Taking a proactive and organized approach to your life has a myriad of benefits. In the event you are ever burglarized, this approach is no exception. If your home is burglarized having a proper inventory of your items and their value can be a real help. If your stuff is in a proper inventory you […]
Some late model Ford family vehicles come with a great feature called SecuriCode™. SecuriCode™ is a keypad located on the driver’s door that unlocks the door when the correct code is entered. Newer SecuriCode™ equipped vehicles allow you to retrieve your number using two already programmed keys. Older model cars with keypads can be pulled […]
Select late-model Ford vehicles have a cool feature called MyKey®. It’s geared towards parents that want to set certain safety restrictions for their kids’ vehicles or for when their kids borrow their car or truck. Here is a pretty informative video that explains what Ford MyKey® is and how to set it up.
In 1986 General Motors introduced the Vehicle Anti-Theft System (VATS) on the Corvette. This system quickly made its way into many other General Motors vehicles as a standard feature. The VATS system can be easily identified by looking at the key. In VATS equipped vehicles there is a visible black resistor called a ‘pellet’ in […]
Sad News, local safe technician / safe manipulation specialist Rollin Gilliland passed away on June 14th. Although he is not a household name, Rollin was a titan of the safe manipulation field and a dear friend to the staff here at McGuire Lock & Safe and many other members of our local locksmith association (MKLA). […]
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There are times when everybody needs a locksmith. Sometimes this involves having locks replaced, but usually when people are in need of a locksmith, it’s an emergency or time is short, like when keys are locked in your car or when you are unable to get inside of your house. Regardless of how stressful the […]
A Short History of the Ford PATS 1 System Ford began putting transmitter-responder or ‘Transponder’ chips into their keys in 1996 with select models. This system was called the Passive Anti-Theft System (PATS), and quickly became a standard feature. Ford owners on the PATS 1 system can program in their own keys if they follow […]
A key code is a series of characters (sometimes numbers, sometimes letters and numbers) that gives locksmiths the ability to cut a key that will work your lock. Key codes come in two types, blind codes and direct digit codes. A blind code is a code like ‘32J6E’, alone it means nothing, in fact it’s complete gibberish […]
One of the best ways to put home burglary related crimes into perspective is to look at the numbers. These numbers aren’t mean to scare you. Instead, look at these stats as a tool to better see your neighborhood. Don’t live under a false idea that your neighborhood is “Safe”. (more…)
