Why doesn't the Mustang have keypad code entry?

[FreePenguin]

I disabled all those noises from lock unlock via forescan. I don’t want people hearing me

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[Copperhead73]

Why wouldn't you keep a key on you? Why would you ever want to have to hunt it down instead of reaching into a pocket knowing that's exactly where it is?

Norm

When I wear my tightest leather pants, I want only one thing in them to be bulging and it isn't a fucking fob!

 

[Stage_3]

Would anyone seriously want a keypad on their Mustang?!?!?! LMFAO
I know I wouldn't!!! Maybe it's just me though.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

When I wear my tightest leather pants, I want only one thing in them to be bulging and it isn't a fucking fob!

Just put the fob behind the rolled up sock.

 

[jpogi]

That’s why I said “further weather proofing”.
I mean, if my iphone 6 designed for indoor use, was able to take abuse with my outdoor activities, a fingerprint sensor behind a glass designed for a car, would surely able to withstand 24/7 outdoor.

The Mustang already implemented the hand lock/unlock sensor in the handle, out in the weather without a problem from weathering.

It hasn’t been frozen or covered in pollen and/or bird poop, though. You’re also looking a likely a minute or so at most with your phone vs hours/days with a car.

 

[Endokendal]

I made my own... it really wasn't all that expensive.
If interested, I could make a do-it-yourself video of the installation.
Unlike the factory key pad on my F-150, this has one really unique feature; if the car catches on fire, it will automatically contact the local Fire Department

Wha-Lah:

That’s some funny shit there.

 

[shogun32]

Carmax and Hertz have perfected the art of the window-mounted lock box. Wouldn't that be perfect? punch in hte code, fob pops out into your hand. A mere $31.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FWYKGBQ

 

[Spork3245]

That’s why I said “further weather proofing”.
I mean, if my iphone 6 designed for indoor use, was able to take abuse with my outdoor activities, a fingerprint sensor behind a glass designed for a car, would surely able to withstand 24/7 outdoor.

The Mustang already implemented the hand lock/unlock sensor in the handle, out in the weather without a problem from weathering.

A touch sensor being functional through years of weather =/= a fingerprint scanner reading dermal ridges correctly to ID the finger properly after years of weather.
Further, “abuse” your iPhone takes is nothing compared to what the door handle of your Mustang takes. Let’s do an experiment, tie your iPhone to your Mustang’s door handle for a month, make sure the screen side is facing out, and be sure to drive it on a highway behind construction trucks throwing rocks, and also at 80mph in rain, sleet, and/or hail, then get back to us on how well it’s scanning your finger.

 

[ice445]

I'm impressed this thread has gone on for this long, we have sworn keypad warriors and those who insist it's pointless. I suspect personally that the reason it was omitted was that there was no good place to put it. The coupe doors with frameless windows have no B pillar like most of the ford products with keypads, and the angles of the door would have made it ugly, either sticking towards the sky or the ground in an awkward way.

Also, now the new cars have FordPass where you can just unlock with your phone anyway. Given how integral phones are to our modern day to day lives I can't think of many instances where you would want to lock that in the car.

 

[Rapid Red]

Why not, in a word they are FUGLY, why else?
Apparently the Ford Motor company was smarter than the OP and recognize same.

 

[Bikeman315]

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[Spork3245]

Shit man, I just said the leave the phone outside for a while

I just want to be thorough!

 

[Stage_3]

I'm impressed this thread has gone on for this long, we have sworn keypad warriors and those who insist it's pointless. I suspect personally that the reason it was omitted was that there was no good place to put it. The coupe doors with frameless windows have no B pillar like most of the ford products with keypads, and the angles of the door would have made it ugly, either sticking towards the sky or the ground in an awkward way.

Also, now the new cars have FordPass where you can just unlock with your phone anyway. Given how integral phones are to our modern day to day lives I can't think of many instances where you would want to lock that in the car.

BINGO!

 

[jpogi]

A touch sensor being functional through years of weather =/= a fingerprint scanner reading dermal ridges correctly to ID the finger properly after years of weather.
Further, “abuse” your iPhone takes is nothing compared to what the door handle of your Mustang takes. Let’s do an experiment, tie your iPhone to your Mustang’s door handle for a month, make sure the screen side is facing out, and be sure to drive it on a highway behind construction trucks throwing rocks, and also at 80mph in rain, sleet, and/or hail, then get back to us on how well it’s scanning your finger.

Finger print scaners doesn't have to be on the actual surface exposed. As I've said, it could be placed behind a thicker conductive glass to be protected from the elements and still work.

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