Passive Anti-Theft System (PATS) - Symptom Table
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Montego, 2006 Ford Freestyle, and 2006 Ford Five Hundred. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
SYMPTOM TABLE
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Possible Sources |
Action |
- No communication with the powertrain control module (PCM)
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- The anti-theft indicator is always/never on - no three-second anti-theft indicator prove-out
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- Circuitry
- Instrument cluster
- Powertrain control module (PCM)
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- The anti-theft system does not operate correctly - engine does not crank and the anti-theft indicator proves out normally
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- Powertrain control module (PCM)
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