For many years now, a bevy of Blue Oval models have come equipped from the factory with the automaker’s SecuriCode keypad, which many have found to be a handy way to gain access to vehicles without having to have a key on their person – or accessing the FordPass app to do so. It’s unclear what has changed – perhaps fewer owners are using the SecuriCode keypad, or maybe the automaker has decided to ditch it to trim costs, but it continues to disappear from several models – the latest being the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning.
Just like its ICE counterpart, the Ford F-150, the Ford F-150 Lightning is also dropping the SecuriCode keypad for the 2025 model year, at least, as standard equipment from the factory. Previously, the keypad was included as standard on F-150 Lightning XLT and up pickups, but that’s no longer the case. Instead, just like the gas-powered F-150, the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning will now offer this feature as a dealer-installed option only.
As Ford Authority previously reported, the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning and F-150 are just the latest in a long line of Blue Oval models that have ditched the SecuriCode keypad in recent years, however, instead adding it as a dealer-installed option. That list includes the 2024 Ford Maverick, which previously included it as standard equipment on the 2023 XLT and Lariat trims. It was followed by the 2024 Ford Escape, which replaced it with the optional, dealer-installed Illuminated Door Entry Keypad.
The 2024 Ford Bronco Sport soon followed those deletions after the keypad was optional on the 2023 Big Bend, and standard equipment on the Outer Banks and Badlands trims. Then, as Ford Authority reported this past February, the refreshed 2025 Ford Explorer became the latest model to ditch its standard SecuriCode keypad, also opting to offer it as a dealer-installed option.
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Comments
I think you solved the riddle with this statement, “or accessing the FordPass app to do so.” This leads me to believe this well-loved feature is being dropped because Ford is forcing customers to use their phones in order to more completely surveil their customers.
You know the next step is to charge for the app.
Yep. Sure is.
Dumb. I would never buy a Ford without a keypad next to the door. This is an essential feature, in opinion. Not something that should be optional.
I agree
DUMB!!!
This feature is why I haven’t looked at other brands. Come on ford.
I’ve loved the keypad on my Fords and Lincoln. If I’m going biking or hiking, I’d rather lock my keys in the car – no losing them that way. But given where I am, that also means phone service can be spotty at times. The keypad never is!
This feature first introduced on 1980 Thunderbird. I had it as a standard alone option $295.00 on my 1989 Sable LS, still have the window sticker and was standard on my 1994 Sable LS. After purchasing another vehicle from a certain Korean company, big mistake, it is standard on my 2020 Fusion Hybrid. I used it so often on the other cars that I still remember the old codes. A great option and very useful and convenient. It is a dealer installed option on the 2025 Chevy Malibu for $250.00 and of course another sedan being discontinued.
I find it easier to use the keypad then the Ford App.
I was hoping the 2025’s would have the NACS charging jack. Now they will come with the adapter. It sounds like the 25’s are about removing what use to be standard.