Phone As A Key VERY Unreliable!

[RickLightning]

And when you go out to car #1 and the app is set to car #2 and it's not smart enough to switch just based on your location in the garage at the time! What an inconvenience! That's why you should only buy 1 vehicle of each make!

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[thunderbayterry]

Is anyone else having problems with PAAK? Mine works intermittently at best. I was having to use the touch pad to get in and enter passcode to start so often that I started carrying my key fob!

It works perfectly with my Samsung S25.

 

[Adventureboy]

I find it pretty reliable with my iPhone but it does have a few quirks.

• If your phone has been locked for a period of time, it will not allow me entry to the truck until it is unlocked. I can unlock and relock my phone, and it will open the truck. I don't know what the timeframe is for this, but this is very different than carrying a keyfob. This may also be affected by my corporate security on my phone, so others may not see this.
• If you have two Ford vehicles, it takes a frustrating amount of time to switch from one to the other. It is only 20-30 seconds, but standing at the door waiting makes it particularly frustrating, especially with driveway shuffles.
• Showing up at the dealer or service shop without the Fob....
• Parking at a friend's and they need to move it for some reason while you are out.

In any case, I find it best to take a key fob when leaving town just in case. I carry a keyfob in my travel bag with the battery inverted so it isn't live.

 

[MN Lightning]

I agree, I now just make sure the app is open and I don't seem to stuggle any more.

 

[Meddle]

Is anyone else having problems with PAAK? Mine works intermittently at best. I was having to use the touch pad to get in and enter passcode to start so often that I started carrying my key fob!

It's incredibly unreliable. It works, but depends on having the app open sometimes and near the door. It's more likely than not an interoperability issue with iOS 26 because I have had it work before the OS update. Hoping this gets better.

 

[Adventureboy]

It's incredibly unreliable. It works, but depends on having the app open sometimes and near the door. It's more likely than not an interoperability issue with iOS 26 because I have had it work before the OS update. Hoping this gets better.

Try restarting your phone. Sometimes the iOS updates don't fully complete until you do a final restart. I've found this particularly true with PAAK, probably because of the security nature of the digital keys.

My app is on all the time. The phone needs to be within a few feet of the sensor for it to work. This is by design, so someone can't open your truck when you get 100ft away and can't see them.

 

[ddimit]

So unreliable that I don't use it. It would be nice if it worked. I need keys for the office anyway, so I always carry the FOB.

 

[Puffoluffagus]

It's always been fairly reliable for me. However after i just got this convenient frunk closing update, very sporadic working.

It's weird, my phone obviously connects to the truck via Bluetooth, android auto etc. But the truck won't recognize it as a key sometimes

 

[ashadkc9]

I've been having issues since last week (Pixel 9) and usually force stopping Fordpass and reopening does the trick, but today that didn't fix it. Thankful for the Backup Passcode. Nothing recent in the way of Software updates on my phone, so I don't get what is going on.

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