple job I was able to complete from start to finish in far less time than it took to watch the video. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Very cool video! Thank you for sharing!!

Just tank you tank you!!! it really helps I was going crazy

Definitely going to try it my door chime I hate that damn thing cuz I'm unloading stuff out of the truck and it keeps going off I'm not stupid I know the doors open I don't need some dumb door chime to tell me Thanks for posting this video There is one thing I do differently and that is once I find that circular chime I'm going to cut it apart with a Dremel tool and leave it soldered to the board

thank you for showing us how to do this :)

Thanks bro. I got accustomed to it and end up blocking it out. But now I'm going to get rid of it.

Perfection. Thanks for the detailed video. Took me all five to ten minutes to take care of the problem. #BlessedSilence

think u for the video....it help out a lot bro....thxs man(:

i just did a door latch swap on my truck because the used door I swapped in was from a different year and the switch was a different style connector, so I do have a functioning door chime when the key is in the ignition and door open or closed but I got a courtesy light issue to figure out now.

What a blessing!!!

I'm thinking about trying to take the the buzzer part off the motherboard so far everything still working fine in your truck? I tried the wd40 in the door jams, it also has to do with your seatbelts. but I tried all that 2 or 3 times and replaced dash bulbs...so I'm at the point where as you said that annoying sound has to go.

What I want is to fix this chime on my 1999 Mazda B3000 SX not to take it out. The problem is that the chime doesn't work when the key is on the ignition switch with the door is open and when the ignition switch is in the on position.The chime basically don't work and not make the noise. The other ones work except the sestbelt one. If someone can help please respond

Thank you , I got up to the point where u take the panel out. But I don't have the sorter to remove the chime

Great job ! We have a 2002 Tarus and hopefully its the same .... Il try it :-)

On my 97 the ding gos off if the door is open (key is not in the ignition) but dings like it is

Thanks for that information

thanks man that really help.

My ranger is a pos & not my daily so I just took a soldering iron to the two connectors on the board holding the “bell” in place for a bit until I warmed them up enough, as it warmed them up I jiggled it’s back & forth until it came out. Easy. I did not no looking for wick or anything.

Is this the same buzzer that the seat belt warning uses?

Did u leave solder out of holes or had to make a connection. ?

I have a 2011 Ford Ranger xl and every time I hit about 60mph on the road, this loud beeping sound goes off. Would this work for my truck ?

if my dash lights are out would that cause the chime sound. It happens after my vehicle runs for a few min then like every 20 min when your driving randomly. I have the same truck basically 98 ford ranger xlt. thanks for the great video

I may get a test light and see which wire on the connectors flashes to the sound of the dinging and snip it.

was your interior light and cargo coming on as well ? or just the chime. I'm having the same issue with my 07 f250

SILENCE!!! Thank You!!!

Does this stops the headlight reminder to go off as well because my headlight and everything is off and my headlight reminder goes offf

will this work on a 95? great video man thanks for the info

How do you know its a door chime problem ? I have a alarm going off that sounds like a fork lift backing up that goes off 5 times in a row ( a total of 25 times )the alarm is behind the glove box My truck is Ford Ranger 1997 for wheel drive w/ 4.o engine / does anyone know what the hell it is ?

My noisemaker is going bad (sounds tinny and crackly) and I want it to sound normal again. Can i solder a small speaker to the circuit board to fix this or is it a waste of time?

Ty Ty Ty was driving me crazy

Thanks my truck only had one screw on the duct work too

What if you just unplug the two plugs and leave it? Will the truck still work??

Is this the same in a 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac?

Hi I used this tutorial and removed the speaker, I lost my dome, wipers, and 4x4. Any ideas? Fuses look fine

I installed a aftermarket radio and now my car won’t start and windows won’t roll down as well as the door chime won’t work unless it has 12v from my cigarette lighter

Just curious, but where is the buzzed for the turn signals?

Thanks mine just started doing this today so I'm going to remove that pest today

It would have been nice to hear which sound you were talking about.

Lifesaver 🙏 now just remove the light from the cluster and good to go

Thanks for the video. Im removing my brothers today. Thanks again

Gem module between cluster and stereo. Pull stereo bezzle

Can you just leave it unplugged or does it mess with other things?

I pulled my module and I don't see a buzzer 😢 2008 Ford Ranger Fx4

Dude what the hell I did this and my Transmission didn't want to change Gears ,so I plug it back in and now my transmission changes gears .. another way to disable it ????

The door buzzer is 1 wire attached to a flat piece of metal that is on the outside of your key switch. It's grounding out just pull it out. Lol

does it do it every time you start the vehicle?

Tnks

Ding ding ding ding it’s maddening!!!!

I did this door chime guit but now I have no blinkers speedometer and windows won’t open

For 03 explorer owners the chime may be in the gauge panel board.

Yes my 07 f450 has the same chime this the closest ive come to ending this annoying chime seems that ford engineers think we re to stupid to jnow if our door is open

Im trying this i just got a ranger and it annoying

what year ranger is this

WD40 first is worth a shot, worked for my 98 windstar

I did exactly that and didn't unhook my battery. my cigar wires touched and fried my fuse. in cab fuze. so I changed it. well I also noticed my speedometer and whole IP cluster does not work now lol. not Shure what to do now. I even checked main fuze box under hood and the IP fuse is fine?

Would be cool if you showed the noise and you de soldering it but good video anyway.

If I'm a little sketched out with my ability to do this would there be a wire i could cut? Lol

thank you a million times but please go back to school because your announciation was more annoying then the buzzer thanks again

Mine does it now none stop .

I just broke the fucker off Then when I plugged it back in my windsheild whipers and speedometer quit working

I popped mine off with a flat head screw driver😂😂

Get top the point. People talk way too much and people don't have time for all there nonsense talk when they're trying to figure out how to ferry there vehicle running again. Just state facts. Here's the problem, this is the solution

No, No, No....your driver door latch is stucked!!! Typical Ford problem, just WD40, usually un stuck it, if not, just replace it !! Not this kind of work, no, no !!!

Sollder

give me 30 more reaons why it annoying

Good video but you needed to get strait to the point bro.

$5

If you decide to make another video, get video editing software. Your information was good, but way too much talking. That video could have been done in 4 minutes.

This guy put me to sleep