2021 base with keypad entry, where do you find the keypad code?

[Sail]

finally gave up and called the dealership, they sent me the code.

thanks for all the help !

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[Scott R Nelson]

I'm pretty sure my code was on a single sheet of paper that mostly explained how to work the keypad. I had already read the instructions for my Escape about programming it, and it programs the same way. I had it reprogrammed before we left the dealer on the day I bought it. I wanted the same code for both the Bronco and the Escape. I DON'T want to use the official code, in case somebody captures my code. If that happens, I'll just reprogram to something else. You can have up to five programmed codes.

Getting the code was on my list of things to make sure I had before leaving the dealer.

 

[Kevin W]

The master code is on a piece of paper affixed to the front of the fuse box located behind the driver’s side panel under the steering wheel. Pull down from the top to release the clips and the whole panel has a hinge on the bottom.

THIS!!!!

 

[zedster]

I'm pretty sure my code was on a single sheet of paper that mostly explained how to work the keypad. I had already read the instructions for my Escape about programming it, and it programs the same way. I had it reprogrammed before we left the dealer on the day I bought it. I wanted the same code for both the Bronco and the Escape. I DON'T want to use the official code, in case somebody captures my code. If that happens, I'll just reprogram to something else. You can have up to five programmed codes.

Getting the code was on my list of things to make sure I had before leaving the dealer.

Sorry but the main code will always work.

 

[Scott R Nelson]

Sorry but the main code will always work.

You're missing the point.

I won't be using the main code, so nobody will ever see me putting it in to open my Bronco. I'll be using my other code to get in. But if somehow someone sees that one, then I can use the main code change it to something else. Does that make sense?

 

[zedster]

You're missing the point.

I won't be using the main code, so nobody will ever see me putting it in to open my Bronco. I'll be using my other code to get in. But if somehow someone sees that one, then I can use the main code change it to something else. Does that make sense?

Yes perfect sense and the way most people do it.

 

[SubmarineNuke]

This sales guy from Tomball Ford in Houston has his YouTube channel with all sorts of Bronco stuff and posted a video about how to find it in the truck

 

[LJSheridan]

I found my code under the dash and it absolutely does NOT work when trying to program new codes (just in case any others are getting frustrated). Mine was bought used, w/o glove box card.

 

[LJSheridan]

Doesn't matter if you find it or not. The keypad isn't like the old hardwired ones. The code on the ecu won't match the keypad. It's programmed like a key. You'll need to contact your dealer to either find the code or have them reprogram it.

^^^^THIS^^^. was my experience. Dealer wants $165.

 

[JimmyG]

... Dealer wants $165.

Of course they do. They love to fleece their customers over dumb shit. Man that grinds my gears.

 

[JeffL]

not that this is any help but back in the old days there was a sticker on the drives side trunk hinge.

 

[Ninjak]

That video did not work for me. Card lost, and the two key thing does not work.

 

[Black_Stallion13]

I went through this whole song and dance too. If you don't have the access card in a plastic bag in the glovebox you are SOL. The fuse box card does nothing, as others have stated. My dealership had to order me a whole new keypad which came with a new code in a baggy. They didn't charge me for this since the vehicle was new and obviously my original setup card did not make it into the glovebox from the factory.

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