Change factory keyless entry code.
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Wow thanks for the helpful response. I don't have a manual and I don't feel like flipping through a PDF on my phone.
Sorry bud, I thought they make forumns online to help each other, I'll check my online manual before posting.
Sorry bud, I thought they make forumns online to help each other, I'll check my online manual before posting.
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Or you must not have a nasty break-up with your spouse; or the truck must not be unique such that the previous owner might opportunistically see it at the Mall one day...
The point is, having an unchangeable security code is pretty high up the 'retarded' scale... Would you stick with your bank if they gave you a pin and said "it can't be changed unless you give us $2500"...
The point is, having an unchangeable security code is pretty high up the 'retarded' scale... Would you stick with your bank if they gave you a pin and said "it can't be changed unless you give us $2500"...
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Or you must not have a nasty break-up with your spouse; or the truck must not be unique such that the previous owner might opportunistically see it at the Mall one day...
The point is, having an unchangeable security code is pretty high up the 'retarded' scale... Would you stick with your bank if they gave you a pin and said "it can't be changed unless you give us $2500"...
The point is, having an unchangeable security code is pretty high up the 'retarded' scale... Would you stick with your bank if they gave you a pin and said "it can't be changed unless you give us $2500"...
If this was an actual problem we would have heard about it sometime in the last 25 years.
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Considering Ford has been using the keypad since the early 1980's and you still haven't heard of the mass theft of Ford vehicles with the keypad it's not a problem let alone retarded. What's retarded is leaving the factory code in the truck. What's more likely is someone using a scanner to capture and clone your keyfob's code if you have push button start and drive away with your truck (who would've thought the old school key is more secure than modern electronics).
Mine has an old-school key. Now I wish it didn't have a keypad. Thankfully I've disabled it. I'll be disabling it on my wife's Edge as well.
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As well you should. its usually good forum etiquette to RTFM before asking questions that are literally right in TFM.
I might be retarded for leaving the card in the truck, but I don't design vehicles. I've been a Toyota guy for over 30 years; this is my first Ford. What's retarded is that Ford has had a problem for almost 40 years (according to you) and they haven't figured out how to solve it.
Mine has an old-school key. Now I wish it didn't have a keypad. Thankfully I've disabled it. I'll be disabling it on my wife's Edge as well.
Mine has an old-school key. Now I wish it didn't have a keypad. Thankfully I've disabled it. I'll be disabling it on my wife's Edge as well.
Also, there are methods to solve the keypad code (new BCM), and they have been listed here. Just because they aren’t free methods, doesn’t mean they aren’t solutions.
Last edited by nerdh3rd; Aug 6, 2018 at 07:55 PM.
Recommendation for years and years has been to not leave valuables in your vehicle. A thief has less reason to gain access, via door pad or other methods if there’s nothing to steal.
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WOW! What if the previous owner........kept a duplicate KEY! I'll bet that there isn't anyone complaining about the key pad that has bought a used car and changed the door, glove box and ignition switches because there might be a key out there! Your're never going to stop a skilled/determined thief! Best you can hope for is to slow him down. Sorry to revive and old thread. Not looking for debate, just pointing out the obvious. Oh, and if you could change the factory code, and it gets traded in w/o that number being disclosed none of the subsequent owners would be able to use the system. The ford techs can read the factory code with their diagnostic equipment, so I imagine a thief with the right equipment could get it as well. I'd be/am more concerned about key cloning with these push button start systems.
