Excellent spot for install!And now it's installed and working in it's new location. And to answer any questions yes it works, the memory held the code, it works from 50 feet away, the outside cover is just cosmetic and it still is protected from dust and water, nothing hits when you close the door (why I left the cover off). Used dental floss and turtle wax paint safe sticky remover. Best $85 I ever spent ha
I had the same problem. You will need to remove the keypad (do this on a warm day- and gently pry off the double sided tape) then once its removed (note: no wires are attached to the truck) then pop off the housing, then unclip the housing. the battery is there. replace and re affix with same type of tape/
This is a brilliant Idea! I will copy this...if you don't mind!!!!And now it's installed and working in it's new location. And to answer any questions yes it works, the memory held the code, it works from 50 feet away, the outside cover is just cosmetic and it still is protected from dust and water, nothing hits when you close the door (why I left the cover off). Used dental floss and turtle wax paint safe sticky remover. Best $85 I ever spent ha
That is a brilliant idea - and makes me much more interested in this keypad - the only source is Ford parts I believe - and did I read correctly that the only way to program it is to have the dealer do it? For a fee?
Well, if they didn't somehow protect the battery after it was installed, it is possible it ran out just sitting on a shelf. Many things now have some sort of plastic piece you need to remove in order to activate the battery to protect against that kind of thing. I will be interested to hear how your second one goes.
The battery is a key fob battery and should last a pretty long time unless it keeps transmitting somehow.
Excellent location, Very creative! Did you leave the outside cover off because the fuel door wouldn’t close or just for convenience, changing battery etc?And now it's installed and working in it's new location. And to answer any questions yes it works, the memory held the code, it works from 50 feet away, the outside cover is just cosmetic and it still is protected from dust and water, nothing hits when you close the door (why I left the cover off). Used dental floss and turtle wax paint safe sticky remover. Best $85 I ever spent ha
I left it off because I didn't think it would let the door close properly and because I liked the look better. Also for convenience now that you mention it
I don't know if this works for programming a new keypad, I would guess it does. But it does work for setting a new personal code (page 11) Mine is factory so I didn't have to do the initial setup.
Reading that I'm guessing it will be the same as the F150 2015+ (method C), which requires the "Integrated Diagnostic System" which I'm guessing is some Ford proprietary software. That would kind of make sense as one of the postings made reference to "having the latest version of the software". That would lead me to believe that you can't program it yourself. You have to take to to a Ford service department.
