does not start and after playing with the car

2001 FORD FIVE HUNDRED
150,000 MILES
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MISSYX3
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What does it mean when you try to turn on your car, but does not start and after playing with the car for a little while the alarm went off I stopped the alarm and tried to turn on the car and it went dead again, what's going on?
Aug 15, 2012 at 4:02 AM
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MHPAUTOS
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What do you mean by playing around, what did you check and do? do you have access to a code reader for set faults in the ECU, not all faults will set a check light.
Aug 15, 2012 at 8:02 AM
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KHLOW2008
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Either the battery is weak or the connections are poor. Have the battery tested and clean and retighten the terminals if necessary.
Aug 15, 2012 at 11:53 AM
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