Ford is about to mark 40 years of offering one of the auto industry’s least known but most appreciated features: the SecuriCode keypad. Millions of Ford and Lincoln owners have used the feature.

CarBuzz uncovered a United States patent application from Ford that would bring the technology up-to-date. In the future, we may see a gesture-based vehicle entry system from Ford, based on a virtual ...

Ford is about to mark 40 years of offering one of the auto industry’s least known but most appreciated features: the SecuriCode keypad. Millions of Ford and Lincoln owners have used the feature.

Ford is getting rid of the SecuriCode keypad on the 2025 F-150. This change marks the end of a feature that truck and SUV owners have loved for years. The SecuriCode system has been a staple on Ford ...

While Ford’s SecuriCode keypad might not be the most cutting-edge way to lock or unlock a vehicle, it’s become a staple for many owners. The feature was first introduced on the Thunderbird and Lincoln ...

One of the longstanding features of a Ford has always been its SecuriCode keypad, an optional extra that added a numeric keypad to the B-pillar allowing entry without a key. The feature never quite ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...

Long before smartphones could unlock a car, Ford offered a way to access a vehicle without a physical key. The Securicode entry system dates back to 1980 when Lincoln, Ford's luxury division, debuted ...

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The new model of America's bestselling vehicle will be missing a staple feature - unless buyers are willing to pay extra. For decades, Ford's F-150 trucks have come as standard with the SecuriCode ...