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 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.

Since the 1980s, many vehicles produced in the Ford family have come with a five-button keypad that can be used for unlocking them in place of the physical key. Other automakers have implemented the ...