Ford is about to mark 40 years of offering one of the auto industry’s least known but most appreciated features: the SecuriCode keypad. Millions of Ford and Lincoln owners have used the feature.

Ford is about to mark 40 years of offering one of the auto industry’s least known but most appreciated features: the SecuriCode keypad. Millions of Ford and Lincoln owners have used the feature.

Ford said its Fiesta and Focus – the UK’s two top-selling models overall – now have new security technology which disables keyless entry fobs when not in use to block illegal hacking. The problem has ...