My 99 V6 quit on me yesterday. I have this car for 20 years and it just won't start no more.
Towed it to mechanic and he pointed out that Anti-theft doesn't prove-out and stays lit (not flashing) in RUN position. So I borrowed his supped-up scanner that could reprogram keys etc and sure enough it shows P1260 code that I couldn't reset. Scanner says that code reset is successful but when I read codes again P1260 is still there.
So I found Ford official service article @ https://www.dfwstangs.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=96406&d=1263542494 and went thru Erase Ignition Keys couple times - No luck. Same behavior.
Should I go thru Replacing PATS Module and/or Replacing PCM procedures?
Mechanic says I need new ECC and it would be $500 and a week to reprogram it. Is it so? Should instruction in article be sufficient?
The article says that P1260 code should have DTCs stored in PATS. How do I access those to further diagnose if ECC needs to be replaced?
Towed it to mechanic and he pointed out that Anti-theft doesn't prove-out and stays lit (not flashing) in RUN position. So I borrowed his supped-up scanner that could reprogram keys etc and sure enough it shows P1260 code that I couldn't reset. Scanner says that code reset is successful but when I read codes again P1260 is still there.
So I found Ford official service article @ https://www.dfwstangs.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=96406&d=1263542494 and went thru Erase Ignition Keys couple times - No luck. Same behavior.
Should I go thru Replacing PATS Module and/or Replacing PCM procedures?
Mechanic says I need new ECC and it would be $500 and a week to reprogram it. Is it so? Should instruction in article be sufficient?
The article says that P1260 code should have DTCs stored in PATS. How do I access those to further diagnose if ECC needs to be replaced?