Four generations, 2004–2024. Pick yours.
2015–2020
Illustration — use it to know where to look.
Left-hand-drive only (US/Canada market). Driver's footwell, on the underside of the dash just left of the steering column, above the pedals/brake. The 16-pin OBD-II connector is exposed with no cover and faces downward, so you reach up under the lower dash edge. Same position across all P552 trims (XL through King Ranch / Platinum / Limited / Raptor).
Also on this F-150
LHD only (US/Canada). Driver's footwell, under the lower edge of the instrument panel directly below and just left of the steering column, above the pedals. The white 16-pin connector faces down and is exposed - reach up under the dash edge. It is a remote DLC on a short harness to the gateway module mounted behind the driver-side lower dash. Same position on all 2021-2024 trims.
Driver's side, on the bottom edge of the lower dash panel just left of the steering column, roughly above the driver's left knee. The 16-pin connector faces down and is screwed to the underside of the dash with two vertical screws, so you look up under the dash edge with a torch rather than straight at it. Same position on every 2009-2014 cab (Regular, SuperCab, SuperCrew) and trim including Raptor; US trucks are left-hand drive only. Ex-fleet and remote-start trucks often have a second harness or a telematics box plugged in behind the factory port, sometimes zip-tied up out of sight: if the tool will not talk, check you are on the real vehicle port and not a pass-through.
Under the dash on the driver's side, directly below the steering column and slightly to its right, above the pedals and roughly level with the driver's right knee. The 16-pin connector faces down, so you look up under the lower dash edge with a torch to see it. Same position on every 2004-2008 cab (Regular, SuperCab, SuperCrew) and trim; US trucks are left-hand drive only. Fleet trucks sometimes have the connector unclipped and hanging, or a telematics box plugged into it, so trace the harness down from under the column if it isn't where you expect.
Questions
Step-by-step add-key and all-keys-lost procedures for every F-150, which of your tools will do it, and what catches people out.
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