Any adverse effects of loading car with "Police Mode"?

[krzysiek]

Hi guys,

Not that I want to do it, but a friend of mine works at Ford and is a 4th year apprentice. He didn't know I had my new XR6 but when he saw it last night he said to swing by and he will load Police mode on it.

From my understanding it is just the VIC Police banner or something when you start the car and that's it.

Is there anything else to it? Perhaps to void the warranty? Not that I am going to do it, but more just thinking about it. Would you guys do it?

I was meant to go in today but ran out of time.

[sneaky]

i don't know anything about it, but if you try to sell the car at a later date and the dash says 'police' on it you might find it hard to explain that it isn't an ex-police car

[data_mine]

It'll say POLICE on the dash when you turn the car on. and it gives you a digital speedo, that's more correct than the needle.

No harm done, and can be removed easily without trace.

I've had it enabled on my GT-P for years now.

[SPArKy_Dave]

I thought it disabled the interior lights too?

[krzysiek]

Well I kinda like my interior lights.

Also, my FG has digital speedo - so any other perks to be aware of?

[StockieXR6T]

Youll be compelled to drive to maccas for 1/2 price meals and pull over any car with 20" rims and an exhaust.

Joel

[Kevaclone]

Originally Posted by SPArKy_Dave

I thought it disabled the interior lights too?

So the Cops don't need an interior lights???
and what would be the purpose for doing that??
Maybe it just disables the interior light fade out

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by Kevaclone

So the Cops don't need an interior lights???
and what would be the purpose for doing that??
Maybe it just disables the interior light fade out

So when they pull up infront of your house they can get out of the car without you knowing. So you wont have time to delete that porn collection...

[Windsor342ci]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

So when they pull up infront of your house they can get out of the car without you knowing. So you wont have time to delete that porn collection...

Hahahhahahahahahaha!

[turbo_man]

the reason the interior lights dont turn on when you open the door is so when the police are scanning cars with a radar/lidar they can open the door slightly and poke the radar gun out without being noticed by passing motorists at night, atleast thats what i was told anyway

my dad has an ex highway patrol xr6 turbo and the light not turning on when opening the door at night is a real pain when trying to unload the car lol

[scottyg938]

pretty sure in the fg's you can just change a setting on the ICC so the lights don't come on so I don't see why that would be in the police mode

[POELWYK]

anyone got pics of there car in cop mode

AU... BA/BF.... FG

[LTDHO]

Really don't see the point other than a bragging point to your mates.

[charles_wif_xf]

Originally Posted by scottyg938

pretty sure in the fg's you can just change a setting on the ICC so the lights don't come on so I don't see why that would be in the police mode

^ This. The interior lights can be set to not turn on when the doors open from the ICC on any FG. And the FG has a digital speedo as standard.

[GS608]

Police mode AFAIK is only on BA/BF, FG doesn't have one as all the stuff that it enables on the BAF is already standard on the FG (digital speed, interior light switch/settings etc)

[ChRiDDa]

Originally Posted by Kevaclone

So the Cops don't need an interior lights???
and what would be the purpose for doing that??
Maybe it just disables the interior light fade out

Used for all kinds of purposes - there's a switch which disables all the interior lights, including the dashboard as well. Don't use it very often, as the passenger is usually always scribing and needs the interior light on

[wang]

I was told by a ford tech that the police spec tune also recalbrated the accelerator pedal to make them more responsive of the mark and gave them more timing advance and more boost on the NSW hwy patrol cars.
He was only a young punk apprentice so dont know how true it is.

[XR6Naranja]

Originally Posted by wang

I was told by a ford tech that the police spec tune also recalbrated the accelerator pedal to make them more responsive of the mark and gave them more timing advance and more boost on the NSW hwy patrol cars.
He was only a young punk apprentice so dont know how true it is.

Nope, NSW highway patrol cars are tuned though, not through this police mode however.

[Dave R]

^ NSW police cars are not tuned.

Originally Posted by charles_wif_xf

^ This. The interior lights can be set to not turn on when the doors open from the ICC on any FG. And the FG has a digital speedo as standard.

Police mode removes the 2km/h error that is programmed into all FG digital clusters.

[AndyXR6T]

Originally Posted by Adrenaline

^ NSW police cars are not tuned.



Police mode removes the 2km/h error that is programmed into all FG digital clusters.

Error? So it's 2kms higher than it should be so people are always under speed limit?

[Dave R]

Originally Posted by Andy XR6 Turbo

Error? So it's 2kms higher than it should be so people are always under speed limit?

Yep, it's a safety net of sorts. This is why I set cruise to 112 on the highway

[Silver Ghia]

Originally Posted by Adrenaline

^ NSW police cars are not tuned.



Police mode removes the 2km/h error that is programmed into all FG digital clusters.

Hmmm, my FG reads 100kph on the digital speedo, exactly the same reading as my supposedly accurate GPS. Same at 80, 90 or 110 kph. But at 60kph the digital speedo does read 2 kph faster.

[Dave R]

[Silver Ghia]

Yeah I've seen that before, however my RoadAngel that is supposed to show an accurate speed shows otherwise.

[Silver Ghia]

This has also come up before, when I received the folowing information from an AFF member which also mentions the Police Mode which may help answer the OP's query:

FG speedo accuracy

You are correct in that there is a 1km/hr difference.
This is from factory.
Your dash/speedo has a -1 multiplier added, police mode turns off this multiplier. Police mode is only available from factory - using a canalyser.

[Dave R]

Interesting, the latest FGII WSM also states the 2km/h offset. I might suss this out tomorrow with my GPS.

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by Andy XR6 Turbo

Error? So it's 2kms higher than it should be so people are always under speed limit?

Better than the AUs 5km.

[LyleXR8]

Your spot on with the 5km on AU's, my VZ SS was spot on with my gps at all speeds though

[FOCUSonTHIS]

Originally Posted by aussie muscle

Better than the AUs 5km.

I always drive at 5km over now. As when sitting on the speed limit...I get overtaken by pensioners!

[prydey]

Originally Posted by Adrenaline

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is this referring to the digital readout or the analogue speedo though? my digital speedo also checks out spot on to gps.