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Long story both sets of keys ended up locked in the truck along with my wallet with card code. Is there a way to search code with vin? I’ll call a locksmith but if they can’t do anything I’m just going to break drivers window.
 
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nevermind I improvised with a rock to the window
 
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Thanks, new window from ford is ordered. Overnight shipping was more than the glass itself.
 
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Friend owns cheater rod but he was prying on top of door and said my doors were too tight and they’d have to damage paint to get rod in. Locksmith also said he might damage door along with emergency rates.

Breaking window seemed to be the only option to not damage door. Glass cost $150 from Tasca Ford.....what killed me is the amount in shipping I payed but that’s air freight for you. Large unit.
 

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For the future you can program additional codes. The original lock code will always be the same but you can program additional number lock codes that you will remember or ones you can give to someone else as a temporary code and delete it when they are done.
 
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Here’s a pic of the carnage. It sounds like my Thurs/Fri afternoons are gonna be a pain. I’ve been told this is a b*tch of a job if it’s anything like an F-150. We will see and I will post progress. Where there is a will there is a way....

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Often try other ford keys in the door and wiggle them as you turn them. I have two of three fords that multiple keys I own will unlock the drivers door. Less likely on newer ones that haven't had a key inserted into them very much, if ever.
You can also google the ford keyless entry code tryout list and have someone call them off as you type the code in. Took me only 18 minutes on the last vehicle I bought to find its code.

A shop cloth and a rubber coated pair of pliers or wire cutters will hols the door out a little at the top rear edge to get a rod in there. The best I have used other than a pro set (they can be a little thick too) is a stainless whip from a cb antenna. I use one from a Wilson 1000. Much stronger than a coat hanger and you can reach right in and push the unlock button or put slight loop in end and pull the door handle.
I have had to push through the weather stripping on a few instead of bending around it but you can put a dab or black rtv on it later and good as new.
I am quite the master of getting into vehicles.

A friend was borrowing another friends Mercedes 180E back around 1995 or so. We were at a hotel Wendy's next to a hotel ans he locked the keys in it. He called AAA and we got desert.
The tow truck driver got there and started trying this tool and that form his set on the drivers door. I literally walked into the hotel and asked for a real old school coat hanger which the girl at the desk got for me.
I went outside and had the passenger door open while the tow guy was still fiddling with the driver side.

Not a car thief, just MacGyver.
 

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Forgot to mention... for the future put a note in your phone with the codes for each car.
You can make a note and put all cars in it or use a notepad function and set one up for each car and use for maintenance and repairs miles and date and put the code at the top with name of car and date of purchase.
Most of us rarely do not have phone in hand.
Even if I were to lock up my wallet I would probably still have phone even in accidental lock ups. I'm usually talking on it so no chance of locking it in car.
 

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Pro tip: Break a rear door window, not the front. You can plastic it up and fix it later, while your front windows provide needed visibility and functionality while driving.

Pro tip: Write the door code on the inside of the gas flap. Use your ZIP code as the door code.
 
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