Abstract: A keyless security system for enabling a user to gain entry into or start a vehicle includes a keypad for providing a first signal when the user inputs a predetermined character string. A fingerprint scanner provides a second signal characterizing a finger placed in close proximity to such sensor. A controller is coupled to the keypad and to the fingerprint scanner for receiving the first signal and the second signal for comparing each of the first signal and the second signal with a respective default signal stored in a memory and for providing a control signal when each of the first signal and the second signal is substantially identical to its respective default signal, whereby operation of the fingerprint sensor is enabled only when the first signal is substantially identical to its respective default signal.