Ford Escape Security Code

The owner's manual says you can get the code from your Ford dealer if you don't have the wallet card in the glove box.

Since some (most?) dealers will charge you a "diagnostic" fee to hook your Escape up to the computer and look up the code, you could try calling Ford customer support and perhaps you can sweet talk them into looking up your code over the phone. That's a long shot though since the idea of a security code is to keep it private and it's hard to verify that you are the owner over the phone.

I don't know about Fords, but sometimes you can find security codes on the alarm unit, but first you have to find the alarm control.

If you do go the dealer route, you may want to check and make sure you have the security code for the radio too. Sometimes those will stop working if you disconnect the battery.

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curth (Jul 19, 2009 10:54 am)
- Stever@Edmunds (Jul 19, 2009 2:01 pm)
- explorerx4 (Jul 19, 2009 3:27 pm)
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#3 of 8 Re: 2008 Escape Security Code [steve_] by curth

Jul 19, 2009 (10:54 am)

Replying to: Stever@Edmunds (Jul 19, 2009 9:28 am)

So, to your knowledge, there's nowhere I can find this info on my own?

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Stever@Edmunds (Jul 19, 2009 2:01 pm)
explorerx4 (Jul 19, 2009 3:27 pm)
- vg33e power (Jul 20, 2009 8:34 am)
  - Stever@Edmunds (Jul 20, 2009 9:35 am)

#4 of 8 Re: 2008 Escape Security Code [curth] by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Jul 19, 2009 (2:01 pm)

Replying to: curth (Jul 19, 2009 10:54 am)

Not to my knowledge.

It's possible you may be able to find someone on the net willing to give you the code. I've seen a couple of sites that give people security codes for radios, often for a fee, but your problem is bigger than the radio.

And radio codes can usually be looked up from the serial number on the back of the radio (perhaps together with the VIN).

When I nosed around the net for a Ford security code for the whole car, it sounded like you needed to hook something up to the computer to read the factory code for the car's security system. I doubt that an OBDII type scanner, like you can sometimes borrow from an auto parts store, would be able to scan that info.

My net search was pretty brief so maybe you'll find something, but I bet it's one of those "dealer only" kind of things. Finding a sticker on the computer module with the code on it is a long shot.

Good luck! (and it can't hurt to check all the cubby holes one more time for the wallet card).

#5 of 8 Re: 2008 Escape Security Code [curth] by explorerx4

Jul 19, 2009 (3:27 pm)

Replying to: curth (Jul 19, 2009 10:54 am)

do you mean the keypad entry code?

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vg33e power (Jul 20, 2009 8:34 am)
- Stever@Edmunds (Jul 20, 2009 9:35 am)

#6 of 8 Re: 2008 Escape Security Code [explorerx4] by vg33e power

Jul 20, 2009 (8:34 am)

Replying to: explorerx4 (Jul 19, 2009 3:27 pm)

I work for a Ford dealer...and yes for the keypad security code, you will have to take your vehicle to the service dept and pay the diagnostic fee for the technician to retrieve it, there is no other way to get it. In fact, I would highly recommend that after you get the code you refer to your manual and change it to something else so that no one has the new code. Good Luck!

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Stever@Edmunds (Jul 20, 2009 9:35 am)

#7 of 8 Re: 2008 Escape Security Code [vg33e power] by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Jul 20, 2009 (9:35 am)

Replying to: vg33e power (Jul 20, 2009 8:34 am)

From what I was reading, you can add an additional security code, but you can't remove the original code assigned at the factory.

Ford must have a lot of patents on the keypads. They'd sure be handy on my cars, especially when I try to get into our van in the garage. My wife is always locking me out.

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