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Lost Keys Cards
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android04
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If you don't have any remaining programmed key cards left, then yes you need service to do it.
Yes, but since I need my cards no later than tomorrow PM I was wondering if I could just do a walk in vs scheduling since they are booking 1 month out
android04
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Not sure about that, it would depend on your service center. It doesn't take much time to program them though.
If you dont have even one of the original keycards, then yes you need to have the SC program them. If you have even 1 of the originals, then no. Pretty much all modern cars need to have a key programmed by the respective service center for the brand. The difference with Tesla is that if you have even one original keycard you can program the rest yourself, none of the other brands are like that that I am aware of.
So, if your warning is "dont lose ALL of your keycards" then yes, thats a good warning.
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ColoradoMike
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I never even realized we could do that! So we could simply purchase a "SPARE" and keep that somewhere and if for some odd reason we both lost or had our cards stolen we would have a backup....am I correct in that assumption?
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Yes, I've got two spare keycards.I never even realized we could do that! So we could simply purchase a "SPARE" and keep that somewhere and if for some odd reason we both lost or had our cards stolen we would have a backup....am I correct in that assumption?
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ColoradoMike
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I never even realized we could do that! So we could simply purchase a "SPARE" and keep that somewhere and if for some odd reason we both lost or had our cards stolen we would have a backup....am I correct in that assumption?
Thanks
We have 4 keycards, because 2 came with each vehicle. You can also pair 1 keycard to more than one car, so my wife and I have our phones as primary for each of our cars, and 1 keycard each that can access both cars (so she has one that can open both cars, and so do I) and we have 2 other keycards locked in our file cabinet that can also open each car.
Ford and/or GM have a way to replace the set of recognized key fobs if you have two currently recognized fobs. They may also have a way to replace them if you have only one currently recognized key fob, but it is intentionally time consuming and inconvenient to make it a hassle for anyone temporarily using the car (e.g. a valet). However, there is no way (at least without a scan tool) to see how many key fobs are currently recognized by the car.
If you go to the car menu and then the locks submenu, it will show all existing keys that the car recognizes. They have trash can buttons that are presumably used to derecognize them.
You can also set a PIN to drive if you are concerned about keys being lost or stolen without you knowing about them being lost or stolen.
RayK
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And while you're there in the Locks menu, be sure that you identify each one of your cards and assign a name to them (use the Pencil icon). That way you'll know which one to delete when the time comes. If you don't already know which each one of them is, then use the card to open/start the car and the date will be updated in the display. Note that I'm still on a 2022 software release and that the menu shown below may be slightly different.
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