Trigger the touchscreen prompt with the brake and ignition button, enter the backup passcode within 30 seconds, then press the brake and start button again within 20 seconds.
Check that your vehicle has it.
Verified for the 2024 U.S./Canada Lincoln Corsair with Phone as a Key active on at least one phone and a backup start passcode created during setup.
- Required equipment / service
- Phone as a Key equipped
Does the documented scope match your car?
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Published availability and qualifications
Verified for the 2024 U.S./Canada Lincoln Corsair with Phone as a Key active on at least one phone and a backup start passcode created during setup.
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Step by step.
- 01
With a backup passcode already created, press the brake pedal and the push-button ignition switch.
- 02
When the vehicle reports that no valid phone key or remote is detected, enter the backup start passcode on the touchscreen.
- 03
Press Enter within the touchscreen's 30-second timeout.
- 04
After validation, press the brake pedal and push-button ignition switch within 20 seconds.
- 05
If the Corsair does not start, repeat the documented sequence from the beginning.
Important limits
- The method cannot work unless a backup passcode was created while Phone as a Key was active.
- Five combined wrong backup, reset or valet-code attempts lock the system for five minutes.
Quick checks.
- ✓If the passcode screen does not appear, press the brake and ignition button again.
- ✓Complete passcode entry within 30 seconds and the final start command within 20 seconds.
- ✓After a lockout, wait five minutes before entering another code.
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2024 Lincoln Corsair Owner's Manual — Using the Backup Start Passcode
Relevant section or page: Pages 83–84. We use the written official source to determine the steps and applicability shown above.
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