mgtr

I am getting pretty irritated at the stupid red trumpet button on the fob. When in my pocket (most of the time), I seem to bump it at the most inopportune times. The more I think about it, I can't conceive of practical use of it. People are so used to car alarms going off, they pretty much ignore them.
I haven't given it much thought, but I bet other people on this forum have. Off the top of my head, can I open the fob and put a piece of paper or something to block the contacts on the red button?
I guess if I took it to my dealer he could do something, but I am in SC for the summer and my dealer is in Florida.

Whisky

I've done the same thing more than once!

mcandrew67

I took mine apart and on the back of the buttons are little metal round disks peel off the one for the emergency button and close back up the Fob. It is the 2nd to bottom one, there is no Button on the bottom contactor, I believe it is because they use the same fob base for the cadillac as well as others and they have another button on theirs.
1 min job
I upgraded my fob to the 08 style, you don't say what year yours is, not sure if the earlier fob was built same way.
David

oak3x

Wow...I thought this only was happening with me...

Scruff Vette

I stopped this by buying a FOB "jacket" on e-bay for my '08 FOB:

http://www.thejacketstore.com/servle...tte/Categories

Never had a problem since. I believe the jacket gives enough of a recess on the buttons to avoid accidentally setting it off. $6.99 you can't go wrong.

mcandrew67

removing the round contactor disc free and easy and less bulky

mgtr

Thabnks guys -- I was sure I was not the first one down this road. Mine is an 09, so I preparing now for open-fob surgery.

vettenut

I solved this bu putting my FOB on a lanyard.

jschindler

Sounds to me like you guys must be getting "excited" when you have your Corvette keys in your pockets

jc9767

I use a Tic Tac case as suggested by another forum member, it works great. It has a sliding door you can open and close as needed and is not bulky:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...-fob-case.html

GSRANDY

I like it, this appears to be a great solution and should help to protect the black finish on the FOB itself.

Thanks for the heads up..............

Regards,

GSRANDY

johnodrake

Never had the issue. Instead of removing the disk, put a piece of tape on it to insulate it. Then, should you ever want to re-enable the function, you can.

AlfredMay

Just ordered a fob jacket as this was a PITA for me too.......thanks Scruff Vette

wu6fiend

Had this problem with the fob from my Trans Am. Opened it up, and put a small square of black electrical tape over the contact assigned to the horn button. Reassembled it. Never had the problem since. Of course, this disables the button completely, which may or may not be something you want to do.

OhNiner

It was a great find, funny how little ideas come to you sometimes.

cclive

Bingo....just a small piece of scotch tape will do it and make it reversible also.

0BlendMount Kevin

This is what I did on my truck key fob.

mgtr

OK. Open fob surgery complete, patient back at home (in my pocket). I went ahead and used the black tape method, because there is a slim chance that I would want to put it back to stock. In the same way, there is a slim chance that Michael Anthony, on behalf of John Beresford Tipton, will present me with a $1 million check! Now, if you understand the reference, you are probably an old geezer like me.

Zoxxo

If that happened to me the first thing I'd want to do is take Topper out to dinner accompanied by Boston Blackie and The Shadow

Z//

mgtr

Great response! I liked Cosmo Topper a lot!