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Spook302

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I lost the keys to my 97 cobra. Does this car have the pats system on it with the programmed key? Or can I take one of my door locks to a locksmith to have another key made?
 

2000fordstanggt

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Spook302 said:
I lost the keys to my 97 cobra. Does this car have the pats system on it with the programmed key? Or can I take one of my door locks to a locksmith to have another key made?
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if you have a tuner then the pats can be disabled with that. the trunk lock would be easier than the drivers door, to take to the locksmith, if i remember right. once the pats is disabled, that is. i know people will chime in against disabling the pats but really nobody would even know about it. if you want you could always wire a kill switch in via the inertia switch in the trunk.

otherwise youll have to pay the dealer to reprogram it.

hope this helps!
 

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my son lost his keys to his ranger. found a locksmith that came to the truck and make a new pats key for $180. was cheaper than towing to dealer and paying them to do it. I would not disable pats imho.
 

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blkhorse said:
my son lost his keys to his ranger. found a locksmith that came to the truck and make a new pats key for $180. was cheaper than towing to dealer and paying them to do it. I would not disable pats imho.
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if possible this would be much better.
i meant what i said to only be done if it was easier for him. sorry i didnt clarify.
 

mustang50v8

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did you loose the only key to your car? if so then you will have to have it towed to the dealership or call a locksmith.


otherwise i would pick up a new/uncut key on ebay for 20 bucks (dealer wants $45, i asked them last time i was there) then they will charge $50 for labor to cut and program the key.

seems pretty retarded if you ask me charging 50 bucks for 5 minutes worth of work...but if you need another key....they can rape you like that.
 
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