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 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.

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 ...

Ford's SecuriCode keypad was first introduced in 1980, originally featured on the Thunderbird and Lincoln Continental Mark VI, it became a standard feature on many of its vehicles. The technology hasn ...

The Ford Securicode, or the keyless-entry keypad available on all models of Ford cars and trucks, first appeared on the 1980 Thunderbird. Even though it’s most commonly seen on the higher-end models, ...