Car Alarms: car alarms/ anti theft, alarmtek, ford taurus

Question
I have a 2001 Ford Taurus and it will not start. The theft light is flashing. This only occurs after a rain storm or going through a car wash. How do I disable the system? I read another article from your website about a 2004 taurus in which you ground the dark pink wire off of the GEM. I tried this and it did not work. Please help


Answer
Well if that did not do it, there
are 2 other ideas here to help.

1. It's an after market alarm with a starter
kill relay inline. See past valet/overide
posts I made concerning that.

2. This vehicle is equipped with PATS (true)
(Passive Anti-Theft System).
& It appears you've reset the PATS somehow.
The car does not recognise the chip in the
ignition key any longer.

The PATS needs to be reprogrammed I believe.
You can tow it to any FORD vehicle dealer
to have the service department re code it.

The troube is in the ignition at the reader
probably, but Ford will need to determine that.

Sorry about that.

I hope it's option 1 for you, but doubtful. :>(

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