Used to be you could carry keys for all your cars on one keyring and not have a big bulge in your pocket. Now owning three late model Fords, Not the case.

Is there a way to consolidate all of these into one key? Even the fob for one vehicle is too large, let alone two more of the same size.

How do others manage their keyrings? short of just carrying one key and living with it.

Paul

 

I carry this for my 2015 XLT. On my keyring is also a similar key for the wife's minivan and a house key. Barely noticeable in my pocket, and no chances of any buttons being pushed as I crouch down or something.

http://www.fobkeyless.com/2015-2016-...t-5923293.html

 

Guess I forgot to mention that all of the cars have "Keyless" ignition so we are stuck with the big fobs

Paul

 

I haven't seen anything. Then again I hate keys. Hell my front door uses a keypad so I only have just the one fob. I don't have a use for my wife's fob so it stays at home or with her if she is driving it. Why would you need both fobs in your pocket?

 

How about leave the fob in the truck and use the key pad on the door to unlock? Or will the door not lock with the fob left in the truck?

 

Leave the FOB in it's little cubby in the truck and just use the keypad to unlock the truck each time. Then you don't have to carry anything.

Eh, Krabid beat me to it.

 

I hope this isn't hijacking your thread, but, I was just watching a series on Netflix from the discovery channel called "Hacking the System" and one thing they mentioned was if you have same keys you can reprogram them so that they work on the different vehicles so you can use the same key on each car.

So I was wondering like the homelink system if we can put our cars in a learning mode and train them to use the other key fobs we have for our other vehicles? I have a 2013 Explorer Sport and a 2016 Screw Platinum both with push start key fobs. Would be nice to be able to train them so I could use them on either vehicle.

There is one difference on my trucks keyfob, it has a little status indicator letting me know that the vehicle heard my request (like remote start).

 

Everything I read says it could be done on cars without a rolling code but you run into issues with newer style vehicles. Hackers haven't gotten far with this since the Manufacturers are hesitant to release info on the systems, for security reasons.

Looks like it's going to be a " go in and get the correct key" program instead of carrying a common one.

 

According to this article, most all are hackable (keyless).