Why doesn't the Mustang have keypad code entry?

[Cobra Jet]

to criminals. Ford like the rest of Detroit hasn't the foggiest notion how to do security correctly. Then again BMW and VW also have just incredibly stupid screwups time and again. The automotive industry as a whole should never be trusted with security in anything it does.

There will always be a way someone will figure out how to steal a vehicle or get into it....

How about a 2020 Supra GR being stolen - where the thieves bypassed the immobilizer and the on board GPS tracking system:

https://carbuzz.com/news/stolen-toyota-supra-drag-car-has-happy-ending

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[milner_7]

Because it’s ugly. It has no place on this car.

What he said

 

[Copperhead73]

I really miss it on this car. 8 out of the last 10 Fords I've owned had it (going back to my T-Bird in 89)..keyless has never failed me. I HATE carrying the big lump of plastic in my pocket, banging around on my phone, knife, gun, etc. Until I bought this car, I hadn't carried a car key in my pocket in 10 years. You don't forget the code because you can program it to be whatever you like.

It is totally invisible on my Explorer. It wouldn't be invisible on the vert because there is no B Pillar, but it could be on the hardtop. I have seen models where it is embedded in the rubber window trim...so it could be invisible on the vert, I suppose.

I wish it was an option.

 

[Arknsawchuck]

It allows the unlock/lock and remote start functionality on a 17? For some reason I thought the wifi modem started with late 18 models, but maybe it was late 16 models...?

If the vehicle has sync 3 with nav it will, if not Pass doesn't do a thing.

 

[tcman54]

Still crack up at people's cars honking when they look the doors with the fob and they think that's cool.

Just touch your door handle to lock and walk away, no loud sounds to alert people of your cars presence, love it.

TC

 

[RaceRed5.0]

I think I've got it. Swallow the fob. You'll always have it with you, and if you need remote start, you can use the app.

Careful now someone will try that. Some people don't know how the digestive system works.

 

[ORRadtech]

Still crack up at people's cars honking when they look the doors with the fob and they think that's cool.

Just touch your door handle to lock and walk away, no loud sounds to alert people of your cars presence, love it.

TC

Every fob I've ever had was 1 press for a silent lock, 2 presses for honk confirmation. I do find it useful if the car is out of sight to hear it honk.

It took me a while to trust that the car locked fro just touching the handle, it is so quiet.

As for the keypad, it locks the car silently by touching #s 8&9 together. Absolutely no difference, nor more difficult, than touching the door handle.

 

[dpAtlanta]

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

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[Linkster1666]

All the FOBs for Fords I have ever had, 1 for lock the drivers door, 2 for locking everything and honking to confirm. Do not know if that has changed.

 

[dB Stang]

So this just seems to be a discussion about something that one person found legitimately convenient, but a feature that others might not care to have.

OP found a keypad useful, for his needs. Others did not find it useful, and further thought that it diminished the look of the car.

Fair enough. This is why we have choices.

Ford made the decision that more people wanted touch access with a key in your pocket, rather than a keypad. So they went that way.

Same reason I can't buy a new Ferrari with a manual transmission. (If I could afford one.)

 

[Norm Peterson]

So this just seems to be a discussion about something that one person found legitimately convenient, but a feature that others might not care to have.

What really puzzles me is how having to press four or five keys in proper sequence could possibly be more convenient than pressing just one button on a fob. Or for that matter, any more convenient than using a metal key to turn a mechanical lock cylinder.


Norm

 

[ORRadtech]

What really puzzles me is how having to press four or five keys in proper sequence could possibly be more convenient than pressing just one button on a fob. Or for that matter, any more convenient than using a metal key to turn a mechanical lock cylinder.


Norm

It's not more convenient than those two examples.
But if you don't have a key on you it's far more convenient than hunting one down.
It's also very nice to be able to lock the key in the car if your someplace you don't want to carry it. Or having someone retrieve something without the need for a key. Or having someone deliver or drop a car someplace and leave a key inside so someone else can pick it up later.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

What really puzzles me is how having to press four or five keys in proper sequence could possibly be more convenient than pressing just one button on a fob. Or for that matter, any more convenient than using a metal key to turn a mechanical lock cylinder.


Norm

Who's in for a kickstarter to make replacements for the existing door handle key hole covers with holes so a key can be used without removing the cover? Then everyone can go back to keeping a key on a chain around their neck when swimming or 'gator wrestling or ????.

Now that will still have one HUGE disadvantage a keypad has, namely: locking a fob capable of starting the car inside a car and using a keypad to unlock the door invites thieves to break the glass and drive off. So, we need another kickstarter to add an ignition cylinder to the steering columns.

 

[Norm Peterson]

But if you don't have a key on you it's far more convenient than hunting one down.

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?

It's also very nice to be able to lock the key in the car if your someplace you don't want to carry it. Or having someone retrieve something without the need for a key. Or having someone deliver or drop a car someplace and leave a key inside so someone else can pick it up later.

I'm afraid I don't understand why you'd put yourself in most of those circumstances. A key left in a car is only a broken window or a slim-jimmed lock away from being stolen. If I'm too lazy to go get something that I'd left in the car, or too proud to go get something my wife or somebody else left in the car, shame on me.


Norm

 

[Norm Peterson]

Or maybe "Nothing Else Matters" . . .


Norm

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