Automotive Keys 2011-2019 Ford / 4-Button Smart Key Vancouver

Ford's proximity system is called Intelligent Access, and this four button fob is the one it used on cars and SUVs with push button start across the 2011 to 2019 model years. It lets you into the vehicle with the fob in a pocket and starts it from the dash, and the four buttons give you lock, unlock, the trunk or liftgate and the panic alarm. Under the plastic there is a transponder that answers Ford's PATS immobiliser and a transmitter for the remote functions, and the two are programmed to the vehicle together in one session. A small metal blade lives inside the fob for the door in an emergency; that blade is the only thing about this key that is cut rather than programmed, and we cut it separately if you want it. This pairing does not need a Ford dealership. We carry the fob and the programming equipment, the car comes to 4105 Macdonald St in Vancouver or we go to the car, and the fob is paired and tested on the spot. It helps to be clear about what the listing is. This is a live fob with its electronics. A shell is the case and buttons only, sold for fobs whose board still works but whose housing has split or whose buttons have worn to nothing, and if that is your situation a shell swap with your original board is the cheaper repair. Before you buy a fob at all, one Ford quirk is worth knowing. When an older Escape or Explorer cranks but refuses to start and the theft light keeps flashing, the PATS module has often dropped the key it already had, and reprogramming the existing fob fixes it with no new hardware. We test for that first. What to have with you: the vehicle, its registration, your driver's licence and any working fob, because an all keys lost pairing involves reading the PATS data out of the car and takes longer than adding a spare. Call 604-734-7233 with the model and year before you come.