Door entry code
Door entry code
Mountain Pass
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From: Limington, Maine
Myckel, Welcome to the forum. If you do a search, you will find at least a dozen threads on this subject. Ford put the number on a card in the Owner's Manual. Unfortunately, most dealers trash everything in the glove box when they get a used vehicle. Some folks have said that the number is on a sticker on the cumputer up in the dash behind the radio. But I have never seen confirmation from anyone that they actually found it there (although many have looked). The only other option is to take it to a dealer and have them hook up the diagnostic computer and fetch the factory code. This is likely to cost about $50-$80. If you bought yours from a Ford dealer, I would go back to the saleman and demand the number.
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Here is a post I made a while back about my door entry code. I have a 2002 PSD Excursion built in December 01. Finding it on my own saved going to the dealer. As far as I can tell, I am the only one who has ever found it.
I was able to lay in the floorboard, and use a mirror to see it.
The box is black, made by Bosch, and has three electrical plugs on the bottom.
The label was on the outside facing the radio, and you should be able to see it from the outside with the radio removed, but there was enough room to get a mirror in from underneath on mine.
The sticker has a lot of other writing on it, and the code was not obvious at first.
Hope this helps,
Paul Low
I was able to lay in the floorboard, and use a mirror to see it.
The box is black, made by Bosch, and has three electrical plugs on the bottom.
The label was on the outside facing the radio, and you should be able to see it from the outside with the radio removed, but there was enough room to get a mirror in from underneath on mine.
The sticker has a lot of other writing on it, and the code was not obvious at first.
Hope this helps,
Paul Low
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Was it behind the radio?
I cannot remeber for sure if the plugs were up or down to be honest, but my best recollection is that they were down.
The label had lots of writing on it, and the code was difficult to find.
Maybe your label is on the back; i.e facing the firewall?
Did it have 3 electrical plugs? Seems like one was green, and one was yellow, and I cannot remember the third.
How big is the box you found?
Regards,
Paul Low
I cannot remeber for sure if the plugs were up or down to be honest, but my best recollection is that they were down.
The label had lots of writing on it, and the code was difficult to find.
Maybe your label is on the back; i.e facing the firewall?
Did it have 3 electrical plugs? Seems like one was green, and one was yellow, and I cannot remember the third.
How big is the box you found?
Regards,
Paul Low
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That sounds like the right box. I will try to snap a picture of mine tomorrow and post it.
Can you get the box loose, and check the back of it?
Regards,
Paul Low
Can you get the box loose, and check the back of it?
Regards,
Paul Low
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It's not there! I looked and nothing, as said do a search many of us have looked and 1 or 2 have had a #. Just pull the radio and you can see the module reaching it is hard though.
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From: california
It Was Easy
I got mine with a mirror and flashlight, just remember its backwards when you read it in the mirror. I pulled the radio but it was easier to see the box from looking under the dash. The code was 5 digits and large numbers easy to read all by its self no sufixes or prefixes. 
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From: california
Originally Posted by robert kelsey
I got mine with a mirror and flashlight, just remember its backwards when you read it in the mirror. I pulled the radio but it was easier to see the box from looking under the dash. The code was 5 digits and large numbers easy to read all by its self no sufixes or prefixes.