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I'm probably just as curious as you are to learn what they find out about your car.
I'm happy we could be helpful. I wasn't the only one, there were alot of people chiming in with their ideas too.
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Just before you do tow it. I would go threw the engine bay and press on harness connectors, sensor connectors. and even shake harness while someone cranks car to see if it fires up.. I've done this to 2 cars, and had luck on my side because they started right after.
JD a.k.a Fingers
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'98 Contour LX 2.5L MTX 120k
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Originally posted by JSmith:
I'm probably just as curious as you are to learn what they find out about your car.
I'm happy we could be helpful. I wasn't the only one, there were alot of people chiming in with their ideas too.
I will definitely post the diagnosis.
THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!
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Originally posted by jd28:
Just before you do tow it. I would go threw the engine bay and press on harness connectors, sensor connectors. and even shake harness while someone cranks car to see if it fires up.. I've done this to 2 cars, and had luck on my side because they started right after.
I have checked every connection I could think of or see over the past 3 weeks.
I really appreciate your offer. Just to let everyone know, jd28 offered to come by my house and take a look at it sometime in the next few weeks. I thought that was SUPER nice.
Thanks again everyone. I will post ASAP with a diagnosis.
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good luck meng.
wish i could have come down at some point to help out.
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Originally posted by ElKy:
good luck meng.
wish i could have come down at some point to help out.
Yeah, me too 
I'm kidding. Thanks for all of your suggestions as well!
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So, our mechanic has been working on it on and off for the past day or so. I just spoke with him, I didn't get specifics (he was on another line) but he said he had a few other things to check, but kind of thought it might be the PATS.
Anyone know much about this? Can I just bypass it? Or disable it? I called the nearest Ford dealer to our shop (Pride Ford in N. Attleboro - which we have had bad experiences with and so has our mechanic) and tried to get a rough estimate... He said it could be as simple as a new key and programming ($140) and then up. A few hundred dollars was all I could get out of him if the whole unit needed replacing.
Does that sound about right? Is there anything I should try before taking there (I don't want to take it anywhere, ESPECIALLY there, but we are paying for the tows... and it's just 2 or 3 miles)? Should I buy a couple ebay keys and have them cut and go through the reprogramming instructions? We do have 2 good keys, well I think they are good...
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I dunno, to me, that doesn't make sense.
If you've already got 2 keys and they don't work, then reprogramming a key off of them won't work.
Sounds like your keys aren't being recognized by the car, but what do I know.
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Originally posted by frenchblueC2:
I dunno, to me, that doesn't make sense.
If you've already got 2 keys and they don't work, then reprogramming a key off of them won't work.
Sounds like your keys aren't being recognized by the car, but what do I know.
Yeah, I'm sure you are right. I'm still just grasping at straws because I really don't want to take it to Pride...
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try and reprogram your current keys..
maybe they lost the program somehow.
or doe the pats work by recognizing a specific key?
i dont know much about the pats.
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