[Confirmed] My 2009 Ford Flex fob is dead - can’t find transponder code

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Frostbite
Member since November 2022 • 48 posts

How to get my 2009 Ford Flex's key code to program replacement keys?

Posted on February 05, 2025
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Posted on February 06, 2025

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