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Stewman13 · Jun 15, 2009

My 2006 Ranger is having difficulty recognizing the PATs key. When I am driving, it will intermittently not recognize the key and shut the engine down. I took it to a dealer, and they could not duplicate the problem. Up until now, I have loved Ford products, but this makes my truck too dangerous to drive. Has anyone seen anything like this?

Stewart

Bubba Bob · Jun 15, 2009

Unless you want the 'security', you can disable the system altogether. Here's the skinny -

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Auto-Theft-Prevention-2384/2008/5/Ford-PATS-problem.htm

Daniel_187 · Jun 16, 2009

the link is not working. If it get disabled does that mean I don't need the frekin huge key with the chip in it and can use my smaller one?

Original_Ranger84 · Jun 16, 2009

Daniel_187 said:
the link is not working. If it get disabled does that mean I don't need the frekin huge key with the chip in it and can use my smaller one?

Yep if you can shut it off you can just break the key off inside and start it with a screwdriver if you wanted. (not reccomended)

85_Ranger4x4 · Jun 16, 2009

Original_Ranger84 said:
Yep if you can shut it off you can just break the key off inside and start it with a screwdriver if you wanted. (not reccomended)

If it can't keep track of the key that won't fix the problem...

Does it do it with more than one key? I would question the receiver thing that checks for the chip in the key.

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