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i just bought a 1998 contour GL. It did not have any key fobs for keyless entry. how can i tell if that was an option avaible when the car was new? anyway to tell...ford dealer said the cycle the ignition on/off six times and if the car locked then it had it...but then he said he wasn't sure if contours were set up that way....

anyone help?

There are a few threads on this with good pictures.

However, the only way is to look for the electronic transmittor box and antenna for the keyless entry behind the glove box.

Squeeze in both sides of the glove box to clear the plastic tags and let the box swing down towards the floor.

If your Contour has the premium sound system, you will see an amphlifier (finned metal box) directly behind the glovebox. Contours with premium sound have "premium sound" on the speaker grills.

If you have premium sound, unbolt / remove the amphlifier.

If you have keyless entry, you will see a a grey plastic box (approximately 3" X 5") with a black radio antenna cable plugged into it.


If you car didn't come with keyless entry, then its a major job to add it because Ford did not intall the extra wiring harnesses in cars that did not come with the system from the factory. I bought the transmittor and antenna from a junkyard, prior to checking if my 95 SE had the wiring harnesses. I went back to the junkyard to get the wiring harnesses and found out that I would have to rip the entire dash apart to remove the harnesses.

chances are your GL doesn't have factory keyless entry.

as stated look under the glove box, just remove the carpeted panel under the glove box and not the box itself, next to the computer would be the module if you have keyless entry

search for post I have made in either general or troubleshooting, pics should still be up in my posts

Look up in the passenger footwell near the glovebox/kick panel/carpet corner area. If you have keyless, there will be a white plug there, wrapped with black tape. That is the programming plug for the keyless entry. My sister's 1995 Mystique GS and my 1998 LS had it. If you (hopefully!) have that plug, there is a way to test the keyless. Then you can get remotes on e-bay.