Keyless Entry

This store http://www.keylessride.com/default.asp has a method for checking to see if your Ford E350 is equipped with keyless entry:
1. Insert key in the ignition and turn the switch from OFF to RUN (as far as you can go without cranking the engine) eight times within ten seconds, ending in OFF.
2. Doors will lock and then unlock, verifying a keyless entry system is installed.

Mind FAILED this test! I must try again in daylight; it is actually kind of difficult to do within ten seconds.
KeylessRide's price is $29, plus $20 shipping to Canada.
I see some for $15 and under on ebay, with another $15 charge to mail to Canada.
It is just a little much when I'm not certain it will work.

Harvey51 wrote:
Wow, that is very encouraging! When we bought our 2004 E350, I took it to the Ford dealer and asked. A guy came out and looked carefully at the windshield in front of the driver. He said, "Sorry, no antenna - you don't have it."

Do you folks with working remotes have a piece of wire low down in the windshield?

Just had my windshield replaced. Keyless entry still works. Never noticed a wire in the windshield.

Amazon.com will not send it to Canada. I see what appears to be the same fob at amazon.ca but it is $25 (from Britain) or $18 from Urban Inspirations, who just sold me a $25 key that doesn't work. It doesn't have the little embedded cylinder in the blade that some say is the telltale that it actually has the actuator chip.

Maybe I'll just do without a remote.
Gary, I hope you got yours at the US price.

Apparently there are always some E450s that don't get the memo. Ours is a 2005 E450 Super Duty chassis and does have a tach in the dash cluster. When I perform the remote programming sequence specified in the user manual, nothing happens. Eight cycles of the key within ten seconds and nothing happens. The locks do not cycle to indicate that programming mode has been entered. Nothing. Everything else performs fine in the motorhome. I guess I now have a couple of new remotes that I can use as paper weights.

Thanks, Dick, that seems to be the one I linked all right.
Odometer was a slip of the old mind - I do have the tachometer!

this is what I ordered from Amazon: Ford and Mazda Keyless Remote F150, F250, F350, E350, Ranger, Escape, Explorer, Expedition, Windstar, Sport Trac, & Freestar and 1998 - 2009 B2500, B3
Sold by Discount Keyless
Put that in your search on Amazon.com
You said you have the odometer, it is a Tachometer you need to have. PM me if you need more info on what I ordered. Dick

Good news! Thanks, Bryan. We have the odometer so I'll order the almost free remote from the Amazon dealer and give it a try.

I would appreciate help finding the known to work Discount Keyless fob on Amazon!
I am not finding anything on Amazon.ca that mentions Ford E350 and prices are generally over $30, so I'll look at Amazon.com next.

I just bought a chip key for our Toyota minivan from Amazon Urban Inspirations that didn't work, so I'm not going to buy anything more from them unless they refund me.

Is this it? There is a choice to buy it from Discount Keyless at lower right.
Amazon - key fob

Harvey51 wrote:
Wow, that is very encouraging! When we bought our 2004 E350, I took it to the Ford dealer and asked. A guy came out and looked carefully at the windshield in front of the driver. He said, "Sorry, no antenna - you don't have it."

Do you folks with working remotes have a piece of wire low down in the windshield?

There is not visible antennae on the OEM system. Bascially, if your E-series has the Tach in the dashboard, it means your rig runs off the CAN network and therefore keyless entry is built into the PCM.

Wow, that is very encouraging! When we bought our 2004 E350, I took it to the Ford dealer and asked. A guy came out and looked carefully at the windshield in front of the driver. He said, "Sorry, no antenna - you don't have it."

Do you folks with working remotes have a piece of wire low down in the windshield?

Received my two keyless remotes today from Discount Keyless ordered thru Amazon for my E-350. Cost me $11.12 total including shipping. Programmed them, they work great on the cab doors and include the dreaded panic alarm. I'm a happy camper. Regards, Dick