Sadly, I was not kidding about the physical key. BUT, the technician finally figured it out and all is well. And the service advisor was nice enough to say "we certainly won't charge you for this training exercise". LOL!
Hmm! did this work? Curious why you bought a key with a mismatched FCC-ID. Really lowering your odds of success.
All's well that ends well I guess. At least it was free.
I mean, can you really put a price on sitting in a dealership's waiting room for 3 hours? ???
https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/dealer-service-using-paak.6394/page-3#post-201307
If you bought it from a dealer maybe. I'd say no chance if you got it aftermarket.
Aah! The 2 zeros at the end of your first post threw me off. Looks like exact match should work.How exactly are these mismatched?
For the $75 I paid, I don't think it's worth my time chasing Ford for a refund. If they start offering it thats great for the new comers as we can then close this thread? Folks still question if it works or why there are different part numbers. The last 2 letters of the part number would be the logo on the back or the layout of buttons. The exact part number of the original key is 15K601-FA and if one gets one with a different part number I guess it can give room for the dealer to balk at it.
Yeah, between spending the time and money just to order the fob, I had a locksmith out to the house and went to two other locksmiths (two hours of my time with driving) - all three were unsuccessful. Spent ~15-20 minutes calling dealers to get price quotes, and then drove 30 minutes to and from the dealer, plus 30 minutes while there for the programming.
That would be awesome, is there any official statement from Ford about this? I can talk to my dealer but most of the dealers near me don't seem super informed on the Mach-E at this time. Would I have to go to the dealer I bought the car from or can I go to any dealer?
