2018 Ford F-150 Owners Manual - MyKey™

MyKey™

MyKey allows you to program keys with restricted driving modes to promote good driving habits. All but one of the keys programmed to the vehicle can be activated with these restricted modes.

Any keys that have not been programmed are referred to as administrator keys or admin keys. They can be used to:

Create a MyKey.

Program configurable MyKey settings.

Clear all MyKey features.

When you have programmed a MyKey, you can access the following information using the information display:

How many admin keys and MyKeys are programmed to your vehicle.

The total distance your vehicle has traveled using a MyKey.

Note: All MyKeys are programmed to the same settings. You cannot program them individually.

Note: For vehicles equipped with a push-button start switch: When both a

MyKey and an admin key are present when you start your vehicle, the system recognizes the admin key only.

The following settings cannot be changed by an admin key user:

Belt-Minder or safety belt reminder. You cannot disable this feature. The audio system will mute when the front seat occupants’ safety belts are not fastened.

Early low fuel. The low fuel warning is activated earlier, giving the MyKey user more time to refuel.

Driver assist features, if equipped on your vehicle, are forced on: parking aid, blind spot information system (BLIS), cross traffic alert, lane departure warning and forward collision warning system.

Satellite radio adult content restrictions (available only in some markets).

Note: When you switch lane departure warning off temporarily, it turns on at the next ignition cycle.

With an admin key, you can configure certain MyKey settings when you first create a MyKey and before you recycle the key or restart the vehicle. You can also change the settings afterward with an admin key:

A vehicle speed limit can be set. Warnings will be shown in the display, followed by an audible tone when your vehicle reaches the set speed. You cannot override the set speed by fully depressing the accelerator pedal or by setting cruise control.

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Various vehicle speed reminders so you know when your vehicle approaches the limits. Warnings appear in the information display and an audible warning sounds when you exceed the limit.

Audio system maximum volume of 45%. A message will be shown in the display when you attempt to exceed the limited volume. Also, the

speed-sensitive or compensated automatic volume control will be disabled.

Always on setting. When this is selected, you will not be able to turn off Advance Trac or traction control, 911 Assist or Emergency Assistance, or Do Not Disturb (if your vehicle is equipped with these features).

Use the information display to create a MyKey.

To create a MyKey:

Place your key into the ignition or, if your vehicle is equipped with keyless start, place your transmitter into the backup position. Details on the backup position's location are in another chapter. See Passive Anti-Theft System (page 78).

Switch the ignition on.

Access the main menu using your

left-hand-side steering wheel controls.

Depending on your display options, select either Settings or Advanced Settings, then MyKey and finally Create MyKey.

When the menu reads Hold OK to Create MyKey, press and hold the OK button to program a MyKey.

The display then prompts you to program the Configurable settings.

You can program the configurable features now or at any time. You can advance through the settings without programming them by pressing the OK button. MyKey then keeps all of the default settings.

When you finish programming your MyKey, the Type 3 information display adds a confirmation screen, New MyKey Has Been Created. The programmed restrictions apply when you key off, open and close the driver door and restart your vehicle with the programmed key or transmitter.

Use the information display to program or change your configurable MyKey settings.

Place your admin key into the ignition or, if your vehicle is equipped with keyless start, place your admin transmitter into the backup position. Details on the backup position's location are in another chapter. See Passive Anti-Theft System (page 78).

Depending on your display options, select either Settings or Advanced Settings, then MyKey and finally to various configurable features.

Scroll down through the choices, and then highlight the feature you want to configure.

Note: You can clear or change your MyKey settings at any time during the same key cycle as you created the MyKey. Once you have switched the engine off, however, you will need an admin key to change or clear your MyKey settings.

The programmed restrictions apply when you key off, open and close the driver door and restart your vehicle with the programmed key or transmitter.

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You can clear all MyKeys within the same key cycle as you created the MyKey. If you switch your ignition off, however, you will need to use an admin key to clear your MyKeys.

Note: When you clear your MyKeys, you remove all restrictions and return all MyKeys to their original admin key status at once.

To clear all MyKeys of all MyKey settings, use the information display and the

left-hand-side steering wheel controls:

Access the main menu and select Settings, then MyKey and finally Clear MyKeys.

Press and hold OK.

When you finish clearing all MyKeys, the Type 3 information display adds a confirmation screen, MyKey Cleared.

You can find information on programmed MyKey(s) using the information display control on the steering wheel. See Information Displays (page 113).

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MyKey is not compatible with non

Ford-approved, aftermarket remote start systems. If you choose to install a remote start system, see an authorized dealer for a Ford-approved remote start system.

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