[Archived] Can’t find PIN in glovebox docs for my 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis

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Looking for my 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis's factory key code to program a key

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This thread might save my 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis. Thanks everyone!

Fingers crossed this works for my 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis too.

Trying to reprogram a new key for my 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis—need the code first.

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