Keypad actually usefull
Laughing Gas
Joined: Aug 2017
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From: Tupelo, MS
I have had keypads since '96 and they are a really awesome thing to have.
in the past with the excursion I would put the keys in the console and lock the truck without worry. On the new truck with smart key is there any worry of someone smashing the glass and then just pushing the start button with the fob in the console?
I assume the proximity alarm would trigger and prevent engine operation but I don't really know.
in the past with the excursion I would put the keys in the console and lock the truck without worry. On the new truck with smart key is there any worry of someone smashing the glass and then just pushing the start button with the fob in the console?
I assume the proximity alarm would trigger and prevent engine operation but I don't really know.
I'll be honest I'm shocked Ford designed a door handle so easily defeated with all of today's technology. Hopefully they will update that soon if they haven't already.
More Turbo
Joined: Jun 2017
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I have had keypads since '96 and they are a really awesome thing to have.
in the past with the excursion I would put the keys in the console and lock the truck without worry. On the new truck with smart key is there any worry of someone smashing the glass and then just pushing the start button with the fob in the console?
I assume the proximity alarm would trigger and prevent engine operation but I don't really know.
in the past with the excursion I would put the keys in the console and lock the truck without worry. On the new truck with smart key is there any worry of someone smashing the glass and then just pushing the start button with the fob in the console?
I assume the proximity alarm would trigger and prevent engine operation but I don't really know.
More Turbo
Joined: Jun 2017
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You can set your own code too , makes it way easier to remember. I also have another code for other people so that I don't have to give them my own
Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2015
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Thats an excellent idea. I really had a hard time with the idea of leaving the RFID key inside when the door is so easy to break open.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Mar 2006
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I have never had a key pad on any of my trucks so I’m just trying to understand it
Matt
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More Turbo
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Southern Ontario Canada
Wife and I went off-road rock picking in our 2013, it had the keypad, she locked the doors thinking I had the keys, but I had left them in the console, so in the middle of inaccessible-nowhere we managed to lock the keys in the truck, I’d never used the keypad feature except when I first got the truck and put in my own code. Somehow 3 years later I managed to remember the code which for me is highly unusual.... Sure saved my butt that day.
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