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While driving the anti-theft light turns on

Tiny
LEIGHLYN1
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  • 2006 FORD ESCAPE
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 10,000 MILES
My anti theft light comes on when I drive my car! When the light comes on it slows my car down or completely stops my car. How to stop this from happening?
Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 AT 1:47 PM

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Tiny
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The factory anti-theft system does not affect your vehicle after the engine has started. This system is only active before start-up to verify that the key is correct for the vehicle, after it starts this system is null. An aftermarket anti-theft system is the only possibility that I can think of. Are there any other lights coming on?
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 AT 2:34 PM
Tiny
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No, it is just the red anti theft light.
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 AT 2:44 PM
Tiny
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We would need to retrieve trouble codes from the power-train control module and the instrument cluster module to accurately determine what you've got going on. There are many things that it could be, but we don't want to get into a guessing game also.
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 AT 4:07 PM
Tiny
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I was thinking that. Thank you for all your help.
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 AT 4:22 PM
Tiny
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No problem! Let us know if you're able to get the codes for those modules and we can go further with it.
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 AT 4:40 PM

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