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Years ago while stationed in California, I read a news article about a lady that got her car stolen from a mall.
It seems a person came out of the store, went to what was thought to be their car, inserted the key, started the car and drove away.
Since many cars that are stolen from malls, are only misplaced, the Officer drove the lady around the parking lot looking for her car. They found a vehicle that matched hers. The lady told the Officer it was not hers. He ran the plate, and she was right. But he tried the keys anyway and low and behold, the key worked. He went to the address of the car still in the lot and there was the other vehicle.
It appears that since keys can not be made in an infinite number of combinations, the ones of like codes are sold in different parts of the country.
In this situation a member of the armed forces had been transferred from the east coast, causing the unlikely situation.
So I guess it is the same for key FOBS, and keyless entry codes.
Wonder why OP was able to open 2 trucks with 1/2's... :/
1. If it was used, the previous owners might have programmed that as their personal code.
2. The dealership could have done it as an easy way to open all the dealership trucks in case they accidentally locked the key in the truck or an easier way of opening the trucks to show customers vs walking back to get a key every time.
3. Someone shady at the dealership could have done it to break into the trucks later after they've been sold.
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Originally Posted by msgtord
Years ago while stationed in California, I read a news article about a lady that got her car stolen from a mall.
It seems a person came out of the store, went to what was thought to be their car, inserted the key, started the car and drove away.
Since many cars that are stolen from malls, are only misplaced, the Officer drove the lady around the parking lot looking for her car. They found a vehicle that matched hers. The lady told the Officer it was not hers. He ran the plate, and she was right. But he tried the keys anyway and low and behold, the key worked. He went to the address of the car still in the lot and there was the other vehicle.
It appears that since keys can not be made in an infinite number of combinations, the ones of like codes are sold in different parts of the country.
In this situation a member of the armed forces had been transferred from the east coast, causing the unlikely situation.
So I guess it is the same for key FOBS, and keyless entry codes.
Back n da day, 4 of us pals owned brand new Kawasaki 500's. (1971)
One key worked in all 4 bikes!!!
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Uncorrect because when u install the new module u have to program it so u can set the code to whtever code u want.
I believe that you meant "incorrect". Do you know this from personal experience? If you have people progamming their own personal number, I can see this being a nightmare when trading the vehicle and no code card is present. They may have change this but I doubt it. My wife's new module came witha new code card. Having a set number with the module would make it easier to get the code if it is unavailable. Also, I tried the 1/2 on mine and it did nothing!
Wonder why OP was able to open 2 trucks with 1/2's... :/
I remember being able to unlock random cars with my security FOB that came with my 97 ranger. No clue how that worked either.
There was a story I heard that Ford only made so many key forms and that one key could open multiple vehicles. How true this is, I'm not sure. The guy I was speaking with said that his friends key to his Taurus could open a friends Focus.
I guess it must be the dealership i bought it from cause my buddies got theirs at the same one and my truck was bought new so it wasnt something set previously
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