Yes. That's why it is no longer done.
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IIRC its not discontinued, its an option now on 24 models.. ($500)
Yep you are correct, partially correct that is ..
“The SecuriCode Keyless Entry Keypad has been deleted from the 2024 Ford Bronco Sport lineup, but it will be replaced by a dealer-installed option for those that still covet this particular feature. This dealer installed option is called the Illuminated Door Entry Keypad and is a $350 option for all trims in the 2024 Ford Bronco Sport lineup.”
it’s not integrated into the door as in earlier models so looks a lot like this pic:
hmm the ford website build your car section offers the option showing the embedded glowing numbers for $500 when I was shopping for my BLYep you are correct, partially correct that is ..
“The SecuriCode Keyless Entry Keypad has been deleted from the 2024 Ford Bronco Sport lineup, but it will be replaced by a dealer-installed option for those that still covet this particular feature. This dealer installed option is called the Illuminated Door Entry Keypad and is a $350 option for all trims in the 2024 Ford Bronco Sport lineup.”
it’s not integrated into the door as in earlier models so looks a lot like this pic:
It shows as $350 on the current Build & Price page, but with no details and no image, just a footnote S4. When I placed my order, it showed as a DIO, Dealer Installed Option, meaning it is the external keypad. I'll have to wait and see at delivery...maybe 2 months away for my '24 BL ordered at the end of July.
The Build guide sent to dealers at the end of July doesn't show the SecuriCode keyless entry keypad anywhere, not as std equipment, nor as an option.
What can be a problem in certain areas is the prox fob itself. If you live in a densely populated area, and you park on the street or the driveway is close to the street, a thief can carry essentially a small battery powered amplifier. This will trick your car into thinking the keyfob is near. It's a problem where my grandparents live (a beach town in New Jersey) and when we visit they have a small key box with a faraday cage built in that we put all keys in. The problem is this amplification attack really can't be told apart (from an observer's perspective) from someone with a legitimate key on their person opening the door by proximity, so thieves will casually go from car to car, check the console, check the glovebox for valuables, and then move on
This is not useful for theft, however. Theoretically with that box you could start the car, and you could drive away. The car would continue operating while saying "no key detected" on the gauge cluster screen. However the moment you stopped the car, you wouldn't be able to start it again - and now you're too far from the actual key to amplify that signal. The only way to program a new key would be to submit an incode and get an outcode - which only Ford dealers and authorized locksmiths can do, and all the requests are logged, so not useful for a thief with a stolen vehicle. Unless they're just trying to get the vehicle far enough away to chop it.
(I'm not aware for demand for stealing BS' to chop for parts, but a potential deterrent would be VIN etching. Some police stations offer it for free, AAA in some areas does it for free too. You can get a VIN etching kit online for less than $20 if you want to do it yourself and it only takes a few minutes. I did it on my BS. GEICO doesn't offer a VIN etching discount, but if you're insured elsewhere, worth asking your auto insurer.)
It's actually possible to steal a car without a key. In this article the example was a Toyota where the communications (CAN) bus for the headlight was used to flood a ton of interference along with a vehicle start command. Due to the deliberate interference when the Toyota's computers saw the start command on the wrong bus, it still allowed it.
I would think another deterrence for a potential thief is that all BSes in the US include Fordpass with no monthly subscriptions or free trial limit. That's both telematics and vehicle location (via cellular tower triangulation and GPS). A knowledgeable thief theoretically could know the correct fuse to pop to disable telematics, but the mere need to know this by vehicle (and it could change the fuse between model years or different models) and take the time to have access to the fuse without getting caught increases risk for a thief.
If you want piece of mind, use a farday sleeve for your keyfob or get a faraday cage key box on Amazon, there are a ton of options (a lot of them probably the same item made in China with different sellers...). However, this isn't something I bother with at home (up a hill at the end of a dead end street, no exit if you're caught).
This is not useful for theft, however. Theoretically with that box you could start the car, and you could drive away. The car would continue operating while saying "no key detected" on the gauge cluster screen. However the moment you stopped the car, you wouldn't be able to start it again - and now you're too far from the actual key to amplify that signal. The only way to program a new key would be to submit an incode and get an outcode - which only Ford dealers and authorized locksmiths can do, and all the requests are logged, so not useful for a thief with a stolen vehicle. Unless they're just trying to get the vehicle far enough away to chop it.
(I'm not aware for demand for stealing BS' to chop for parts, but a potential deterrent would be VIN etching. Some police stations offer it for free, AAA in some areas does it for free too. You can get a VIN etching kit online for less than $20 if you want to do it yourself and it only takes a few minutes. I did it on my BS. GEICO doesn't offer a VIN etching discount, but if you're insured elsewhere, worth asking your auto insurer.)
It's actually possible to steal a car without a key. In this article the example was a Toyota where the communications (CAN) bus for the headlight was used to flood a ton of interference along with a vehicle start command. Due to the deliberate interference when the Toyota's computers saw the start command on the wrong bus, it still allowed it.
I would think another deterrence for a potential thief is that all BSes in the US include Fordpass with no monthly subscriptions or free trial limit. That's both telematics and vehicle location (via cellular tower triangulation and GPS). A knowledgeable thief theoretically could know the correct fuse to pop to disable telematics, but the mere need to know this by vehicle (and it could change the fuse between model years or different models) and take the time to have access to the fuse without getting caught increases risk for a thief.
If you want piece of mind, use a farday sleeve for your keyfob or get a faraday cage key box on Amazon, there are a ton of options (a lot of them probably the same item made in China with different sellers...). However, this isn't something I bother with at home (up a hill at the end of a dead end street, no exit if you're caught).
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