Fiesta, Focus — and the rest of the Ford range
The two Fords we see most often are the Fiesta and the Focus, but the work is not limited to them. Whatever Ford is parked outside your house — an older hatchback with a plain blade key or a newer car with a keyless fob — the replacement is made the same way: at the car, from the car. The first thing we ask is always the model and the year, because the key a 2012 Fiesta takes is not the key a newer Focus takes.
From blade keys to keyless: how Ford keys changed
A Ford from twenty years ago opened with a piece of cut metal and nothing else. Then came remote fobs, with lock and unlock buttons and a blade that folds away. The newest Fords use a keyless fob that never leaves your pocket — you press a button to start and touch the handle to unlock. The older the key, the simpler the job; the newer the key, the more of the work is coding rather than cutting. Either way, both halves of the job happen beside your car.
Your Ford key is gone — the order of things
- Ring or message us. Tell us the model, the year, and where the Ford is parked.
- We talk it through. You will hear what the replacement involves and which ownership documents to have to hand — before anyone travels.
- We come to the car. The new key is cut and coded there, then tried in the locks and the ignition.
- Lost every key? The new one is built from the car itself. Our lost car key page explains that job in full.
When the fob goes quiet
Most Ford fobs fail quietly: first the range gets shorter, then a button needs two presses, then nothing at all. A flat battery is the usual suspect, and it is the cheapest fix — but a fob with worn buttons or a dead chip fails in exactly the same way. Guessing wrong costs you a battery that was never the problem, or a fob you never needed. We check both beside the car and tell you which one has actually failed before any work begins.