My dad and mom have newer vehicles than me. In each (a Chevy and a Ford), when they turn the key on, then off, the radio stays on, and you can roll the windows up and down for a certain time period or the doors open. What controls this, the body controller? And, more importantly, can I make mine do this?

 

Just a bump..... In addition, my accessory will not make the chime go off with the door open, which I love, so I don't wanna lose it....

 

You would have to do some fancy wiring to get it all to work, personally I wouldn't want to hack up the factory harness.

Why not just turn the key to accessory if you want the radio to stay on? Not trying to be a pain, just curious.

 

That's a newer "courtesy feature" based on customer feedback or a daydreaming think-tanker. It'll be more trouble than it's worth to try to splice wires and make sure you don't overload a circuit.

 

Not to nitpick, but I don't think it's a newer feature. Before I bought my truck, I owned a '92 Taurus, a '91 Firebird, and a '95 Mercury Sable, and they all had that feature. In fact, this truck is the only vehicle I've ever driven that doesn't have this.

 

I meant newer feature for Dodges. I believe the third gens do this, but I could be wrong.

 

Oh I see.

 

my dads old 95 ****-10 had that feature

 

The annoying thing is my Pioneer takes a while to load, and I cut my truck off to wait to save gas a lot, and it's annoying to have to cut the truck back on to roll windows up... I'm just wondering. Can a security system do that? Thank you all.....

 

My 08 has the power delay feature. I couldn't even imagine the wiring nightmare to rig something like that up so the power doesn't go out until you open the door!!!!