The Car spend a day and a half at a trusted mechanic - where he attempted to clear fault codes off the computer, but then came to "Car Attempted Thief" and at that point he could not clear the code. We then had the car towed to nearest Ford dealership, where they too attempted to clear all of the fault codes.
Note to anyone that has a Ford or any car with that security chip that is in the keys, what is known as the coded key. That code is read by the car's internal computer and will make starting the car impossible without the correct coded key. But whenever the dealership does any work on this cars and the computer is involved, they will need all keys for that vehicle.
So we got both keys to the dealership technicians, and low and behold it's the computer that was causing the problem. That last error code could not be clear (thief or something along those lines) so the dealership is replacing that unit. I believe the proper name is the "Engine Control Unit".
Logically (this is a question I would like answered) if the unit is readable (codes can be read off the system through diagnosis) - how come the unit has to be replaced and cannot simply be reset?
KJ
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 AT 7:45 AM
