Locked out

[JExpedition07]

Ok dealer called back and they can get it today that’s a plus. Only $115 from dealer plus tax should have done this to begin with but when you rush and they are closed bad things happen!

May have dodged a bullet too because dealer said vin says it’s stock green tint. Who knows what tint I would have gotten from tasca.

 

[chuck s]

I've never used the factory code on any Ford so it's no trick to remember my personal code which remains unchanged the past 3 Fords. It's set from the dash or keypad (either/or/both?) and takes less time to set than typing this note.

As noted towing companies legally break into our vehicles all the time and they're cheaper than window glass + labor.

-- Chuck

 

[jeff kushner]

Hey JE, sorry you have to replace the glass, a job in itself. I'm as horrible with remembering codes as I am at hitting things so like it was mentioned, keep them simple and put them in your phone under a weird contact name....

I'm so bad that I'll admit to using 0000 as a bank pin before................LOL


jeff

 

[bobmbx]

Breaking into a locked F150 takes as little as 42 seconds for an expert with the right tools. Tow truck drivers excel at this when towing illegally parked vehicles.

Beware this series of videos is addicting. There are over a dozen signs warning of towing if parked at this facility in Dallas. Some folks read the signs and decide they don't apply to them...


-- Chuck

Those towing videos from GToger are hilarious. The parking lot is becoming something of a tourist attraction.

 

[Flexpedition]

You'd saved $6 by breaking the passenger side instead.

 

[JExpedition07]

I thought about breaking the rear but there is that weak little track then a fixed part. Chances are that little track and fixed glass would have been damaged too...that’s why I chose front.

 

[MuddySpokes]

Good luck cleaning out all the fragments. Those things multiply and hide.

 

[Adieu]

Sometimes it's not that easy. I recently acquired a new to me expedition to replace my old mountaineer. Took less than a week to remember the code for the new car....but now I can no longer remember the code for the old car I've had for the past 8 years! The two are very similar which is messing me up completely....and I had the majority of the interior of my old mountaineer stripped for a long time which left the tag with the code visible so I removed it from the car and dont think there is any other spot where its visible! oh well.....at least its my old one!

Glad the OP got into his car....too bad about that driver's window though.

Where IS the code, anyway?

 

[hawkman71]

It took me a long time to finally find the info under the glove compartment needed to change the code. (Bought used and dealer didn't know code). We set it to the same as my mother in law's code bc everyone knows that code.

A week after I set it, my family locks themselves out, in town, in the dark, raining. I just about drive to town. I was grabbing my keys and remembered is just set the code! Called em back. Thank goodness.

I need to do the same for our Ford escape but I can't get the console up to find that info.


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[JExpedition07]

Well the Ford collision shop got me the glass quickly and were friendly and helpful, I got the new glass in today and she’s fixed up. I’ll take my vehicle there in the future if I ever have a window mishap (hopefully not) again. Just go to the dealer folks, your not saving yourself any hassle or money online by the time you pay shipping. All said was under $200 out the door and it’s back to normal.

 

[JExpedition07]

Also safelite isn’t bad on price, They quoted me about $350 for the job which I thought sounded fair.

 

[Plati]

 

[JExpedition07]

Where IS the code, anyway?

Mine was on a card in the owners manual case.

 

[ManUpOrShutUp]

Also safelite isn’t bad on price, They quoted me about $350 for the job which I thought sounded fair.

It cost me $100 labor to have mine installed when some scumbag smashed it out for $3 several years ago. I tried Safelite and the other glass specialists first, but when my regular mechanic said he would do it for less than 1/3 the cost I was sold. For a windshield, I'd probably let the specialists do it, but a side window is easy. That's even something I could have done, but I hate taking those damn doors apart. Those little clips drive me mad. (The window itself ran me $75 at the junkyard btw.)

 

[jeff kushner]

I had a scumball break my Company Explorer in '96 or so...a nice EB version too....it happened the night before my last day....they got it fixed.

Glad you got it resolved J w/o a bunch of drama!

jeff

 

[MuddySpokes]

Where IS the code, anyway?

Check the fuse box as well. There is a fancy name for the fuse box which I do not remember at the moment. White sticker with 5 black numbers and 1 letter. The 5 numbers are the code.

 

[Trainmaster]

Notice that every time you change a window regulator, your hand comes out with a dozen cuts and scratches?

 

[richs fishes]

Where IS the code, anyway?

There is a tag with lots of information on the back of the fuse box located at the passenger foot well. You have to unscrew a couple of bolts, but not necessarily remove them, to be able to pull the fuse box away from the mounting location a bit. Tough to see but its there. White sticker with a big bar code in the middle and FoMoCo above it. The 5 digit door code should be the set of numbers on the beginning of the bottom row (furthest left on the bottom). Try to use your phone and snap a picture so you always have it!

 

[chuck s]

From an obscure and difficult to find Ford publication (AKA, the Owners Manual):

Displaying the Factory Set Code
Note: You need to have two programmed
keys for this procedure.
To display the factory-set code in the
information display:
1. Insert a key into the ignition and switch
the ignition on for a few seconds.
2. Switch the ignition off and remove the
key.
3. Insert the second key into the ignition
and switch the ignition on.
The factory-set code will display for a few
seconds.
Note: The code may not display until after
any other warning messages first display.

-- Chuck

 

[Flexpedition]

From an obscure and difficult to find Ford publication (AKA, the Owners Manual):

-- Chuck

Perfect for a 2015+ owner.
Useless for all others.