car stolen/recovered thieves have extra fob

[damon74]

So car was stolen and the thieves kept my other key fob, Ford says I have to go through them but I am pretty sure I don't. My question is there a way to take the key fob off without going to them? They say it requires 2 and if i get another it will cancel old one out. I don't want the thieves to go on another joy ride with my and maybe damaging it.

[onyxbfly]

Truly sorry to hear that your car was stolen but definitely glad to hear that it was recovered. 

 

You need two admin keys to program a new key and to be honest I doubt it would cancel the old one out.  I know plenty of people who have 3-4 keys for their rides.

 

If the thieves have your extra fob I would suggest going through ford and getting new key fobs with new keycodes. I know that remote start involves the BCM. Not sure if the BCM or whichever module corresponds to your key fob/ codes.  You might need to have the corresponding module reprogrammed. 

 

The entire process should be covered under insurance. I'm sure you would prefer to avoid getting insurance involved etc. 

 

HTH

[IWRBB]

Ford can wipe the old keys and add the ones you have back as "approved" keys/fobs.  You can do also it yourself with a program called Forscan.  Those are your only options.

[onyxbfly]

1 hour ago, IWRBB said:

Ford can wipe the old keys and add the ones you have back as "approved" keys/fobs.  You can do also it yourself with a program called Forscan.  Those are your only options.

 

Learn something new every day! Thanks for the info!