hiding spare key IN cab of 2020 F-350 - truck gets confused?

[LosAngeles]

Hi - I sometimes go camping alone, and the best place to hide a 2nd set of backup keys for our Ford F-350 2020 (Lariat, so it has the keypad for keyless entry) would be IN the cab of the truck somewhere.

however i am concerned the truck would get confused, if there were one set of keys in the truck, (and would sense them) plus my set outside the truck.

would wrapping the keys in foil (?) be enough to make the truck not "see" the keys I had hidden in the truck, as a backup?

or any other clever solutions? so the truck does not 'see' the keys i had hidden in the truck.

just in case i'm out hiking and somehow i lose my main truck keys, so then i'm not 100% stranded in the middle of nowhere.

thanks for any ways to do what I'm after. (hide a backup set of keys IN the truck cab)

(not interested in a magnetic key holder under the truck, for what it is worth)

EDIT - the hitch is taken, so a hitch lock wont work.

[Mike134]

monkey44 wrote:
Take the battery out of the key fob, hide both in cab. Very simple to remove and replace battery.

X2 plus you don't need to put the battery in to start the truck just drop the fob into the bottom of the cup holder

[Hemi_Joel]

I just hide the spare truck key in the camper. Then hide a spare camper key in a secret place that is accessible from outside the camper.

[Grit_dog]

So have you tried it yet, or still pontificating about it?

[LosAngeles]

JimK-NY wrote:
I am more than a little puzzled. If you lose your key, what good is it to have the spare locked into the cab?
....

As i mentioned in my original post: I have a keypad on the truck so I could be without keys outside of the locked truck... enter my code, open the door, grab the hidden keys, and drive on. 😉

[StirCrazy]

Sjm9911 wrote:
Mine has the button on the door handle , so if it senses the fob , the door will open if anyone hits the button.

so does ours but the key has to be outside the vehicle for it to work. I tried it with the wife sitting in the car with her key and it worked just fine. the new ones are a lot smarter than people give them credit for. Just try it put your spair key in the glove box, lock the truck and put the key you have in the house or 100 feet away or so and then try open your truck. I bet the newer fords wont open unless that key is fairly close and outside the vehicle, but you wont know till you try it.

heck even my house door lock that works on bluetooth and wifi can tell the difference between me being inside the house or outside when I try to unlock the door.

Steve

[NRALIFR]

patperry2766 wrote:

JimK-NY wrote:
I am more than a little puzzled. If you lose your key, what good is it to have the spare locked into the cab?

BTW. the truck will detect my key fob if it is left in the truck.

Ford vehicles have a door keypad where you can lock & unlock the doors with a code. When I switched to Ram, that was the thing I miss the most

I also wouldn’t hesitate (much) to break a window if needed to get in.

I’d try to make it the least expensive, and it definitely wouldn’t be the windshield :B

And, hopefully I’d remember to at least TRY the keypad first :S

:):)

[patperry2766]

JimK-NY wrote:
I am more than a little puzzled. If you lose your key, what good is it to have the spare locked into the cab?

BTW. the truck will detect my key fob if it is left in the truck.

Ford vehicles have a door keypad where you can lock & unlock the doors with a code. When I switched to Ram, that was the thing I miss the most

[K_Mac]

I have been doing this since 2005 with all 3 of my F 350 Lariat's. Don't forget to foil bag your ez pass if you tow something in a trailer also. Towed mine and friends bike one time and he didn't bag his bike's ez pass, and got charged for all tolls, ouch !

[thomasmnile]

In days gone by, a spare key hidden in or on a vehicle might have been ok. No more, especially a smart key. Not to mention an insurance company might take a dim view of the theft claim.

[JimK-NY]

I am more than a little puzzled. If you lose your key, what good is it to have the spare locked into the cab?

BTW. the truck will detect my key fob if it is left in the truck.

[NRALIFR]

I think on my truck, the only way to defeat it is put the key in the metal Altoids box or wrap it in foil. On my wife’s car you can turn that function off in the vehicle settings. If you can find it in the menus that is :R

:):)

[Sjm9911]

Mine has the button on the door handle , so if it senses the fob , the door will open if anyone hits the button.

[Grit_dog]

LA, why not just try it and see if there is an issue?:?

[NRALIFR]

It’s not always that easy. Some vehicles won’t let you leave an RFID key or fob inside when you get out and lock the doors. There are various ways to get around that though, depending on the vehicle.

:):)