2023 vs 2024 2.3L engine note

[Dobolina]

Hey all,
I have a 2023 BB 2.3, Friend got a 2024 BB 2.3.

His engine note is 1000X different, and better. Sounds tough. Mine? Clicks and clacks..and I hear virtually every rotation.

Is there an engine sound cabin piping option? or some major difference between 23 and 24?

It's an alarming difference. I don't think it's just me. thanks

-Larry

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[RagnarKon]

Ooooo I wonder if they turned on ESE on all 2024s.

And now I'm going to spend the next 2 hours going down a VIN number rabbit hole.

EDIT— I need a 2024 Badlands VIN without the High/Lux package, if anyone has one handy.

 

[HolidayDog]

Ooooo I wonder if they turned on ESE on all 2024s.

And now I'm going to spend the next 2 hours going down a VIN number rabbit hole.

EDIT— I need a 2024 Badlands VIN without the High/Lux package, if anyone has one handy.

Here. Is a 24 Badlands vin…mid pkg:

1FMEE9BPXRLA31186

Chase that rabbit!

http://fordwindowsticker.com/?vin=1FMEE9BPXRLA31186&action=Get+Window+Sticker

 

[Karl_in_Chicago]

Ooooo I wonder if they turned on ESE on all 2024s.

And now I'm going to spend the next 2 hours going down a VIN number rabbit hole.

EDIT— I need a 2024 Badlands VIN without the High/Lux package, if anyone has one handy.

Not mine but I did a search of local inventory for BL's with Mid package. Here's a 4DR 2.3L with manual. HTH.

VIN
1FMEE9BH3RLA05148

 

[RagnarKon]

Okay pretty sure I figured it out, but need a Heritage VIN just to dot the i's and cross the t's.

As a side note, this is substantially easier than it was 3 weeks ago. Glad to see so many 2024s out there.

 

[RagnarKon]

Op found one 1FMDE4DH7RLA01552. I wish Ford's inventory search would let you search beyond 100 miles so I didn't have to guess zip codes. But anyway, thanks @Karl_in_Chicago and @HolidayDog

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So to answer your question @Dobolina... it's because Ford is piping fake engine sounds through the speakers on all 2024 Broncos. In the past it was limited to the Lux package Broncos, but now it's on all.

 

[tock13]

Op found one 1FMDE4DH7RLA01552. I wish Ford's inventory search would let you search beyond 100 miles so I didn't have to guess zip codes. But anyway, thanks @Karl_in_Chicago and @HolidayDog

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So to answer your question @Dobolina... it's because Ford is piping fake engine sounds through the speakers on all 2024 Broncos. In the past it was limited to the Lux package Broncos, but now it's on all.

first off...you never cease to amaze with how much you know and how fast you find the goods!!

Is this really a thing though? Piping in engine noise? I have heard about it before but never knew if it was real and I never understood the point.

Is there a way to turn that feature off in the Bronco? I don't know if I hear it in my '24 but the fact they do it is kind of cheesy. Like a fart can on a civic kind of cheesy.

 

[HolidayDog]

So wait a second! What?
These are fake engine sounds like synthesed sound bites….not real sounds from the engine amplified through the sound system? Either scenario sounds a little hokey.

the mercury hit a balmy 54F today. We had the windows dropped and were hearing the turbo through the snorkel with the rear facing vent. That was sort of cool to hear.

Let me know when I can FORSCAN those synthetic sounds to my external speaker cannon.

I’m really curious about this….will these sound be present if the speaker/radio system is off?

 

[BOLD Renegade93]

Now if only Ford could figure out a way to get me my whistle tips piped into the cabin. I’m tired of everyone else getting the full experience as I drive by!

 

[Glade Runner]

So Ford is adding noise?

If I turn up the radio to drown out the engine noise, the engine noise gets louder also?

 

[mcinfantry]

Now if only Ford could figure out a way to get me my whistle tips piped into the cabin. I’m tired of everyone else getting the full experience as I drive by!

Bubb rubb!

 

[contented]

My 22 Badlands 2.3 just got a new long block, turbo and alternator at 32k miles. I swear it sounds quieter, better and is a bit stronger than the original. I never gave piping in sounds a thought but it makes perfect sense. BMW has done it for years. I bought the BMW equivalent of Forescan and turned sound enhancement off In my M2 Competition. Just couldn’t have an unnatural sound in a high performance car. A noticeable difference that surprisingly, I didn’t like. Ultimately turned the sound enhancement back on. It’s hard to describe how it changes the sound, but it does, in what I think is a good way. It’s so very subtle. I’d think it would be easy for Ford to slipstream it into a vehicle in for service.

Thanks to @RagnarKon for your efforts.

 

[Jonny way]

I call BS.

 

[Toccoa]

2024 Bronco engine sound.

 

[Aonarch]

first off...you never cease to amaze with how much you know and how fast you find the goods!!

Is this really a thing though? Piping in engine noise? I have heard about it before but never knew if it was real and I never understood the point.

Is there a way to turn that feature off in the Bronco? I don't know if I hear it in my '24 but the fact they do it is kind of cheesy. Like a fart can on a civic kind of cheesy.

The Germans have been doing it for over 15 years now.

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